- Monday, March 22, 2010, 14:22
- Newsletter NEW
Loan rates are changing daily and if you want to get the best deal, whether you are borrowing £5,000 or more, we will point you in the right direction.
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- Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 9:57
- Personal Finance
No matter how tired you are of being endlessly broke, watching your mortgage repayments rise, and having to continuously put off getting the kitchen re-done because you just plain can’t afford it (not to mention those Gucci sling-backs that gave you the backside of a 16 year old), you’ve got to ask yourself: Is the credit crunch making it chic to be cheap?
How many times in ...
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If you were to take a snapshot of UK consumer finances at the moment, you’d be excused for feeling less than chipper. The Centre for Policy studies has recently published a report that shows that the total cost of running an average home (with mortgage) rose from £9,837 during 2006, to £11,780 during 2007. This equates to a rise of almost 20% - almost double ...
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Consumers make many excuses for the - often unhappy - state of their finances. The sub-prime mortgage market fiasco in the US has highlighted the importance of responsible lending, but has also drawn attention to the importance of consumer responsibility. Here in the UK where consumers enjoy a collective multi-billion pound relationship with credit, it’s obvious that Britons are less than shy when it comes ...
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It is a well known fact that January is the longest month in the calendar year. It may only contain 31 days, the same as half of the rest of the months in the year, but somehow January is definitely longer. The days are shorter, the darkness seemingly endless; the cold no ...
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I read with some astonishment this morning that an astounding 75% of borrowers do not believe that they are responsible for their own levels of over-indebtedness. Three quarters of consumers do not feel responsible for making their own decisions regarding their finances, and feel that instead, lenders are to blame. With repossessions on the rise in the UK, particularly in the sub-prime market, and collective ...
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