Articles, tagged with "lloyds tsb", page 5

Scottish house prices have fallen by the biggest drop in at least 16 years

A leading UK bank, Lloyds TSB, has announced as at 31 October their Scottish House Price Monitor showed the average property in Scotland dropped in value by 4% in the quarter August to October 2008. The bank has stated this is the largest fall since th... Read >
Author: cborthwick9

UK Government puts pressure on banks to pass on rate cut

The UK's biggest building society has announced on Thursday it will pass on the full one percentage point cut for existing tracker customers. RBS/Natwest also said on Friday that they would be cutting their mortgages by 0.75 of a percentage point. The gov... Read >
Author: cborthwick9

Debt help on its way

If you find yourself in a vicious circle of debt with a number of credit card or store card providers then you will be pleased to hear that the government have met with the top lenders to conjure a deal which will ease the strain off struggling borrowers.... Read >
Author: barryloughran@live.co.uk

The Worldwide Credit Crisis

It seems that recently there has been incredible events happening mainly in the American finance sector which are greatly effecting the rest of the world credit wise, where banks are not confident about lending money to other banks as there is so ... Read >
Author: Mortgage Services

Lower Interest Rates - What Do They Mean to You?

The fact that the Bank of England (BOE) has slashed interest rates by 1.5% to 3%, I think shows how worried they are about the British economy. In a Bloomberg survey of 60 economists, nobody had predicted such a large cut in one go. You would be for... Read >
Author: Ray Prince

Scottish Savings Forgotten In Battle Against Debt

With the cost of living rising and the availability of credit withering at an alarming rate, many Scots have prioritised keeping their finances protected against rising debt in the battle with the crunch. Such is the claim of Lloyds TSB, which explaine... Read >
Author: ARouse

The current state of Icelandic and UK Banks

UK authorities have seized control of Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander, the UK arm of Kaupthing. Kaupthing Edge -the Internet bank- was transferred to ING Direct and the UK operation put into administration. The Icelandic government decided then to nation... Read >
Author: Rivington

Bailing Out the Banks – What The Financial Crisis Means to You

It is a mark of our times that we are consistently reminded of the importance of good debt management practice. The U.K. already has the worst personal debt record in Europe and the increasing menace of the credit crunch only looks like making our persona... Read >
Author: RicReev

The End of Era for Bradford & Bingley and Self Cert Mortgages

Bradford & Bingley being nationalised, just as Northern Rock was, spells the end of self cert mortgages. Bradford & Bingley were the leading provider of self cert mortgages and buy-to-let mortgages and now we will see the two mortgage products being ph... Read >
Author: LolitaBrown

Lloyds and HBOS sign £12billion deal to create 'super bank'

The week began with thousands of employees turning up to work at the famous Lehman Brother investment bank to find they no-longer had jobs after the bank filed for bankruptcy. The bank had been operating for over 150 years before they fell victim to the c... Read >
Author: Which4u

Interim Human Resources Management - Reasons to be flexible

Growing numbers of employees want to work more flexibly in order to achieve a better balance between their jobs and the rest of their lives. But while growing numbers of organisations are trying to accommodate their employees' requests, they are doing it ... Read >
Author: Clive Sexton

Loans: Not Just For The Sensible Things In Life?

Brits are generally seen as having a stiff upper lip and are perhaps generally thought of as being a tad on the boring side. However, sometimes something happens to remind everyone that the UK has its fare share of eccentrics - not least of all when it c... Read >
Author: Isla Campbell

Get All the Facts On Current Home Loan Rates

Home loans are easily available in the UK these days. Generally they are offered at various rates which include home loans at fixed rates, home loans adjustable rates and home loans with balloon-rates. All these rates are based on the base interest rate s... Read >
Author: mariane

Bradford & Bingley

One of the UK's biggest joint, buy-to-let mortgage providers, Bradford & Bingley, (B&B) has been in the news recently for numerous reasons, included the resignation of the company's chief executive, Stephen Crawshaw, down to ill health. This coincided ... Read >
Author: Ruth

Working From Home May Affect Home Insurance

The number of people working from home has grown massively in recent years, thanks mainly to the increase in the use and availability of the internet. The majority of people in the United Kingdom now have internet at home and often more than one compu... Read >
Author: Carys Robshaw

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