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For sale: Three UK banks surplus to requirements

03.11.09
Banking analysis: The Government wants to create three new High Street banks to increase competition in the UK - and today it finally became clear what these banks might look like... more

RBS shares in a tumble as it feels the pain of break-up

02.11.09
Shares in Royal Bank of Scotland tumbled by as much as 17% today after it admitted its break-up ordered by European regulators will be more painful than feared ... more

Lloyds' shares leap as it looks to avoid toxic debt scheme

30.10.09
"Far from cheap, but no longer expensive." That was the view of Credit Suisse on Lloyds Banking Group... more

Lloyds' plans to raise cash get Treasury’s initial support

29.10.09
Lloyds Banking Group moved a step closer to a huge £25 billion fundraising exercise, confirming it's in advanced talks about such a move with its biggest shareholder - the UK Government ... more

Banks distracted by battle with regulator

17.09.09
Company executives can become obsessed with regulators and the threat of Government interference... more

Mortgages cut to a record low as bank launches price war

02.09.09
Mortgage price war was declared as Britain's biggest bank HSBC undercut rivals with the lowest ever interest rate for a new loan... more

Forget the end of recession, recovery is a long way off

16.06.09
Economics analysis: While things are looking up for the UK economy - as they undoubtedly are - the harsh reality of unemployment bites... more

Sun Life shells out £195m to buy troubled Lincoln

15.06.09
Sun Life of Canada has splashed out £195 million for troubled American group Lincoln National's insurance operations in the UK... more

Homebuyers face first rise in mortgage rates for year

12.06.09
Homebuyers are facing the first increase in mortgage rates for a year, raising fears any recovery in the housing market could be "killed off"... more

Horlick, Tchenguiz and Madoff played out in full operatic glory

11.06.09
The bel canto operas of Gaetano Donizetti are too rarely performed. So it was a great pleasure last weekend to go with my family to Opera Holland Park to see a splendid production of Roberto Devereux ... more

Lloyds to make another 1660 redundant as it axes C&G

09.06.09
Lloyds Banking Group said it will axe another 1660 jobs and close all 164 of its Cheltenham & Gloucester branches... more

Low mortgage rates for a year but King warns of slow recovery

13.05.09
Bank governor’s forecast boosts many homeowners, but it’s grim news for savers as King warns that Britain's economic recovery will be ‘slow and protracted’... more

Couple with 1p a month mortgage

23.03.09
A couple's monthly mortgage repayments have fallen £1,500 a month to just 1p after the Bank of England slashed interest rates... more

Savings account rates set to fall below one per cent

05.02.09
Interest rates on savings accounts are set to fall below one per cent for the first time this week... more

New 1% loan rate is lowest in history

05.02.09
The Bank of England has slashed its interest rate to an all-time low of one per cent... more

Lower mortgage bills for £750,000 in London

08.01.09
About 750,000 London homeowners can look forward to lower mortgage bills next month following today's historic cut in interest rates... more

1.5 per cent - lowest interest rate in history

08.01.09
The Bank of England made history by slashing interest rates to an all-time low of 1.5 per cent... more

Bank of England slashes interest rates to 2%

04.12.08
The Bank of England slashed interest rates by another 1% as policymakers stepped up their battle to stave off a deep recession... more

300,000 Londoners face negative equity trap

19.11.08
With the threat of deflation hanging over an economy edging into recession and job losses set to soar, experts say hundreds of thousands of homes in the capital could be repossessed by 2010... more

C&G pledge to pass on interest rate cut in full

06.11.08
One of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders has pledged to pass on in full any cut in the Bank of England's base rate... more

Pressure on banks to pass on rate cut

06.11.08
Banks and building societies face massive pressure to pass on in full to homeowners the 1.5 per cent cut in the base rate... more

House prices fall 13 per cent ... the worst for three decades

09.10.08
House prices have plunged more than 13  per  cent in a year, knocking more than £26,000 off average values... more

Can I still get a mortgage?

03.10.08
Homebuyers are seeing the cost of mortgages continue to climb despite falling house prices... more

Another blow for borrowers as Lloyds puts up its mortgages

29.09.08
Lloyds TSB is the latest major lender to raise its mortgage rates in response to global turmoil in the financial markets... more

Abbey doubles share of the home loans market

14.04.08
Abbey has emerged as unlikely winner as rivals forced to cut offers and raise interest rates... more

Home loans sting as rate is cut

10.04.08
The Bank of England has cut its base rate by 0.25 per cent to 5 per cent to stop the economy's slide toward recession... more

House price bombshell

08.04.08
A slump in house prices five times worse than expected has rocked the property market... more

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