Estate agents 'face decimation
Up to 3,000 estate agents face the axe following a dramatic fall in mortgage lending, experts warned last night. The cull would be the biggest since the 1991 recession an...
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We don't like Long-term fixes
Why would you really want to tie up your mortgage for the next 10 years?
It's a long time in anyone's book. But with the jitters now affecting the property market, the ...
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Halifax forecasts 2% house price drop
Banking giant Halifax today said that house prices would fall by 2% fall next year and that interest rates had peaked.
Its negative outlook for the property market is...
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At a glance
Main points
· 10-year childcare strategy unveiled
· Maternity pay to rise from 6 to 9 months
· Debt on course to meet 'golden rule'
· ?1bn to ke...
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Charcol sold as B&B aims to cut costs
Bradford & Bingley, the mortgage lender specialising in buy to let properties, has sold its Charcol mortgage broking business and said cost-cutting will mean its prof...
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Pre-budget report wish lists
Oliver Letwin, Conservative shadow chancellor
The reason Labour is borrowing, spending and taxing so much is simple: Gordon Brown and the Labour government do not "get...
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Bank says economic slowdown won't last
Expectations that interest rates may have peaked were dealt a blow yesterday when the Bank of England said the economy was picking up again and the Nationwide building so...
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Bradford & Bingley optimistic on property
Mortgage specialist Bradford & Bingley today predicted the housing market would continue to soften as a series of interest rate hikes take their toll, but prices would ri...
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House lending figures point to downturn
Further proof of the downturn in the housing market emerged yesterday as the Bank of England reported that new mortgage approvals had fallen to their lowest in almost fiv...
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Small change, big difference
How much do you think the average consumer spends on wine? Given that a cinema ticket costs around ?7 and that a 10-minute ride in a London taxi can leave you considering...
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