- Friday, April 30, 2010, 19:11
- Featured, Household Finances
According to a new study published this week by Lloyds TSB Insurance, people in Britain are prepared to pay an extra £3,100 for a home with good neighbours.
A national barometer developed in order to undertake the study ranks Britain's biggest cities against five different objective measures of ‘neighbourliness' - consideration, tolerance, friendliness, tidiness ...
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- Friday, April 30, 2010, 19:07
- Debt Management
Debt charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) has said that it has seen a sharp rise in calls to its helpline during the first three months of 2010, with over 93,000 people calling it during Q1 2010.
This compares to 69,432 for Q1 in 2009. Receiving a record 335,323 calls to its helpline in 2009, CCCS ...
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- Thursday, April 29, 2010, 11:39
- Mortgages
First time buyers and those looking to move to a new home have received a boost with the introduction of a package of measures to help support them in buying in a new property from Britannia and The Co-operative Bank.
The measures include the re-introduction of 90% loan-to-value (LTV) options on a range ...
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- Thursday, April 29, 2010, 11:31
- Featured, Personal Finance
Findings from the first annual Scottish Widows Priorities of Life index reveal that although the UK may officially be out of the recession, Brits are still feeling the pinch due to a lack of time and money to focus on their financial futures.
Despite their best intentions, a third (36%) of people ...
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- Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 10:34
- Personal Finance
According to new research from Sainsbury’s Home Insurance, up to £590 million worth of damage is caused to homes in Britain each year by tradesmen.
With one in five tradesmen estimated to be operating without any public liability insurance, the bank is warning that up to £118 million of this damage may not be ...
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- Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 10:27
- Featured, Interest Rates, Mortgages
Two thirds (63%) of borrowers on a
tracker mortgage are not taking advantage of the low interest rates to overpay on their mortgage, research by unbiased.co.uk has revealed. This has risen from just over half (53%) of borrowers in May 2009. The research also shows that only one in ten (11%) ...
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- Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 11:03
- Personal Finance
Consumers have until Monday 2 May to take advantage of the current half price offer on the Santander Reward
bank account.
The Reward account is open to both new and existing customers that gives an AER of 5% (fixed for a year, when at least £1,000 is paid in every month), 0% interest ...
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- Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 10:47
- Featured, Personal Finance
The majority of Brits are likely to be paying over the odds for their
home landline rental, a recent survey by Homephonechoices.co.uk has revealed.
The survey of over 8,000 consumers shows that 53% of British home phone customers haven’t changed their line rental provider in the last five years.
This failure to shop around and ...
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- Monday, April 26, 2010, 14:58
- Newsletter NEW
The Big Six energy providers may offer you ‘price cuts’, but these are almost always on their standard packages which means that for most people, they won’t be getting the most competitive deal.
The real cheaper deals are simple to find by comparing prices online where you get a whole of market comparison on all available tariffs, not just the ones the big six ...
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