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29th September 2009
People thinking of re-mortgaging to enjoy the savings brought by recent interest rate cuts may be in for a nasty surprise. The Bank of England cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent in December, and is widely predicted to make another 0.25 per cent cut on Fe... Read >
Author: jaisuman21st September 2009
People thinking of re-mortgaging to enjoy the savings brought by recent interest rate cuts may be in for a nasty surprise. The Bank of England cut interest rates by 0.25 per cent in December, and is widely predicted to make another 0.25 per cent cut on Fe... Read >
Author: Satish Yadav17th July 2009
With house prices widely reported to be the lowest they are likely to get, research by the Association of Rental Letting Agents (ARLA) showing the increase in activity amongst landlords is not particularly surprising. However, a lack of buy to let mortga... Read >
Author: MarkeD16th July 2009
Overnight interest hikes on their customers, will be a thing of the past, as credit card companies have agreed to end this practice. A new set of fair principles have been agreed with Government by card issuers. They include giving more breathing space to... Read >
Author: michael challiner28th June 2009
Savers have had little to cheer about of late as the rates paid on their nest eggs have plummeted lower and lower in line with a string of interest rate cuts. In fact, you could now be earning next to nothing on the money you have squirreled away, given t... Read >
Author: MarkeD18th June 2009
With unemployment rising fast in the UK, there is a growing "mortgage underclass" of borrowers who cannot break away from their lender even if the rate they are paying is wildly uncompetitive. Thousands of borrowers who mortgaged two or three years ago on... Read >
Author: michael challiner04th June 2009
The South African property market has, by and large, been able to weather the current international economic downturn far better than many of its European and American counterparts.
Iconic real estate will always be in demand
According to local r... Read >
Author: Kayla Reid15th May 2009
Credit card companies have been warned that they could face an official investigation if they fail to stamp out unfair practices. Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary said that he would have 'no hesitation' in requesting the Office of Fair Trading to in... Read >
Author: michael challiner07th April 2009
For students having to bear the burden of debt on top of their academic burden they have something to rejoice. You would have accumulated multiple debts as you progress from class to class and then when you move on to a college. You would be naturally wor... Read >
Author: Dshot02nd April 2009
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has decided to keep interest rates on hold, disappointing current homeowners and property investors who have been the biggest beneficiaries of dropping rates over the past few months.
So far, the RBA has made 5 inter... Read >
Author: Scott Jamieson02nd April 2009
What is a fixed rate home loan?
Fixed rate home loans are for those who need a secure interest rate that doesn’t fluctuate depending on the precariousness of the market. Typically they last about 3-5 years and those who take out the loan need to repa... Read >
Author: Scott Jamieson25th February 2009
Cape Town’s ‘Gold’ Coast stretches from the bustle of Sea Point, all the way along past the glorious beaches of Clifton, Camps Bay and Llandudno to the pleasant and burgeoning village of Hout Bay. This is the Cape’s premier residential zone that... Read >
Author: Kayla Reid15th December 2008
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has welcomed the decision by the Bank of England to lower interest rates to 2%, which is the lowest rate for nearly sixty years. Darling, who announced a cut in VAT in previous weeks warned though that the rate cuts would... Read >
Author: Claudia Liza08th December 2008
If you've got a mortgage and you live in the UK, you're probably very interested in the interest rate cuts that keep showing up. However, they won't necessarily help you out. Much of whether it will make a difference comes down to whether you are trying t... Read >
Author: Robert Palmer22nd November 2008
Yesterdays announcement by the Bank of England delivered an unexpected statement that they were cutting their base rate by 1½% from 4.5% to 3%. It has been done to kick start our stalling economy and to try and prevent a deepening recession. Everyone wa... Read >
Author: SEO Positive20th November 2008
Yesterdays announcement by the Bank of England delivered an unexpected statement that they were cutting their base rate by 1½% from 4.5% to 3%. It has been done to kick start our stalling economy and to try and prevent a deepening recession. Everyone wa... Read >
Author: SEO Positive20th November 2008
Yesterdays announcement by the Bank of England delivered an unexpected statement that they were cutting their base rate by 1½% from 4.5% to 3%. It has been done to kick start our stalling economy and to try and prevent a deepening recession. Everyone wa... Read >
Author: SEO Positive27th October 2008
Worldwide, consumers are feeling the tightening strangle hold of increased commodity prices, petrol price hikes and the damning effects of the worst global melt down in eighty years, but not all is gloom and doom for the South African economy.
Fortunat... Read >
Author: Kayla Reid09th September 2008
Mortgage approvals hit their lowest in at least 15 years in July and the manufacturing sector shrank for a fourth straight month in August, surveys showed today."Prospects for the UK economy remain grim," said Michael Saunders, a Citigroup economist. "The... Read >
Author: tugsearch08th September 2008
When the Fed lowers interest rates, as it continued to do this week, everyone gets excited and there is a lot of buzz about the real estate market. But - when it comes to you and me - what do these lower interest rates really mean? Here are some examples:... Read >
Author: Irene Gaffigan14th August 2008
Mortgages have never been easy to work out for the average homebuyer. With so many different types of mortgage available and at so many different rates and periods, it's often been difficult to decide which mortgage is best.
Recent months have seen th... Read >
Author: Christian Ward04th June 2008
Reports have come though this month from the government stating that home repossession orders in England and Wales have hit the highest level since back in the 1990’s. The numbers have become apparent over the last three months, and economy experts say ... Read >
Author: Jennifer Quirk15th May 2008
Mortgage approvals unexpectedly increased in January as house prices continued to fall. The Bank of England has released new data showing there were 74,000 mortgage approvals in January, which was up 2,000 from December. That month’s figure of 72,000 wa... Read >
Author: Drew Swainston11th May 2008
The current credit global crisis could cost the UK’s financial services industry up to 11,000 jobs, as consumer and business confidence rapidly declines, warns the CBI.
It points to a recent survey carried out by accountancy firm Price Coopers Waterh... Read >
Author: Isla Campbell29th April 2008
A key issue in the UK property market in recent months, both for residential buyers and those looking to acquire investment property, has been the cost of mortgages, with the credit crunch pushing up interbank lending rates, which in turn have restricted ... Read >
Author: Assetz UK25th April 2008
One of the factors in considerations about the UK property market in recent times has been the apparent conflict between the short-term and long-term perspectives. Until recently, the short-termist view looked to have some merit, with rapid house price ri... Read >
Author: Assetz UK18th April 2008
Yesterday may not have brought the most startling news in economic history when the Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) announced it was cutting the base rate by 0.25 per cent for the third time in five months.
Revealing the news, the body... Read >
Author: Assetz UK16th April 2008
Mortgages have never been easy to work out for the average homebuyer. With so many different types of mortgage available and at so many different rates and periods, it's often been difficult to decide which mortgage is best. Recent months have seen the ... Read >
Author: pmcindoe02nd April 2008
On January 22nd, the Federal Reserve cut their most important interest rate for the fourth time in the past six months, in an attempt to stem the widespread sentiment that the US is in, or headed for recession. Their cut comes at a strange time, because t... Read >
Author: Ki Gray13th February 2008
This has been a good news week for many in the buy-to-let industry, with a lot of of those with buy-to-let mortgages either getting a reduction or hoping for one following the base rate cut yesterday. Those looking for a wider boost to the property market... Read >
Author: Assetz UK07th February 2008
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Dec. 11th on hopes that the credit crisis would be tempered from 4.5. Markets were on the upswing up until the cut was announced because many investors were under the impression that the central bank, under pressu... Read >
Author: Ki Gray01st February 2008
It is becoming increasingly clear that we're heading for uncertain financial times in the near future. Economists and finance analysts are warning of unknown but probably severe impacts from the global banking crisis, and a sizeable minority of experts ar... Read >
Author: Martin Sumner30th January 2008
Many of us these days have personal unsecured loans, but for some of us keeping up with repayments can be very difficult due to the high rates of interest that we are paying. There is a common misconception amongst many borrowers that switching to another... Read >
Author: Reno Charlton23rd January 2008
What the Eurozone Outlook May Be
The performance of the EUR/USD is heavily influenced by economic prospects in the Eurozone. Part of the reason the EUR/USD rose to its all-time high of 1.4968 was while the US Federal Reserve lowered rates by 100bp, the... Read >
Author: Misty14th November 2007
Thanks to the Fed and their interest rate cuts, you can once again get a low interest rate on your home mortgage loan. The problem is that the Fed's rate cut came at the same time as the problems in the bad credit mortgage market. These credit troubles sp... Read >
Author: Debt Free27th March 2007
Inflation is knocking on the door. UK's leading banks plunge nearly
1.4 percent. The recent headlines are not optimistic, to say the
least. Northern Rock improves rates and services for the savings
products it currently offers. Should this be seen a... Read >
Author: -ddd-17th November 2006
Basically a motorcycle loan refinance is all about getting a better rate and lower loan payment on your motorcycle.
The term motorcycle financing refers to the act of providing a certain amount of money to an individual in order to buy a motorcycle. ... Read >
Author: Jason Story
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