- Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 14:59
- Featured, Household Finances
The latest figures from the Nationwide reveal that its Consumer Confidence Index - a measure of consumer feelings about the economy - remained unchanged in October, staying level at 72 points.
The Expectations Index fell by two points to 106, but confidence in the present situation continued to return and recorded a three point rise over ...
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- Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 12:38
- Featured, Household Finances
200,000 working families will gain about £1,000 a year, thanks to new rules around Housing and Council Tax Benefits that came into force yesterday.
The Department of Work and Pensions has stated that the changes, announced in the Budget 2008, will make eligible families an average of £20 a week better off.
From Monday 2nd ...
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- Monday, November 2, 2009, 16:31
- Featured, Personal Finance
A new consumer survey conducted by Which? Switch has revealed that around half of
energy customers don't read, or only glance at, the terms and conditions of their contracts when they changed their energy supplier.
Which? Switch is now warning consumers looking to switch this autumn that they need to read the terms ...
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- Thursday, October 29, 2009, 11:34
- Credit Cards, Debt Management, Featured
Yesterday, the Government announced proposals to ensure that
credit and store card companies give people a fairer deal. One of the changes proposed was a change to 'negative payment hierarchies' which see the cheapest debt paid off first. The Government also proposes that minimum monthly repayments should be increased to help people
pay ...
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- Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 15:04
- Featured
The September data from Land Registry's flagship
House Price Index shows a rising market with a monthly house price rise of 0.9%, up from 0.5% in August. The annual drop of 5.6%, up from a low of minus 16.3% in February, takes the average house price in England and Wales ...
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- Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 13:18
- Featured, Loans
Despite a rocky start, it seems the Government's car scrappage scheme is succeeding in its mission to stimulate the motor vehicle market in the UK.
The UK car scrappage scheme was announced in the Budget speech on April 22nd, and allows owners of cars and small vans registered before 31st August 1999 to trade ...
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- Monday, October 26, 2009, 13:19
- Credit Cards, Debt Management, Featured
Almost two-thirds of
credit card users don't understand that their cheapest debt is paid off first, according to new research from moneysupermarket.com.
The report suggests that Britain's credit card borrowers feel ‘angry' and ‘cheated' by the repayments hierarchy, that sees debt with the lowest interest rate cleared first, before funds are directed to ...
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The house price crash has been bad news for many, but for those desperate to get on the property ladder, the good news is that housing affordability is at its best level for six years.
Now, new research from
Lloyds TSB suggests that 70% of parents with children over the age of 18 ...
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New figures released today by the Office of National Statistics have revealed that life expectancy at birth in the UK for 2006-08 remains highest in the South of England.
Life expectancy was 79.2 years for males in the South East and 83.1 years for females in the South West. In contrast, Scotland had the lowest life ...
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A new survey has revealed that nearly half of all UK adults are worried about funding Christmas this year and two thirds fear that they won't save enough cash before Christmas to pay for spending
The research from moneysupermarket.com reveals that 45% of consumers are worried about funding Christmas this year and 66% will ...
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