Compare Savings Accounts for the Best Returns on Your Money

When you go to a bank to open a savings account, the first question you will likely be asked is what kind of savings account you want to open. You should do your research on this because not all savings accounts are the same in the benefits they provide for customers. You need an account [...]

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Free Prize Draw entry to win Bissell Homecare Products (Vacuum Cleaners). All you need to do is enter your Name and email and they send you an email to let you know if you have won. 3 prizes to be won every day for 12 days (13th – 24th December).
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Remortgage Your Home and Save Money

At the time when interest rates were rising, many people locked their mortgage in at the lowest possible rates. In recent months the Bank of England has lowered its rate of interest from the 2007 rate of 5.75% to just 3% to help combat the financial crisis that is occurring all over the world.
Those homeowners [...]

Sale and rent back need firmer regulation

Officials from the Office of Fair Trading have been calling for firmer regulation when it comes to sale and rent back schemes, which have been increasingly in the limelight over the past year or two, since the crisis in the housing and the mortgage markets began. The OFT claims that the problems relating to sale [...]

How to Save on the Interest You Pay on Your Mortgage

The amount of interest lenders charge when you take out a mortgage on your home is one of the main factors that determines your monthly payment and how long it will take you to repay the money in full. When searching for a mortgage, the interest rate charged by the lender should be your guide [...]

Retailers made early start on VAT cuts

The Chancellor of the Exchequer recently announced that as of the start of December VAT would be coming down from 17.5 percent to 15 percent, which was another move by the government to try and increase consumer spending and confidence, boost the economy, and minimise the effects of the recession. However, some retailers decided that [...]

Repossessions hit 125 families a day

As repossession proceedings against homeowners in the UK continue to rise, a recent report has shown that in the third quarter of this year the level of repossession in the UK rocketed by 12 percent to 11,300, which equated to around 125 homeowners each day losing their homes after falling behind on repayments.
Many homeowners have [...]

Don’t lose your home over debts on your credit card

As anyone with credit card debt will know, having high interest debts such as this can be very difficult to deal with, and can really eat into your income. The situation is not helped by the fact that many costs have rocketed of late, such as energy usage costs, food prices, borrowing costs and more.
The [...]

Profit margin increases could make banks a fortune

According to a recent report many of the banks in the UK could net a fortune in additional funds as a result of increasing profit margins on loans and finance. It is thought that banks could end up making around £3.6 billion as a result of increasing their profit margins, and some officials are concerned [...]

Parents providing help to many first time buyers

Recent figures have shown that an increasing number of first time buyers in the UK are getting financial assistance from their parents, and that without this financial assistance many would be unable to get onto the property ladder due to financial constraints in the current difficult financial climate.
It is thought that around half of first [...]

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