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Fixed rates 'are the key'; CAROLINE Flint shows politics and style mix as well in Britain as in France. The Housing Minister, 46, showed a daring flash of leg as she strode to a Cabinet meeting, outdoing even French justice minister Rachida Dati's appearance earlier this week P. S.

Byline: James Coney

THE Chancellor unveiled plans to persuade homebuyers to take out longerterm fixed-rate mortgages and to help key workers on to the housing ladder.

Mr Darling thinks fixed rates lasting up to 25 years will bring stability tothe housing market, and protect homeowners from the payment shock of seeingtheir interest rate suddenly shoot up.

He also launched two sharedownership schemes which would allow key workers suchas nurses and teachers to pay for a mortgage, initially covering just half ofthe property value.

They will be offered a low rate loan for the rest of the value until they canafford to buy a bigger share of their property.

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