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Blow for new mortgage borrowers
The number of mortgage products available to new borrowers hits its lowest figure since the start of the credit crunch.

More people seeking debt advice
The number of people seeking help from the Citizens Advice Bureaux about how to manage their debts has gone up by a third in the space of one year

US election at-a-glance: 9 Oct
John McCain launches attack ad, while Barack Obama criticises his plan to buy up mortgages from troubled homeowners.

Further decline in house prices
UK house prices registered a 1.3% fall in September, according to the Halifax, with the average home costing £172,108.

The layman's finance crisis glossary
Our guide to many of the business terms currently cropping up regularly in the headlines.

As it happened: Bank rescue plan
Updates with all the key points, expert reaction and your views as the UK government unveils its bank rescue plans.

Mortgage rates cut on Bank news
Mortgage providers are dropping the cost of their home loans in response to the emergency cut in the Bank rate.

Warning over sale and rent plans
Homeowners struggling with their mortgages may consider sale and rent back schemes, but there are fears about some unscrupulous operators.

Low-deposit mortgage options fall
The number of mortgage deals available to borrowers with a 5% deposit has shrunk to just 60, says Moneyfacts.

Timeline: Global credit crunch
BBC News looks at how the global credit crisis unfolded.

Q & A: US $700bn bail-out plan
A $700bn bail-out plan to help rescue the finance sector has been approved by the House of Representatives.

Can you still get a mortgage?
An expert says mortgages are still available, to the better quality borrowers.

Car industry squares up to economic storm
The global car industry prepares to party the night away at the Paris motor show in an effort to suppress the way most ordinary people are focusing more on their next mortgage payment than on their next car.

B & B buy-to-let mortgages: Your tales
Some people who took out buy-to-let mortgages with Bradford & Bingley are now worried about what will happen to them.

Bradford & Bingley: Your questions


In full: Cameron statement
The full text of Conservative leader David Cameron's emergency statement to the party's conference on the state of the economy

Bank shares fall after B & B move
Banking shares decline sharply following the news that Bradford & Bingley (B & B) is to be nationalised.

Not such a good idea after all?
Does the demise of the Bradford & Bingley mean demutualisation was wrong?

Mortgage lending slumps says Bank
Mortgage lending collapsed in August, according to the latest figures from the Bank of England.

B & B nationalisation is confirmed
The government confirms that Bradford & Bingley is to be nationalised, with the firm's savings business sold on to Spanish group Santander.




 

 

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