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Number of mortgage approvals for home purchases falls for fourth consecutive month.

UK economic recovery stronger by month as NIESR puts GDP at pre-crisis level.

How eurozone recovery hopes rest on a negative deposit rate and LTROs.

Survey of homeowners finds concern that base rate increase will stretch mortgage affordability.

No sign yet of mortgage credit-led housing bubble says IMF but house price growth a concern.

Chancellor says he and monetary policymakers are alert to debt risk of soaring house prices.

Confederation of British Industry says its measure of UK growth hit record high during May.

Tony Whitehorn, chief executive of Hyundai UK, warns of risk to car sales when BoE lifts interest rates.

ONS figures shows first time buyers taking biggest hit from rocketing property prices.

Construction firms chase profits from spiralling house prices as pace of residential work picks up.

There is a lot of talk of a housing bubble forming in the UK, but are there signs the boom is slowing?

Halifax said in its monthly house price index that property values dropped 0.2% in April.

Markit PMI report shows UK service sector outperforming analysts' expectations during April.

OECD says Bank of England should look at tools to put brakes on runaway UK house prices.

Firm says profit lifted 26% as mortgage market recovery drives millions more visitors to Zoopla.

ONS data shows UK economy grew by 0.8% in first quarter of year.

Bank of England governor says UK economic recovery looking more broad-based and sustainable.

LMS says falling remortgaging transactions in March points to lending slowdown ahead.

EY Item Club predicts small interest rates hike in 2015 but sharp increases after that.

The Bank of England's Governor says the UK has some spare capacity in its labour market.

Mark Carney says no interest rate hike until economic recovery balanced and sustainable.

Cost of Living: Professor David Miles says he expects wage growth to eventually outstrip inflation.

Financial Conduct Authority also tells lenders to look for customers susceptible to interest rates rise and help them.

Bank of England MPC member McCafferty says if pound continues to strengthen it will worry him.

Miles said the financial policy committee is "mindful of the risks" of a UK house price bubble.

Bank of England monetary policymakers do not want to hike interest rates early, however.

The Commerce Department says manufactured orders in November increased to $497.9bn.

UK house prices, the cost of living and the unemployment rate are ones to watch in 2014.

India's wholesale price inflation strikes a 14-month high in November.

Bank policymaker warns UK recovery will take time to filter down to ordinary Britons.