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- The end of the 'cheap mortgage'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Linton Chiswick questions whether the regulator is about to call time on the last remaining ?cheap mortgage?.
- Mortgages: cut out the middle man for the best rates
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Increasingly, high street banks are not only by-passing brokers ? the only place a potential homebuyer can get truly impartial advice on a home loan ? but they are restricting their best offers to existing customers.
- Morning Line: Why should first time buyers suffer?
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:20:38 +0100
If the Bank of England is serious about capping mortgage loan-to-value ratios as a means of preventing another credit crisis then it risks excluding more young people from home ownership. Is this what the coalition really wants?
BBC Business News
- Public 'support' cutting deficit
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:00:43 GMT
Many people are in favour of reducing the deficit but they are less clear about where cuts should be made, a BBC poll suggests.
- Security stepped up at Kabul Bank
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:14:41 GMT
Armed police are posted outside the main branch of Kabul Bank as customers continue to withdraw money amid fears it may collapse.
- Rovers takeover man left UK debts
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:02:53 GMT
The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals.
- BP well 'poses no further risk'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:27:10 GMT
The official in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill says the well which caused the damage is no longer a risk to the environment.
Citywire News
- 10 collectables that can make you a lot of money
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:01:00 +0100
When was the last time you went through your attic? It might be worth having a dig around up there because for all you know that box of old 'junk' you buried away years ago could be worth a fortune today...
- The end of the 'cheap mortgage'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Linton Chiswick questions whether the regulator is about to call time on the last remaining ?cheap mortgage?.
BBC News
- 'Banish Pakistan trio if guilty'
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:46:22 GMT
Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan says the three cricketers accused of spot-fixing should receive life bans from cricket if found guilty.
- Jimenez claims European Masters
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:45:23 GMT
Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez holds off the challenge of his Italian Ryder Cup team-mate Edoardo Molinari to win the European Masters by three strokes.
- Seven children have E. coli bug
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:37:44 GMT
Seven children in the Lurgan area are infected with E. coli 0157, the Public Health Agency has confirmed.
- 'US troops' repel Iraq attackers
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:31:59 GMT
US forces have helped repel an attack on an army base in Baghdad in which seven people died, security officials tell the BBC.