Articles, tagged with "interest rate cuts", page 1

Desperate Housewives Pay the Mortgage with a Credit Card

Housing charity Shelter has disclosed that over 2 million desperate UK householders have resorted to paying their mortgage or rent with a credit card. A Shelter survey, conducted in August 2010, revealed that 6% of UK households had used plastic cards to ... Read >
Author: Charlotte Mooney

Why Money Market Rates Will Not Stay Low Forever

Investors have suffered through low money market rates for years now, but interest rates in the United States and around the world cannot stay low forever. Low interest rates reward borrowers and punish savers which is a combination designed to encourage ... Read >
Author: hccoleman

How does the economy of a country influences the risk associated with investment in a stock market?

We are often told that investments are subject to risk. What is this risk? It means earning less than what you expected from a given investment or losing part of what you invested. When it comes to investments we only talk about returns. There is one comm... Read >
Author: investmentz

SARB New Lending Numbers For 3rd Quarter Show Noticeable Progress On The Long Road To Better Times

Value of new residential loans granted nearing positive year-on-year growth After a lengthy spell of non-stop year-on-year decline spanning beck to June 2007, the =month that the National Credit Act was implemented, the value of new residential mortg... Read >
Author: Reshall Jimmy

REALTY REVIVAL: THE BIG PICTURE

Low-cost housing will lead the recovery process, stresses a FICCI survey Even as the economy picks up and reports speak of crore-plus apartments being sold within hours, `affordable' is still the operative word in the residential property segment, a... Read >
Author: Real estate

Low Prices for Landlords: but not everyone is confident about the buy to let market

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: MarkeD

Credit Card Companies Finally Have To Be Fair

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 challiner

Boost for Fixed-Rate Bonds

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: MarkeD

Jobless Will Struggle To Remortgage

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 challiner

The SA Property Market and The Economic Downturn

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 Reid

Credit Card Firms Could Be Investigated For Unfair Practices

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 challiner

Student Loan Debt Consolidation Will Keep You Afloat

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: Dshot

Interest Rates Announcements for March

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 Jamieson

All About Fixed Rate Home Loans

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 repay ... Read >
Author: Scott Jamieson

Why the Atlantic Seaboard is such a Popular Property Investment Choice

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 is mo... Read >
Author: Kayla Reid

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