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- 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?
- Mortgages: don't write off a fixed rate
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:01:00 +0100
Most people are opting for a tracker mortgage, but it is not the right option for everyone. Lorna Bourke considers the options for borrowers.
Citywire News
- 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.
BBC Business News
- Banks leave customers in 'poverty'
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:29:15 GMT
High Street banks have been accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
- Six million facing new tax bills
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:15:27 GMT
HM Revenue and Customs says some 1.4 million people each owe about £1,500 in tax, while 4.3 million will get an average rebate of £418.
- Nigerian economy 'to grow by 10%'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:42 GMT
Nigeria's economy will hit double-digit growth by the end of 2011 or early 2012, the country's finance minister says.
- Bank customers in 'dire poverty'
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:02:20 GMT
Banks are accused of leaving some customers in "dire poverty" after taking money out of their accounts without permission.
- Petrobras files $65bn share offer
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:12:33 GMT
The Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, unveils plans to sell up to $64.5bn of new stock, in one of the world's largest share offers.
BBC News
- Father and son die in bike crash
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:05:27 GMT
A father and his 15-year-old son are killed in a motorbike accident outside Galashiels in the Scottish Borders.
- Blair pelted with eggs in Dublin
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:00:48 GMT
Eggs and shoes have been thrown at the former Prime Minister Tony Blair as he arrived at a book signing in Dublin.
- Chile miners advised to exercise
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:34:47 GMT
Scientists from the US space agency Nasa advise the trapped Chilean miners to exercise and regulate their day and night sleep patterns.
- Girl hurt in barbecue explosion
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:30:26 GMT
A 13-year-old girl and her uncle suffer serious burns when a gas cylinder explodes during her birthday barbecue in Wiltshire.