Borrowers stung by soaring rates
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Business & money: Average interest rates on personal loans have jumped to almost double the advertised rate
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction  -  and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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Banks are being accused of pressuring customers into taking out costly loans to try to clear their debts.
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction -- and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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Fed moves don't always mean lower rates for borrowers.
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Business & money: An emergency loan of Â£1.6bn and speculation about the sub-prime fallout have rocked the bank.
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Mortgage foreclosures in the United States jumped to a record in the first half as rising interest rates and falling home prices battered homeowners.
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China's central bank yesterday raised interest rates for the first time in nearly a decade, signaling deepening unease with the breakneck pace of development and an intent to reign in a construction boom now sowing fears of runaway inflation.
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Wall Street investors didn't exactly celebrate the Federal Reserve's emergency rate cut Tuesday, but home owners with expensive lines of credit on their mortgages should jump for joy.
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Personal insolvencies in England and Wales have hit another record high as interest rate rises take their toll on already over-extended households.
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Lenders have concocted a frightening brew of fees. Are there fang marks on your wallet?
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The Federal Reserve&#39;s new wave of interest-rate increases is spilling into consumers&#39; and investors&#39; lives in good and bad ways.
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Charging people steep rates to borrow may not be so heinous.
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The number of individuals going bankrupt has hit a record high, government figures revealed yesterday in fresh evidence that over-indebted households are struggling to cope with recent interest rate rises.
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Applications for home mortgages jumped  to their highest level in nearly four years as low interest  rates led more homeowners to seek refinancing, according to  data from an industry group on Wednesday.
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Watch your step, or you may be socked with outlandish interest rates.
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WASHINGTON -- Late payments and new foreclosures on adjustable-rate home mortgages made to people with spotty credit histories spiked to all-time highs in the first three months of this year.