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‘Should I pay the fees and move to a fixed rate?’
HS, Clapham, London
Many commentators think that at least one more rate rise is on the cards, but no one can say where rates will go in the next two years. You’ll have to make an educated guess to decide which option is best […]

New South Wales Minister for Housing, Matt Brown, has blamed rising interest rates for the number of house repossessions in Sydney.
Mr Brown has responded to reports that more than 5,000 homes were repossessed in Sydney last year, up by 10 per cent from 2005.
He says while some banks lend irresponsibly, the Federal Government must take […]

2007-03-10 00:01:14
UK economy slowed down to below-trend growth in 3 months to Feb - NIESR
LONDON (AFX) - The UK economy has suffered a quite dramatic slowdown in the
first couple of months of the year, a leading economic think-tank said today.
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The Canadian dollar topped90 cents US for the first time in seven months on Monday following a stronger-than-expected GDP report.
The economy grewby 0.4 per cent in February, thanks to higher activity in the energy sector, Statistics Canada said Monday. That was twice the growth rate forecast by analysts and led to speculation that the […]

The question preoccupying bankers lately is whether the turmoil in the American housing market will be the next frenzy to hit our shores.
Looking across the Atlantic, things are far from pretty. There the property market has been gripped by a major crisis of confidence, triggered by the meltdown in so-called ’sub-prime’ mortgages. Defaults are […]