BBC NEWS | Business | Market towns top house price rise: Beaconsfield is the most expensive market town in England in which to buy property, according to Halifax.
BBC NEWS | Business | Why have rates gone up again? Interest rates have gone up for the second consecutive month. The chief economist at the Halifax bank, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, explains why the Bank of England's rate-setting committee has acted once again.
BBC NEWS | Business | Chinese prices hit 7-year high China's annual rate of inflation climbed to a seven-year high in May, bringing it closer to the level that may trigger interest rate increases.
BBC NEWS | Business | Bank lifts interest rates to 4.5% The Bank of England has increased interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point for the second month in a row, taking them to 4.5%.
FT.com / UK Spending Review 2002 Rampant house price growth is likely to spur the Bank of England into action again this week, economists said yesterday after yet more evidence that the housing market is uncomfortably strong.
BBC NEWS | Business | Bank meets to decide UK rate fate The Bank of England's rate-setting committee is meeting to decide on whether to raise UK base rates for the fourth time in eight months.
BBC NEWS | Business | House price rise 'gathers pace' Britain's housing boom continued to flourish in May according to Halifax, the UK's biggest mortgage lender.
BBC NEWS | Business | Demand boosting service recovery Strong demand is driving recovery across the service sector, a CBI and Grant Thornton quarterly survey says.
This is London: Interest rate 'on the way up' MARKETS are betting on an increase in borrowing costs this week. Another quarter-point rise in base rates to 4.5% is being forecast as the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee tries to curb the boom in consumer credit.
