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Story date: 2007-09-08 12:39:00
Added on: 2007-09-08 13:47:18
Daily Telegraph - Three main reasons: lower interest rates than almost anywhere else in the world; dodgy lending practices from some mortgage companies, which have doled out money almost willy-nilly to unsuitable borrowers at unpredictable and punitive rates; and a ...
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