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Sarah Othman
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15th July 2008
The mortgage market has hit something of a standstill and it is having knock on effects. Patrick Collinson and Rupert Jones said it best when writing for the Guardian: “Britain's mortgage market appears to be in meltdown, with first-time buyers going on...
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15th July 2008
Concerns about inactivity in the mortgage market have hit the balance sheets of Moneysupermaket.com. First time buyers are reluctant to spend their hard earned money and banks are reluctant to lend home loans to them, which is the reason the mortgage mark...
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15th July 2008
A new report by the well-known Life Insurance firm More Than has revealed that 46 year olds are at the peak of their financial and material wealth. The report said that by the time people are aged 46 they have more valuable items in their homes than ever ...
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15th July 2008
Experts are warning that thanks to rising interest rates, tighter controls on awarding credit, and a huge drop in the number of secured loans on the market it is now more important than ever that those looking for a loan find the right one for them and do...
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15th July 2008
Recently published figures have revealed that there are two times as many people taking out expensive loans as there were 9 months ago. Moneysupermarket.com released the new statistics and has said that the number of loans made by people to tide them over...
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30th June 2008
News broke yesterday that a visa credit card with an exceptionally high lending rate has been made available to customers by a leading financial firm. The credit card is being offered to customers who have a poor credit rating and has a whopping 365% inte...
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30th June 2008
Radical new plans have been drawn up to aid banks and building societies which are suffering the most during the current credit crisis. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling has set in motion plans for The Bank of England to absorb billions of mor...
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20th May 2008
Government efforts to ease the financial strain on the mortgage market were ignored by building society Nationwide, as they announced plans severely tighten its lending criteria for new customers.
Despite a £50 billion cash injection from the Bank of...
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20th May 2008
Whiplash injuries account for 80 per cent of all car accident claims in the UK, but the number of bogus cases is on the increase according to Admiral Insurance.
Claims for whiplash cost the insurance industry up to £1.6 billion a year, with 250...
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20th May 2008
The insurance industry has warned that many new homes could be left on the housing market and become uninsurable unless the government introduces new rigid planning controls for flood risk areas.
By the year 2020, a third of the 3 million propose...
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20th May 2008
A dwindling house market in the UK could stretch the financial situation for some mortgage lenders according to credit ratings agency, Fitch.
Their research has uncovered that the British housing market is set to see the trend of lower prices ...
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20th May 2008
An estimated one million people in the UK have ‘problem’ unsecured debts according to a report entitled UK Debt Problems – consumer crisis or efficient market? Published by debt management solutions firm, TDX Group, the findings showed that th...
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20th May 2008
Customers of credit card providers who have a faultless repayment record are said to be at as much risk of being cut off by their lenders as those who are out of control of their spiralling debts.
Banks are beginning to identify borrowers with flawl...
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15th May 2008
It has been four years since the University of Nottingham announced research which could potentially prove some types of whiplash injury were physical. Whiplash, also known as neck sprain, is a controversial injury which is often suffered by drivers o...
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15th May 2008
Engineering experts in Australia have said that if Princess Diana had suffered the fatal crash in their country, instead of in England, she would not have died. It was recently reported that the Princess may have suffered whiplash or concussion but woul...
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