27th March 2008
Rather worrying I thought, an independent peice of research has revealed that where you live can affect how much you pay for gas and electricity.
In January around 4 UK utilities providers varied their gas prices in the UK according to the cost of pipi...
25th March 2008
Unsecured personal loans. Over the last year interest rates available on unsecured personal loans have continued to increase. The average rate for all loan amounts is now up to a maximum of 4.6 per cent higher than they were in March 2007. Smaller loans h...
25th March 2008
Yesterday’s budget brought no rest bite for first time buyers first time buyers as the Mr Darling announced that the stamp duty threshold will remain the same. People buying into shared equity schemes will have the option not to pay stamp duty until the...
25th March 2008
Yesterday’s budget brought no rest bite for first time buyers first time buyers as the Mr Darling announced that the stamp duty threshold will remain the same. People buying into shared equity schemes will have the option not to pay stamp duty until the...
19th March 2008
The budgetfor 2008 is set to be delivered tomorrow at 12.30pm by the Chancellor Alistair Darling. I'm sure you've already seen the press coverage suggesting that Alistair Darling is mearely presenting Gordon Brown's measures as former Chancellor himself. ...
19th March 2008
The Budget for 2008 is set to be delivered tomorrow at 12.30pm by the Chancellor Alistair Darling. I'm sure you've already seen the press coverage suggesting that Alistair Darling is mearely presenting Gordon Brown's measures as former Chancellor himself....
12th March 2008
6% loans are getting harder to find but there are still some good loan rates to be found, especailly if you take the time to compare loans via a comparison site.
The mainstream loans are heading towards 7 per cent APR and the best loan rates I can find...
11th March 2008
Finding the best car insurance today seems to be more complicated than ever before.
Even with the ever increasing number of comparison web sites competing to make our lives easier by all claiming to be the most comprehensive, comparing 98 per cent of t...
10th March 2008
A staggering 3.2 million of us in the UK own 5 or more credit cards. I suppose this is hardly surprising given the last few years in the UK financial services industry, credit has been made far too easily available to people who either don’t fully under...
07th March 2008
Are we really going to be facing a property price crash in the near future?
Over the last few weeks there have been comments from industry experts all warning us that the UK is heading for a house price crisis or property price crash in the very near ...
03rd March 2008
Oil prices have hit the roof in the last 4 months and so have the taxes we pay; to the tune of £1 billion in just the last 4 months! In fact the prime minister is set to tax us to the tune of £4.5 billion because of the rising oil costs. This will only ...
26th February 2008
For the first time in the UK, well certainly the first time I’ve heard this, there is a motor insurance company offering new customers the chance to cap their motor insurance premium for the next year to it’s the same as they pay the first year.
Fu...
26th February 2008
Most UK banks offer a packaged current account are these accounts really good value for the monthly fee incurred and will any of these accounts really offer you a better service than a ‘normal’ current account.
It seems quite good at a glance; you ...
25th February 2008
During the last 10 years property prices in the UK have increased dramatically so this has left many people with very high equity in the value of their properties. The equity in your property is the difference between what your property would be worth if ...
23rd February 2008
I’ve always thought the 100 per cent mortgage was a bad idea in the first place. It was something my parents warned me against taking out when I bought my first house with my girlfriend, and if your parents warn you to steer clear of something when it c...
