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  • News Americas (Aljazeera)

    The US presidential campaign is about to go into summer slumber mode.
    2008-07-04 07:04:14
  • Mortgage fees sent through the roof - Times Online

    Arrangement fees for taking out some mortgage deals are now so expensive that you might need a mortgage to pay them. The average fee is now ten times higher than it was 16 years ago, research for The Times has revealed. In 1992 the average fee on a ...
    2008-07-02 05:59:00
  • Three Largest Mortgage Lenders In U.K. To Cut Rates - All Headline News

    London, England (AHN) - The three largest mortgage lenders in Britain will reduce their mortgage rates by up to 0.27 percent. The announcement by Halifax, Abbey and Nationwide followed a Bank of England warning that banks and building societies were ...
    2008-07-04 02:43:00
  • Halifax, Abbey, and Nationwide cut some of their mortgage rates - Daily Telegraph

    Britain's three biggest lenders have cut some of their mortgage rates, raising hopes that the worst of the turmoil in the mortgage market may be over. Halifax, Abbey, and Nationwide – the top three mortgage lenders in the UK – have all announced ...
    2008-07-04 04:59:00
  • TPG attacked for abandoning B&B - Financial Times

    The City rounded on TPG Capital on Friday for abandoning Bradford & Bingley and forcing its shareholders to fund a further attempt to recapitalise the struggling mortgage lender, the third since mid-May. The US private equity firm invoked a clause in ...
    2008-07-04 01:46:00
  • The Analyst: Why it's time to get back into bonds (Independent)

    As I write, the UK stock market is approaching the lows it reached back in March. The economic news continues to be poor and, given that the housing market seems set to continue to fall, I can't see the news getting better any time soon. House builders have been slaughtered, despite the fact that they have enjoyed a 10-year bull market.
    2008-07-04 04:27:51
  • Enough safety? (BBC News)

    Chancellor Darling looks to protect depositors
    2008-07-04 05:16:44
  • How to Save Your Home from Foreclosure (Carteret County News-Times)

    (ARA) - Are you two months or more past due on your mortgage payments and sweating it out? If so you're not alone.
    2008-07-04 05:30:22
  • Australian economy's dream run 'over' (Stuff)

    Leading economists have warned that Australia's dream run is over, with rising unemployment, slowing growth and continued higher prices likely in the next 12 months.
    2008-07-04 05:55:57
  • Daily Digest of Business (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

    EDITOR'S NOTE Because U.S. stock markets and many businesses are closed on Independence Day, there will be...
    2008-07-04 06:00:06
  • TPG's coldly calculated Bradford & Bingley move raises questions - Daily Telegraph

    It was late on Thursday and Bradford & Bingley once again had Britain's financial supervisors at the end of their tether. This time, though, they were having to deal with truculent and highly professional Americans who cared more about investment ...
    2008-07-04 03:12:00
  • Debt misery hitting more middle-class households - This is North East

    RISING mortgage, food and fuel costs are increasingly forcing middle-class families to seek debt advice, a North-East charity has said. Christians Against Poverty (Cap) says it has seen a marked increase in middle income earners needing help since ...
    2008-07-03 07:23:00
  • Cheque 'cleared' in the morning but bounced in the afternoon - Daily Telegraph

    I wrote to you three months ago, outlining my problems with Alliance & Leicester and the charges I had incurred. You telephoned and advised me to write back to the bank using your name and see if it would refund them. I wrote but received no reply ...
    2008-07-04 11:15:00
  • British households worse off by 15% - Xinhua News Agency

    LONDON, July 4 (Xinhua) -- New research has found that Britons are 15 percent worse off than they were five years ago following rises in the cost of living. The average household now has less than 20 percent of their gross income left, compared with ...
    2008-07-04 12:13:00
  • Heading For Foreclosure? Talk To Your Lender - Hartford Courant

    Even if you can't stand Donald Trump 's hair, politics or tastes, you need to listen to his advice if you are even remotely facing the possibility of foreclosure. Trump and several real estate experts were on "Larry King Live" last month talking ...
    2008-07-04 04:23:00