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					  <title><![CDATA[First time buyers need £20k to get a foot on the ladder]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[New research from the Co- operative Bank and Places for People shows that first time buyers need nearly &pound;20k to purchase their first property ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:54:26 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Halifax say that the average house price is now £174,178]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[The average house in Britain now falls under the new stamp duty threshold of &pound;175,00, say the Halifax ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:05:12 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[2 year fixed rates return to pre credit crunch levels]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Abbey and Accord have become the latest lenders to slash their rates as the cost of funding falls ]]></description>
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					  <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:34:47 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Alliance &amp; Leicester reduce mortgage rates]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Alliance & Leicester have followed Abbey's lead by reducing the rates across it's mortgage range ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:43:26 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Abbey are now the UK&#039;s top mortgage lender]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Today Banco Santander owned mortgage lender Abbey overtook the Halifax as the UK's largest mortgage lender ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:40:15 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Life assurance premiums cut in half since 1998]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Moneyfacts research has show that the life assurance price war has
halved the cost of life cover since 1998&nbsp; ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:25:14 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Government to improve access to shared ownership]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.themortgageprovideronline.com/articles/507/1/Government-to-improve-access-to-shared-ownership/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Gordon Brown in today's draft legislative agenda announced that he would allow all first time buyers with an income of less than &pound;60k access to shared equity schemes. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 18:59:51 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[&#039;Mortgage Rationing&#039; a possibility]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[The Telegraph has reported that one of Gordon Brown's chief advisers has warned of 'mortgage rationing'. ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 11:37:09 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Crazy world: another lender withdraws it&#039;s standard variable rate]]></title>
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					  <description><![CDATA[Halifax has announced that it is not going to offer it's SVR to new customers ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 20:58:16 CEST</pubDate>
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					  <title><![CDATA[Abbey and Nationwide turn up the heat once again]]></title>
					  <link>http://www.themortgageprovideronline.com/articles/495/1/Abbey-and-Nationwide-turn-up-the-heat-once-again/Page1.html</link>
					  <description><![CDATA[Two of the countries largest lenders have tightened up their criteria once again, leaving both mortgage holders and buyers jittery ]]></description>
					  <author>no@spam.com (James Berry)</author>
					  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:10:33 CEST</pubDate>
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