5 December 2008 Archive

Bank of England contemplates "nuclear option"

Bank fo England could go nuclear  to blow life into economy

The Bank of England is drawing up plans to pump cash directly into the UK economy if the recession deteriorates further.

Property 2009: How will the house prices fare in 2009?

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2008 has seen house prices fall and fall. The future of the market in 2009 is now uncertain.

Halifax ditches 'unenforceable' tracker mortgage collars

Halifax forced to drop collar and be fair

Halifax is to let its tracker mortgages dropped below three per cent - despite clauses in mortgage contracts stopping rates dropping.

Brown pushes banks for mortgage rate cut

Brown pushes banks to cut mortgages SVRs

Gordon Brown is pushing high street banks and building societies to cut their lending rates after the Bank of England's one per cent cut yesterday.

Alliance & Leicester pulls tracker mortgage

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Alliance & Leicester has withdrawn it tracker mortgage following the Bank of England's one per cent cut in interest rates yesterday.

Barclays borrowers benefit from 1% cut

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Barclays is cutting the rates on its tracker mortgages by one per cent following the Bank of England base rate cut.

Abbey withdraws tracker mortgages

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Abbey has withdrawn its range of tracker mortgages from the market following the Bank of England's one per cent base rate cut.

Nationwide: tracker rates plunge through floor

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Nationwide has passed on the Bank of England's one per cent cut in interest rates in full to borrowers on its tracker mortgages.

Halifax cuts mortgage SVR by 0.25%

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Halifax has cut the standard variable rate (SVR) on mortgages from five per cent to 4.75 per cent.

HSBC SVR mortgage dropped 1%

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HSBC has passed on the Bank of England's one per cent base rate cut in full to its standard variable rate (SVR) mortgage customers.

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