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UK house prices fall unexpectedly for second month in a row
Nationwide blames April slowdown on ‘affordability pressures’ on back of high mortgage ratesBusiness live – latest...
Quitting Engineering to Pursue Art Full-Time
Good morning, and welcome to another edition of the Stay Sketchy newsletter. April showers may bring...
Top US mobile carriers fined $200m by FCC over illegal location-data sharing
T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and AT&T say they will appeal against ‘excessive’ fines meted out by US...
Barclaycard change could mean much higher interest for some customers
Credit card holders who make minimum repayments warned they could be in debt for years longerSome...
IMF warns BoE over keeping UK interest rates high due to fixed-rate mortgages
Risk of declining consumption, house price falls and defaults as tighter policy finally has impactBusiness live...
UK house prices fall for first time in six months amid more costly mortgages
Drop in March leaves average price of home at £288,430, says HalifaxBusiness live – latest updatesUK...
Household bills rise sharply despite easing energy costs
Rates for phone, broadband and water will increase from Monday and other rises are in the...
Nationwide agrees £2.9bn deal to take over Virgin Money
Richard Branson has already indicated he will back takeover that will require the agreement of the...
Nationwide to buy Virgin Money in £2.9bn deal
Lenders reach preliminary agreement on key terms in deal to create new competitor with £366bn in...
Mortgage reforms have excluded first-time buyers, say UK building societies
Report calls for overhaul of rules on loan affordability and repayment, and more flexible mortgage productsMortgage...
UK house prices rise for first time in more than a year as interest rates drop
Average cost of a home increased to £260,420 in February, up by 1.2% on a year...
UK a ‘tax haven’ for polluting SUVs, says green thinktank
First-year vehicle excise duty is a fraction of that in countries such as France and the...
UK housebuilders investigated over possible information-sharing
Watchdog says there is need for ‘significant intervention’ over supply and quality of new homesBusiness live...
Bank agrees payout over mortgages that ‘ruined lives’
Out-of-court settlement reached with law firm acting for customers who have been left owing big sumsOne...
UK house prices rise at strongest rate in a year
Though rapid rebound is unlikely, outlook for property market ‘is a little more positive’, says NationwideBusiness...
HSBC fined £57m over ‘serious’ deposit protection failings
Regulator says bank failed to properly implement Financial Services Compensation SchemeBusiness live – latest updatesHSBC has...
Savings passbooks popular as Britain turns to cash amid cost of living crisis
While some banks and building societies scrap system, others report increase in usage by customersWhile some...
Someone Who Is Good At The Economy Please Help Me
Articles asking us to feel sympathy for families barely scraping by on healthy six-figure incomes may...
UK house prices rise for third month in row but are forecast to drop this year
Growth rates driven by shortage of properties on market, says Halifax, with average house worth £287,105UK...
