- Friday, May 28, 2010, 12:20
- Household Finances
56.3% of Brits have admitted that they haven’t switched their
broadband provider in the past three years according to a new survey by Broadbandchoices.co.uk. This means that despite a 34% drop in the average cost of a standalone broadband package over the past three years and a 130% increase in average connection speeds, people ...
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Nearly five million Brits rely on
credit cards to pay their household bills according to new research from moneysupermarket.com. Furthermore, 2.5 million people also use their credit card(s) to withdraw money – potentially costing them around £90 million a year in total.
The research found that, whilst over half of Brits (55%) use ...
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Women now splash out an average of £113 on a handbag research by Churchill Home Insurance has revealed.
And with most women’s handbags containing items such as mobile phones, house and car keys, cash and
credit cards, and perfume, the true value of an average handbag could actually be closer to £1,800.
Churchill’s data also shows that one in five women (20%) have been the victim ...
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- Thursday, May 27, 2010, 12:15
- Featured, Loans, Mortgages
New figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show that the number of house purchase
loans in Scotland during Q1 2010 matched the rest of the UK by falling.
Such loans fell by 33% in Scotland, from 14,400 (worth £1.6 billion in the last three months of 2009) to 9,700 (worth £1.1 billion in the ...
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Leeds Building Society has launched a new Albion Web Saver account that provides consumers with a rate of interest up to 2.25%. This rate of interest is combined with unlimited penalty free access to their (the consumer’s) money at any time, ands no short term bonuses.
The key features of the Albion Web Saver ...
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- Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 13:02
- Featured, Mortgages
Yorkshire Building Society has launched a new range of
mortgages that are aimed at
first time buyers.
All three mortgages in the range come without any upfront fees, £500 cashback, and loans up to 85% of the value of property.
With typical house prices for first-time buyers now standing at around £155,000, Yorkshire ...
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