- Thursday, December 31, 2009, 19:04
- Mortgages
The stamp duty holiday on
properties sold for between £125,000 and £175,000 comes to an end today.
In response, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has taken a look at which regions have benefitted most and least from the temporary concession. It has found that London and the South East are the relative ...
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- Thursday, December 31, 2009, 18:56
- Featured, Mortgages
The latest
house price data from
Nationwide has revealed that most UK regions saw price rises over 2009.
House prices rose in all regions except Northern Ireland during the fourth quarter of 2009 and southern regions continued to experience stronger growth than northern regions. London saw the strongest growth in the quarter ...
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- Thursday, December 31, 2009, 18:51
- Featured, Savings and Investments
Nationwide Building Society has increased the rate offered on its Champion Saver product to 2.69% gross p.a./AER for balances of £1,000 or above from 1st January 2010.
With
high savings rates still hard to come by, the increase is good news for savers. The Nationwide Champion ...
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- Thursday, December 31, 2009, 18:40
- Credit Cards, Featured
The 23rd December was the busiest
shopping day before Christmas, according to Barclaycard Payment Acceptance, with consumers spending a collective £497m.
Since then, 29th December has proved the busiest post Christmas shopping day, with spending levels reaching £376m.
Barclaycard calculated the Christmas spending figures by analysing the transactions at the 88,000 UK retailers that used Barclaycard ...
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The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the charity Citizens Advice have launched a campaign to urge people who have struggled financially this Christmas to start thinking now about
saving for Christmas 2010.
As part of the OFT's Save Xmas campaign, selected Citizens Advice Bureaux ...
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As we head into 2010, 27 million people will make resolutions, and by the end of January, 41% will have broken them, rising to 71% within the first six months.
That's according to new research by Gocompare.com which found that losing weight, taking more exercise and sorting out finances top the Nation's to-do list.
The poll of ...
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- Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 17:07
- Featured, Household Finances
Following the Met Office's cold weather warnings, the Department of Health is urging people to be aware of the risks faced during this period of cold weather.
According to reports, cold weather is now well established across the country with conditions expected to become even colder during today and Friday ...
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- Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 17:07
- Credit Cards, Personal Finance
Proposals to phase out cheques by 2018 will not have the huge impact on older people that many are predicting, according to Saga.
Emma Soames, Editor at Large for Saga Magazine said:
"Our customers are very at home using
Credit and
Debit Cards and have been for many years. In fact this has been a topic for discussion on SagaZone, the social networking site for ...
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- Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 17:07
- Debt Management, Energy
A new Which? report has warned that the energy bill for a poorly-insulated home could rise by over a third (35%) by 2020, potentially leaving 4 million households in
fuel poverty.
The annual energy bill for a 3-bedroom semi could rise to over £2,600 over the next decade, while a family living in a detached house could be faced with a bill of almost £4,000.
More ...
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- Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 17:07
- Featured, Personal Finance
New figures from AA Insurance have revealed that the recent icy weather has caused a spate of collisions, with the
insurer seeing a third more claims than usual.
Despite warnings of plunging temperatures and the heavy snow showers that swept the east and south-east of Britain this morning, many drivers ...
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