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Borrowers have been urged by some sections of the mortgage market and media to fix their home loan rates over recent weeks, but is that good advice?
8 March 2010
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Skipton Building Society is facing a legal challenge and growing anger over its decision to hike its standard mortgage rate by a whopping 1.45 percentage points next month.
18 February 2010
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Interest rates could stay on hold at their 0.5% record low throughout this year and well into 2011, it is claimed.
10 February 2010
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The Bank of England today announced it is holding the Base Rate at 0.5% for the 12th consecutive month.
4 February 2010
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Inflation jumped at a record rate in December, official figures show today.
19 January 2010
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Homeowners approaching the end of an introductory mortgage deal have been warned to beware lenders' hard-sell attempts to flog them a new product.
19 January 2010
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The Bank of England today announced it is holding the Base Rate at 0.5% for the 11th consecutive month.
7 January 2010
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The Bank of England today announced it is holding the Base Rate at 0.5% for the tenth consecutive month.
10 December 2009
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Nationwide says it is inevitable house prices will fall next year.
20 November 2009
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The Bank of England today announced it is holding the Base Rate at 0.5% for the ninth consecutive month.
5 November 2009

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