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Credit card fraud hits ten y...
The messages and warnings about the dangers of credit card fraud may finally be registering withthe UK population, new figures revealed this week. According to the UK Cards Association, losses onUK ca...
Mortgage lending down 29% in...
January saw mortgage lending figures for new house purchases down 29 per cent from the previousmonth, according to new figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The first month of 2011 saw o...
Does 26% mortgage slump tell...
Banks and building societies have released figures showing mortgage lending in Januaryslumped by 26% compared with the month before. Lenders blame the lending low on a package of factors like cold wea...
Bank base rate to stay at 0....
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has once again voted to hold the centralbank’s base rate at 0.5 per cent. The rate has now been unchanged for two years – at the...