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People with pre-existing medical conditions 'feel poorly served by insurance'
Halifax offers £500 to spend for first-time buyers, home movers and switchers
First-time buyers could take over 10 years to raise 15% deposit - research
47 'average age at which people write their will'
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Britain's priciest seaside towns 'have seen house prices dip annually'
Sandbanks in Poole has been crowned Britain's most expensive seaside town for the third year in a row - despite average house prices there
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Rapid response banking initiative prevents nearly £25 million-worth of fraud
Nearly £25 million-worth of attempted fraud has been prevented due to a rapid response scheme which sees bank branch staff contact police if they
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Alexa... find me a mortgage
Home owners making an initial mortgage search can now get "groundbreaking" help from Alexa, Amazon's voice-controlled virtual
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Students warned as £22m lost in rental fraud
Students and other tenants are being warned to spot the signs of rental fraud when searching for a property, as figures showed victims of the crime
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Disney increases Twenty-First Century Fox bid
Disney is upping the ante for Fox, making a 70.3 billion dollar (£53.3 billion) counterbid for Fox's entertainment businesses following
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Lloyds to cut 450 jobs as back office operations targeted
Lloyds Banking Group is to axe 450 jobs in a move that will mainly affect back office staff.The lender chalked the move up to organisational changes
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Mobile billing errors costing consumers £64 million - survey
Almost three million mobile customers say they have been incorrectly overcharged by their network at a cost of nearly £64 million, a survey has
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Merkel and Macron propose eurozone budget
The leaders of Germany and France have agreed to create a eurozone budget they hope will boost investment and provide a safety mechanism for the 19
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Why you shouldn't ignore the workplace pension
Planning for your retirement is one of those things that can be tempting to ignore - a bit like a damp patch in your home. The thought about
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The worst excuses for skiving off work
Have you ever lied to get out of coming into work? Apparently most of us have. And the usual excuses are pretty unremarkable. From car trouble to
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Mistakes that knock thousands off house prices
When it comes to selling your home there are some obvious things you shouldn't do. You wouldn't leave your washing hanging out, dirty
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14,000 UK streets now have average house prices over £1m, property site finds
More than 14,000 streets across Britain now have an average property value of £1 million-plus, according to a website. There are now 14,417
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Unique 'Venetian palace' near Windsor on sale for £4m
An extraordinary fairy-tale house boasting a sunken garden modelled on the ruins of Tintern Abbey has come up for sale for £4 million. See also:
