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Posted on 8 January 2008
House price growth rallied in December, according to the latest survey from Halifax. The building society's house price index found that UK house prices lifted by 1.3% in December, contrasting with the three successive falls...
Posted on 7 January 2008
The average income in the UK will surpass that in the United States this year, an economics forecaster predicts. Oxford Economics (OE) says that the UK gross domestic product (GDP) per person will reach £23,500 this year,...
Category: Personal finance
Posted on 4 January 2008
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is to be given more power to intervene in failing banks, as part of the Treasury's longer-term response to the Northern Rock crisis. The government regulator is at the centre of a shake-up,...
Category: Personal finance, Regulation
Posted on 4 January 2008
Four million people could find themselves paying around 15% more for their household energy, after the UK's largest electricity supplier announced it will be putting prices up. Npower is yet to announce the exact hike in its gas...
Category: House and home, Personal finance, Regulation
Posted on 3 January 2008
A report from the Bank of England has confirmed that lenders have become less willing to lend to homeowners or businesses in recent months. The Credit Conditions Survey for the final quarter of 2007 predicts that the credit...
Category: Mortgages, Personal finance
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