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Junior ISAs will replace Child Trust Funds (27-10-10)
Parents will have an easier way to save for their children with the launch a new “Junior ISA”, a savings account that will replace the soon-to-be scrapped Child Trust Funds...
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Post Office savers get Financial Services protection (27-10-10)
Got savings with the Post Office? You’ll be covered by the UK’s compensation scheme for up to £50,000 from next week...Read more
Savers miss out on £322 each year (26-10-10)
Brits are missing out on an average of £12billion a year as banks keep quiet about higher interest rates available...
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Mortgage market 'worse than feared' (20-10-10)
The mortgage market is in a worse state than many people thought as lending in September drops to a 10-year low...Read more
Tesco cuts Clubcard rewards by 25% (19-10-10)
Tesco Clubcard customers need to move fast to make sure they get the best deals from their reward points...
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Brits could not survive on their savings (13-10-10)
15 million Brits could not survive a week on their savings if they found themselves out of a job, according to HSBC...Read more
Brits fear switching current accounts (11-10-10)
Only 7% of Brits have switched bank accounts in the last two years, despite most being unhappy with their current provider...
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House prices fall by record 3.6% (07-10-10)
In September houses had the biggest fall in month-on-month prices since records began in 1983...Read more
Halifax pays £500 towards energy bills for first-time buyers (05-10-10)
Halifax is offering all new mortgage customers £500 towards the cost of their first energy bill of the autumn...
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Take out a British Airways American Express credit card and get bumper airmiles (28-9-10)
Apply now for a British Airways American Express credit card and get six airmiles for every pound you spend....Read more
Offline savers miss out on decent interest rates (27-9-10)
Brits with online savings accounts are £375 better off than those with branch-only accounts...
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New lender gives low interest loans to low income families (23-9-10)
Government-backed scheme gives financially excluded people cheap loans...Read more
August mortgage lending hits 10-year low (20-9-10)
It’s a mighty struggle to get a mortgage these days, as shown by massive fall in lending last month...
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‘Brits out of touch with finances’ says Barclays (16-9-10)
The majority of adults in the UK are clueless as to how much money they actually have in their bank accounts...Read more
House prices expected to fall for months (14-9-10)
Property prices dropped for the second month in a row in August, and are expected to fall further in the coming months...
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Base Rate held at 0.5% for 18th month (09-9-10)
The Bank of England base rate has now been kept at the historic low of 0.5% for a year and a half...Read more
Brits can’t afford home repairs (09-9-10)
A third of UK homes need repairing but owners can’t afford to fix them...
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HSBC offers first-time buyers 90% mortgages (09-9-10)
Struggling first-time buyers are given a lifeline by HSBC...Read more
Halifax cuts mortgage rates (07-9-10)
Halifax borrowers could get 0.50% off their mortgage rate till the end of next year...
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