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The worst January retail sales figures since records began in 1995 may have been partly down to the terrible weather and the return of VAT to 17.5% – but they were bad enough to raise fears that the proclaimed end of the recession may turn out to be short-lived.
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)’s decision to leave the Base Rate unchanged at 0.5% and not to extend its Quantitative Easing (QE) programme has implications for the mortgage market, according to Ray Boulger of…
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House prices rose by 0.6% in January, according to the latest Halifax house price index. This was the seventh consecutive monthly increase, but January's rise was the lowest during this period and was significantly…
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Twenty-eight to forty year olds are so consumed with nostalgia for their youth that they are neglecting to save for their future, according to a report entitled ‘The Re-Run Generation', published today 4 February by…
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