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Banks are reporting that the numbers of customers re-mortgaging their properties is at its highest ever. Most of these customers are seeking to take advantage of two important trends in the economy. The first is that lower interest rates Uomo Nike Air Max 270 Sneakers Nere Rosse Scontate , and increased competition among banks and financial institutions is leading to better and better deals being available on the market in general. The second is that most borrowers? financial situations have improved dramatically since they have first taken out their mortgage and therefore they are able to get far better terms and interest rates for themselves. For example, most people who take out a hundred per cent mortgage will be able to switch it, within two years, to a ninety or ninety five per cent mortgage that offer significantly better terms.


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Archaeologists said Thursday they have discovered a millennium-old "money tree" in a tomb in southwest China's Sichuan Province, though its main body had been stolen.


The tree-shaped sculpture decorated with bronze coins found in a tomb of a noble family dates back to the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), said the team from the Chengdu Cultural Relics and Archaeology Research Institute that unearthed the tomb.


Tang Bin, head of the team Nike Air VaporMax Flyknit Nere Scontate , said they found items including earthenware and iron swords in the tomb in Chengdu, Sichuan's capital city. An earthen pedestal and a stack of bronze coins were all that were left of the money tree, whose main body had been stolen together with the remains of the tomb owners.