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UK house prices rise at slowest post-summer rate since 2008 crash

Rightmove says 0.5% rise is smallest for time of year since financial crisis 15 years ago as higher interest rates hit home

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt warns of ‘difficult decisions’ ahead as public finances worsen

Chancellor rules out tax rises and vows to cut spending in autumn statement as borrowing rises up to £30bn more than forecast

The Guardian - UK

US inflation sticks at 3.7%; UK recession fears linger despite August growth; Ikea to cut prices – as it happened

UK services sector lifts economy back to growth in August, but BoE policymaker Swati Dhingra warns that economy is flatlining

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Ex-Tory business minister Anna Soubry says she will vote Labour

Co-founder of Change UK who opposed Brexit praises Keir Starmer as having the ‘values and competence’ the country ‘desperately needs’

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Bank of England boss endorses Labour as Rachel Reeves vows to ‘rebuild’ economy after Tory ‘misrule’

Mark Carney says ‘beyond time’ for a Labour government in major coup for opposition

The Independent UK

UK bonds have hit a 25-year high – here's what that means for the economy

It’s been more than a year since the UK economy was thrown into crisis after then-prime minister Liz Truss suggested making a wealth of unfunded tax cuts in her September 2022 mini-budget. But a recent bond market sell-off has now sent borrowing costs rocketing again, pushing the bond market even…

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Buyer’s market: London house prices down 4.8 per cent reports Halifax

London has seen the biggest fall in house prices in cash terms of any UK region

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Buyer’s market fuels fastest fall in UK house prices in 14 years

High mortgage costs result in sixth straight month of sellers being forced to reduce prices, says Halifax

The Guardian - UK

Bond yields rise after US jobs report smashes forecasts – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as US non-farm payroll shows surge in hiring last month

The Guardian - UK

UK house prices have proven more resilient than expected, says Halifax

Despite recent house price falls,the average property value remains more than £39,000 above pre-pandemic levels, Halifax said.

The Independent UK

What are bond yields and why are they at a 25-year high in UK?

Inflation expectations have pushed up government’s long-term cost of borrowing, which is expected to slow economy

The Guardian - UK

Sharon White stepping down from John Lewis; UK house prices fall at fastest rate since 2009 – as it happened

John Lewis chair Sharon White will not seek second term at retailer, as Nationwide reports UK house prices fell 5.3% in year to September

The Guardian - UK

One in four new UK homeowners opt for ‘marathon mortgages’ to cut payments

Buyers under 29 choosing at least 35-year repayment terms to bridge gap between rising living costs and high asking prices, says Experian

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Gyles Brandreth recalls late Queen’s savage quip to Mervyn King during financial crisis

Exclusive: Author and broadcaster recalled fond memories of the late monarch during a talk at Henley Literary Festival

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Number of home buyer mortgage approvals slumped to six-month low in August

Net approvals for remortgaging fell to the lowest level since 2012, the Bank of England said.

Evening Standard

Mortgage approvals plunge in August as full impact of higher interest rates starts to come through

The average interest rate paid on new mortgages, which had only been edging up even as lenders rapidly increased prices, rose by jumped to 4.82%

The Guardian - UK

Average five-year fixed mortgage rate in UK falls back below 6%

First time since early July that average rate has been below 6%, with some deals now under 5%

Evening Standard

Average five-year fixed-rate mortgage falls back below 6%

The Bank of England’s decision to pause its interest hikes led to a further wave of rate cuts from lenders

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The Guardian - UK

German inflation falls to 4.5%; UK home sellers increase discounts; mortgage rates ease – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Conversation

Why central banks should stop raising interest rates

Mortgage borrowers breathed a sign of relief following a recent pause in the Bank of England’s 14-month campaign of base rate hikes.

Evening Standard

Pounded: Sterling heads to worst month for a year

THE pound remained under intense selling pressure today as global investors backed the dollar leaving sterling on track for its worst month since Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-budget a year ago.

The Guardian - UK

UK economy ‘will shrink for two years as eurozone and US grow’

Thinktank chief and former Bank MPC member gloomy about stubborn inflation and labour shortages

The Conversation

Inflation: I've been analysing the Bank of England's forecasts over the past two years – here's how they got it wrong

The Bank of England (BoE) has been strongly criticised for failing to predict the surge in inflation. Had it done so, it could have reacted more quickly and prevented inflation from rising as high as 11% in autumn 2022.

The Guardian - UK

‘Imagine Westminster under water’: stricter tests needed to see how City copes with climate disasters

Sam Woods, head of the Bank’s financial stability watchdog, says lenders have only shown they can survive ‘slow burn’ changes to temperatures

The Guardian - UK

Zombie Britain sees zero growth – and that’s the good news

Some surveys predict recession, but with pay and confidence rising, they may be wrong. That’s the best we, and the PM, can hope for

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