Halifax is expected to put up prices on its direct mortgage range as early
as next week – and is also believed to be planning to scrap the sale of two-year fixed products through its branches. Read more
We talk exclusively to the investment guru about the outlook for the emerging markets, the credit crunch and why on earth nobody spotted the crisis looming. Listen to the interview here. Read more
The collapse of Northern Rock and ongoing credit crunch have knocked consumer confidence in the British banking system. Rebecca Atkinson meets Angela Knight, chief executive of the British Bankers’ Association, to find out how safe banks in the UK really are and what the future holds for the mortgage market.