First-time buyers' record burden
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The finances of first-time home buyers are being stretched to record levels by rising house prices.
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Disappointing data come as credit crisis looms.
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First-time buyers cannot afford to buy a home in 92% of UK towns, a Halifax survey says.
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Record purchases of gift tokens and online presents drove up preliminary consumer spending estimates in the US on Monday but clouded attempts to predict retail store sales.
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A survey says first-time buyers cannot afford to get on the property ladder in most of the UK's towns. Are you affected?
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Not everyone has suffered from the current housing slump. Exceptions include entrepreneurs with deep experience in real estate and those who have carved out a special niche.
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Don't buy without considering threat of entry, bargaining power, and more.
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Companies that have invited consumers to create advertising often find it to be stressful, costly and time-consuming.
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Prices of homes sold in December registered the biggest year-over-year decline on record, according to an industry trade group, and 2007 is the first year on record that has seen a drop. A report issued Thursday showed the problems in the housing market have not yet bottomed out.
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Sellers worry that their costs will rise and they will have less protection against malicious buyers.
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NEW YORK - Americans are woefully ignorant about credit scores, a consumer group found, even though these measures of credit risk affect everything from the interest people pay on mortgages to whether they qualify for insurance.
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Arm yourself with information before shopping for a home loan.
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Enterprises are focusing the customer experience like never before. In fact, over 80 percent of those recently surveyed by Forrester Research say that customer satisfaction will be more important for them this year than last. Almost none indicated that it would be less important in the coming months.
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Internet and mail-order sellers offer a misleading benefit.
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Buddi is a simple budgeting program targeted for users with little or no financial background. It allows users to set up accounts and categories, record transactions, check spending habits, etc.   I am pleased to announce the release of Buddi 2.9.3.0.  This is the first release in the 3.0 Development branch which is recommended for production use.  I have converted my finances to this new version, and I greatly appreciate all those who are able and willing to help me test it.  To import your existing data, do the following:  1) Create a new data file (File -> New, or just run the program for the first time) 2) Import your legacy file (File -> Import -> Import Legacy Buddi File) 3) Select your old data file.  Buddi should now import the old data.  Please double check that the new version gives the same numbers (account balances, net worth, budget, etc) as the old version.  If there are any discrepancies or problems, please report them to me.  Cheers
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Shoppers will be able to tell how much damage their purchases do the environment under a new plan.
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By INTERVIEWS BY Daisy Hildyard  British shoppers spent [pound]150m on the internet last Monday, as high street stores admitted their sales were down. Are we all online shoppers now?    Rob Harris, 25    CHEMIST   Car insurance.