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Pre-election slowdown continues in July despite economists predicting growth of 0.2%

Annual rate in July climbs back above Bank of England target of 2%, ONS figures show

A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found ex Tory PM Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget helped make the impact of soaring mortgage rates even worse

Interest rate cut hangs in balance after ONS figures show annual pay growth eased to 5.7% in three months to May

AN INCREDIBLY special £20 bank note has sold for staggering amount of money because of a series of numbers people usually ignore.Most pay little or n

HOMEBUYERS are shrugging off the looming election as market activity jumps higher than the same point last year.Home values are now on track to rise 1

A RARE £100 note has sold for 320 times its value because of an ultra rare squiggle that's easy to ignore.A remarkable rare £100 banknote dating bac

MORE than three million households are still set to witness hikes in their mortgage repayments over the next two years.Around 400,000 of these househo

A RARE £10 banknote bearing the face of King Charles III has sold at auction for £17,000.The legal tender fetched the giant sum at a charity auction

Currently, around 35% of households with mortgages, equating to over three million, are paying below 3% and are expected to see an increase between now and the end of 2026

A RARE £10 note has sold for a whopping £26,000 because of a squiggle everyone ignores.Brits are being urged to check the loft to see if they have a

NEW bank notes featuring King Charles III's face are entering circulation - but some are worth more than others.HisMajesty'sportrait is ap

The mortgage rate cuts from HSBC come into effect from today after Barclays reduced rates on Tuesday, while NatWest announced cuts on Friday

MAJOR lenders are cutting mortgage rates in a boost for borrowers.NatWest and Barclays have slashed rates by up to 0.31% while HSBC has announced it w

A number of eBay users are hoping to cash in on newly-circulated King Charles III banknotes - by selling them for up to a thousand times their monetary value

RISHI Sunak warned families their financeswill be wrecked if he is booted out of office as he declared: "I warned you about Liz Trus

MILLIONS of credit card holders will soon be switched to Visa after a major bank signed a new deal with the card processor.Customers of Lloyds, Halifa

Social security, gay rights, abortion, divorce, civil partnerships, the abolition of capital punishment... the list of what a massive Labour majority can achieve means it's something only the Tories are frightened of

YOU could turn a tenner into a £3,600 windfall with the right serial number printed on the note.An eagle-eyed eBay seller realised they held a partic

The calculations made various assumptions, including that first-time buyers would have a 20% deposit to put down, that their mortgage term would last 25 years

Typical first-time buyers face paying £227,757 to get their first step on the property ladder, a jump of nearly a fifth since the Conservatives were elected in 2019, according to property website Rightmove.

HOMEOWNERS are still feeling the pain of high mortgage costs and are finding it harder to stay on top of their bills - but there is help on offer.The

INTEREST rates have been on the rise for years now, but thousands of us still get a pittance on our savings accounts.Since December 2021, the Bank of

Despite higher customer demand boosting activity, it wasn't enough to offset firms delaying spending decisions until after the General Election

HOUSEHOLDS taking out personal loans are being urged to check they can afford the repayments - as the cost of borrowing has soared over the past decad