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Finance

Predicted house price fall – a boost for BTL landlords

Analysts predict that a rise in mortgage borrowing costs might lead to a collapse of the UK real est...

15th November, 2022

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Investing

UK’s Persimmon signals margin hit amid house price fall

(Reuters) – Persimmon, Britain’s second-largest housebuilder, warned on 2023 profit margins on Tuesd...

8th November, 2022

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Investing

FTSE 100 drops as commodity-linked stocks weigh; Persimmon tumbles

By Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – The FTSE 100 index fell on Tuesday, dragged down by commodity-linked...

8th November, 2022

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Trading

Sterling rises but gloomy economic outlook remains in focus

LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling rose on Monday, largely boosted by a softer dollar, which pushed the pou...

7th November, 2022

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Finance

Young Greeks priced out as inflation, rents soar

By George Georgiopoulos and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) – Like many young Greeks trying to l...

26th October, 2022

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Irish central bank eases strict mortgage-lending limits

By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland’s central bank is to ease mortgage-lending limits to al...

19th October, 2022

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UK housing market shows strains from “mini-budget”: Rightmove

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s housing market lost momentum this month after Prime Minister Liz Truss’...

17th October, 2022

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London’s FTSE 100 falls for sixth day as financials extend losses

By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – Financial stocks led Britain’s blue-chip index lower on Wednesday as g...

12th October, 2022

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Caixabank proposes sector-wide freeze in variable mortgage costs, source says

MADRID (Reuters) – Caixabank, Spain’s biggest lender by domestic assets, has proposed a sector-wide...

12th October, 2022

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Explainer-Why is Bank of England acting again? What next in the UK crisis?

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s central bank resorted to buying bonds again on Wednesday in an emergenc...

28th September, 2022

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UK housing market may face perfect storm as mortgage rates rise, house prices drop

By Andy Bruce, Sinead Cruise and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) – A surge in borrowing costs and a li...

28th September, 2022

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UK lenders pull mortgages at record rate as market chaos worsens

LONDON (Reuters) – A record 935 mortgage products were pulled in Britain overnight, financial servic...

28th September, 2022