Mortgages were approved in July, according to data published yesterday by the Bank of England, raising fears that the UK housing market is at best drifting sideways and at worst heading for a double-dip recession.
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UK housing market drifted
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Mortgage lending stabilises in 2010
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Mortgage rates drop slightly
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UK suffering from property price gulf
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Interest rates have stabilised:
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House prices still moving sideways
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U.S. mortgage applications fall
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Interest bomb ticking in mortgage market
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Longer mortgage tenures have implications for property market:
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Mortgage approvals fell further in May
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Interest rates likely to go down
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Mortgage applications rising
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UK is officially in recession
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U.K. house prices rise in May
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Home prices show signs of stabilizing
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Property market remains subdued
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UK can have soft landing from credit crunch