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Ministers must act to help thousands of homeowners and put curbs on banks repossessing homes if... more...
His colleagues in the housebuilding industry won't thank him for his honesty, but Taylor... more...
Bernard Cahier occupied a rare position in the world of international motor racing, for he was... more...
Cabinet ministers will give Gordon Brown "one last chance" to save his premiership but will try... more...
As a first time buyer who is new to the more...
The commitment to buy a property and invest in a mortgage for the first time is not one to be... more...
EURO 2008 ? Who are you not supporting? Today we?re cheering on the Fritzls. more...
Shares in Taylor Wimpey sank by more than 7% yesterday, after Britain's biggest housebuilder... more...
Taking to the water to beat the housing market slump more...
House sales have dropped by almost 20% in Scotland while the average price continues to rise,... more...
Eighteen months ago, the City was riding high. Companies flocked from across the world to take... more...
The number of fresh mortgages approved by the big UK banks for house purchase was last month... more...
Middle-class families have the biggest debts in the country with many borrowers owing more than... more...
BANKS yesterday warned that the housing market was still far from recovery as they revealed... more...
Wells Fargo & Company, a financial holding company, has announced that senior executive vice... more...
Talking of unsustainable asset price bubbles, have buy-to-let investors found a way to complete... more...
House prices in the United States are still falling at a record pace, and sales of new homes... more...
Bovis Homes has slashed its dividend and cut 400 jobs as it grapples with the deepening... more...
Mortgage lending remained at record lows last month, with Britain's beleagured housing market... more...
LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The number of Britons failing to meet mortgage repayments rose... more...
TOKYO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The dollar climbed towards a six-month high against the euro on Tuesday... more...
When Boscov's filed for bankruptcy protection earlier this month, it was the latest in a slew of... more...
Ministers must urgently reform Home Information Packs because they are making the housing crisis... more...
The number of unsold homes on the market in the United States is at levels not seen for at least... more...
Business & money: Shares tumble to biggest fall of month in mood of gloom deepened by uninspiring... more...
Shares tumble to biggest fall of month in mood of gloom deepened by uninspiring housing figures more...
COPENHAGEN, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Nordic banks have prided themselves on how little they have... more...
The dollar traded mixed Monday after data on US home sales provided a murky outlook for the... more...
A stark warning that Britain?s worsening economy will cause ?difficult social issues? heaped... more...
TOKYO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The dollar rose to a two-year high against sterling after data last... more...
Yesterday James DeGale had the smile and swagger that goes with being an Olympic champion, even... more...
BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China Construction Bank (SHA 601939; HK 0939) said first half net profit... more...
This bank holiday my backside has been like our economy ? going nowhere. Latest figures reveal... more...
This is what you promised yourself you would not do on holiday this year. Eat too much. Drink... more...
When times are tough on the High Street you can make big savings ... if you haggle. Jasper Hammil... more...
Mergers and takeovers between building societies look inevitable, writes Richard Wachman more...
There's a photo of me on holiday. I look happy enough, but I can't remember the picture being... more...
A batch of cheaper deals will tempt buyers with big deposits, but the market still looks tight... more...
Police files that were opened up with the aim of helping to protect children from sex offenders... more...
German bank IKB, a casualty of the subprime mortgage crisis, was sold to US private equity group... more...
US stocks lost momentum in the past week as financial woes continued to weigh down Wall Street... more...
TV star ED MCMAHON has seen off the threat of foreclosure and found a buyer for his Beverly... more...
Nationwide Building Society has announced certain changes to its mortgage product range, which... more...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Television celebrity Ed McMahon has finally found a buyer for his... more...
Banks were accused of 'milking' nearly £3billion extra cash from homeowners and blaming the... more...
He has two expensive homes, a £61,000-a-year job, generous five-figure expenses and a wife who... more...
The cost of two-year fixed rate mortgages has fallen back to the level it was a year ago when... more...
The boom is officially over. Growth in the economy ground to a halt in the second quarter of... more...
Analysts say cuts will be the first of many as Halifax has been one of the banks worst affected... more...
He has two expensive homes and a £61,000-a-year job. So eyebrows were raised on Friday when... more...
Homeowners have been given a reprieve after the cost of two-year fixed rate mortgage dropped down... more...
Gay men ? whether single or living with a ?significant other? ? are natural homemakers. Home is a... more...
Democrat Barack Obama ripped into John McCain, branding him as out of touch with everyday... more...
John McCain has made a major blunder in his campaign to be U.S. president - by admitting he does... more...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors' growing belief in the likelihood of a federal bailout of... more...
CHESTER, Virginia (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama attacked Republican John McCain on Thursday... more...
What folly it must have seemed to us Britons back in the Eighties and Nineties when our... more...
I support Johann Hari's call to eradicate religious dogmatism ("We need to stop being such... more...
In a motion to be debated at the party?s annual conference next month, Vince Cable is due to say... more...
Facing up to the grim reality of spiralling prices and renegotiating a mortgage? Well, you are... more...
John McCain has ended speculation that he might seek a one-term presidency, despite widespread... more...
When his firm dropped its family department, Tony Roe decided the time was right to establish his... more...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shares plunged to their lowest levels in almost... more...
One in 20 Britons has had a credit application turned down during the past 18 months as lenders... more...
For a man who had just been told he would have to give up three of his most valuable assets,... more...
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee weighed arguments for cutting, raising and... more...
The slump in mortgage lending across the UK continued in July and will get worse in coming... more...
Britain's manufacturers report gloomiest outlook for factory output in seven years more...
The attempt by local authorities to offer mortgages will fill many homeowners with nostalgia.... more...
Council chiefs have called for extra powers to allow them to offer competitive mortgages in an... more...
Wed 20 Aug, 2008 20:34 more...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A growing number of U.S. adults are struggling to pay their medical bills,... more...
stocks. JPMorgan Securities forecast Lehman will likely take a further $4 billion in write-downs... more...
There's the beachside Sydney, washed by white foamy waves, dotted by cafes and high class... more...
It is a natural instinct to see anniversaries as turning points. But it is already clear that... more...
SYDNEY, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) , the country's No. 2 bank by... more...
GOING UP... More than 1.5 million borrowers facing difficulty with mortgage repayments are... more...
My partner and I are close to buying a property, but we're very confused by the various housing... more...
REFERENCES to the wonderfully nicknamed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the main backers of US home... more...
Nick Fletcher: Financial shares send the market tumbling more...
British shares ended the session mired in the red yesterday, led by a sharp fall in bank stocks... more...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The worst of the global financial crisis is yet to come and a large U.S.... more...
SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Oil was down to nearly $112 a barrel on Tuesday as concerns over... more...
Tue 19 Aug, 2008 03:06 more...
The housing market downturn is forcing increasing numbers of homeowners to rent out their... more...
HONG KONG, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares are seen falling on Tuesday from their lowest... more...
Retirement solutions provider LV= has reduced the rate of interest on its newly launched Flexible... more...
The number of people instructing letting agents to rent out their homes rose at a record pace... more...
US SHARES fell yesterday as investors fretted about the prospect of more losses from the mortgage... more...
The tax advantages of letting rather than selling more...
Having at least one thing in common with Nouriel Roubini, a premonition of the impending... more...
EXCLUSIVE Man's arm broken as bailiffs seize his home CREDIT CRUNCH CRISIS more...
Estate agents and home move services say that increasing numbers of buyers are choosing to sell... more...
WELLINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Housing affordability in New Zealand improved to its best level in... more...
Singapore has taken on the appearance of a vast building site. Old apartment blocks are being... more...
Home sellers are marking down asking prices by as much as £21,000 in a bid to beat the property... more...
Having previously tried to resist market forces, property sellers have begun aggressively to cut... more...
High street banks claim market shares of more than 17% each on the basis of net lending more...
I first smoked cannabis when I was 18 ? a late starter by today's standards. It took many years... more...
Loyalty to your Scottish bank might hurt your pocket ? it?s official. Bradford & Bingley's £400m... more...
What are the best deals out there for first-time buyers? Laura Starkey investigates.... more...
What are the best deals available at the moment for buy-to-let borrowers? more...
'If you can't explain it to your mother, you don't understand what you're talking about.' That... more...
A former student of Harvard Business School gives a sobering insight into the high-achieving... more...
The world's oldest mum, who gave birth to twins at 70 after IVF, proudly showed off her son, then... more...
Travel: Juliet Kinsman on trading her British home for a funky Brooklyn brownstone in a... more...
THE problem of negative equity for home owners is being overblown and is not an issue as long as... more...
Heather Stewart: more...
The grand autopistas linking Barcelona with the rest of Spain and the French border were almost... more...
As builders offer housing associations unsold stock at record levels, first-time buyers continue... more...
Middle Britain is suffering a repossessions crisis - with the number of homes at risk at its... more...
More borrowers risk losing their home after falling into mortgage arrears and more companies face... more...
What's to be done about the worrying trend of increasing home repossessions? Mortgage lenders... more...
We challenged two women to switch homes and roles for five days. So how would Jill Tunstall cope... more...
Case study: Peter Sastawnyuk's house was repossessed after he fell behind with payments more...
Peter Martin, 48, is a self-employed property manager and he and his wife own their home and two... more...
Simon Cowell started out as a humble office boy and is now the world's best-paid male TV... more...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Billionaire businessman Donald Trump is offering to rescue TV personality... more...
two years and the asking price in June was $5.75 million. McMahon blamed his problems on having... more...
As Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama relaxes in Hawaii, a cloud on the horizon might... more...
There was further embarrassment and shame for Spain's authorities to deal with yesterday after a... more...
Filling up her Ford Focus at a Southampton petrol station on Friday afternoon, Deborah James... more...
Bellway, the housebuilding group, said yesterday that activity in the housing market remained... more...
NEW YORK Aug 14 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose in thin trading on Thursday as another decline in... more...
US home foreclosures rocketed 55 percent in the past year, a private research report showed... more...
After a hesitant opening, US prices advance strongly, led by financial stocks, which storm higher... more...
Footsie recovered strongly towards the close to finish well in the blue as Wall St picked up on... more...
A four-bedroom detached home in the U.S. city of Detroit has been sold for just 50p. And with... more...
(Reuters) - As the U.S. economy continues to slide ahead of the November 4 election, presidential... more...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The value of existing U.S. single-family homes in metro areas fell 7.6... more...
NEW YORK, Aug 14 (Reuters) - UnionBanCal Corp said a $3 billion bid by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial... more...
Tensions between the Treasury and the Bank of England mounted yesterday as Mervyn King, the... more...
A schoolboy error came close to costing the phenomenon that is Michael Phelps a fortune yesterday... more...
Thu 14 Aug, 2008 00:51 more...
LONDON (Reuters) - HBOS is to cut 425 jobs and shut down one of its five mortgage brands to new... more...
HBOS is to cut 425 jobs and shut down one of its five mortgage brands to new business in a... more...
The UKs Building Societies Association has appointed Paul Broadhead, deputy director-general of... more...
NEW YORK Aug 13 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slid on Wednesday as financial shares sold off for a... more...
A sharp rise in bad debts and mortgage arrears has led to a near 40 per cent fall in profits at... more...
The UK Council of Mortgage Lenders has reported that the average homebuyer put down a 22% deposit... more...
Measures to revive the dormant housing market by increasing the supply of mortgage lending are... more...
More than a third of over-55s are facing retirement saddled with thousands of pounds of debt, a... more...
WINCHESTER, California (Reuters) - It may be just a blip in the housing downturn, but even a... more...
SYDNEY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Australia's slowing economy is likely to lead to a rise in the current... more...
Hopes for a more stable property market were dashed yesterday as figures revealed the decline is... more...
HOUSE SALES in Fife and Tayside are now beginning to feel the full effects of the credit crunch. more...
When local residents heard Moelyci farm might be sold to developers they joined ranks to buy and... more...
House prices have further to fall but there are some tentative signs that the precipitous slide... more...
On a good day, Ray Nind falls five times. In the past year, he's been rushed to hospital six... more...
Government confusion over the future of stamp duty risks damaging signs of returning confidence... more...
Inflation is set to breach the 4 per cent barrier, spelling months of further mortgage misery for... more...
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Tighter mortgage lending conditions continued to dampen UK housing... more...
Mon 11 Aug, 2008 23:11 more...
The Salford teacher who went to jail for firing an air pistol has now written a book. David Ward... more...
The chief City regulator issues fine and bans 18th mortgage broker in crackdown on home loans fraud more...
Wachovia increased its previously reported second-quarter loss to $9.11 billion (4.77 billion... more...
New range of mortgages launched amid signs that competition is returning to home loan market more...
Building societies have so dramatically slashed their mortgage lending that repayments... more...
SYDNEY, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank on Monday said the economy looked to be... more...
The future of the council tax is shaping up as a key issue in the contest for the Labour... more...
In the classic 1980s film Trading Places, two of the world's most important businessmen find... more...
TOKYO (Thomson Financial) - Japanese shares are expected to open higher on Monday, buoyed by... more...
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson believes the US housing market will remain in a slump through... more...
The Farmer has at last got a job on the farm. He is allowed to scare the crows off Potions'... more...
Barclays yesterday unveiled a surprisingly robust performance in its home market, as it took the... more...
House prices are plummeting at record rates. What should the government do? Alistair Darling, the... more...
Domestic insurer Homeserve is defying the crunch under a helicopter pilot who does nothing by halves more...
Pressure on Alistair Darling to give the UK's ailing economy the kiss of life is mounting more...
'I still got a roof over my head and I'm still here, but that's about all,' says Alabama dirt farmer more...
New study says most Britons believe family life suffers if women work. We asked nine panelists if... more...
It was so breathtakingly beautiful, we fell in love with it right there and then,? says Helen... more...
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