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Nationwide increases Champion ISA rate (31-3-10)
Nationwide today increased the interest rate on its Champion ISA to 2.8%......
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Text loan adverts stopped (31-3-10)
Text messages offering loans have been rapped by the advertising watchdog.....
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Consumers getting ‘unfair’ deal on ISAs (31-3-10)
Consumers are getting a raw deal on ISAs and could be losing £3billion of interest a year.....
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Santander closes door on best buy cash ISA (31-3-10)
Santander is pulling its best buy 3.5% cash ISA days before the end of the tax year....
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House prices flick back up in March (30-3-10)
March house prices bounced back after a February drop....
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Are you ready for the ISA Easter countdown? (30-3-10)
Easter eggs and Easter ISAs will be opened this weekend as the end of tax year looms...
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Mortgage lending slows but rates are dropping (29-3-10)
Mortgage approvals fell last month again, but interest rates are falling...
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Post Office bank plans launched (29-3-10)
Post Offices are to offer more banking services under new government plans....
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Northern Rock cuts first-time buyer mortgages rates (26-3-10)
First-time buyers are seeing more mortgage competition as Northern Rock cuts its rates.
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Nationwide: New 4-year Cash ISA is joint leader (25-3-10)
ISA season is heating up as Nationwide launches a new Cash ISA...
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HSBC: Lowest 2-year mortgage on market (25-3-10)
Competition in the mortgage market is heating up with HSBC bringing out a two-year fixed rate best buy
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Budget 2010: The savers’ view (24-3-10)
Alistair Darling has revealed ISA allowances will now rise with inflation...
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Budget 2010: Taxes (24-3-10)
Tax changes are always keenly watched when a chancellor opens the Budget box
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Budget 2010: Stamp duty cut for first-time buyers (24-3-10)
First-time buyers will not pay stamp duty on homes worth up to £250,000, the chancellor revealed in the Budget today...
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Would you fix an ISA for 5 years for 5%? (24-3-10)
Fixed-rate ISAs are offering the best rates, but are you ready to lock your money away?
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Basic bank account promise for all (23-3-10)
A basic bank account may become the right of everyone in the UK, if Budget rumours are true...
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Inflation down but still biting savers (23-3-10)
Inflation is falling but low interest rates on savings accounts mean it is hard to get a decent rate of return...
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Post Office: 1% mortgage rate cuts (23-3-10)
The Post Office is cutting up to 1% off its mortgage range...
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Offset mortgages better option than ISAs (22-3-10)
Offset mortgages could be better for your financial health, than investing in an ISA...
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Buying a home now a pipe dream for couples (22-3-10)
Young buyers face long wait before they can buy their first home, unless their parents help out...
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Santander: Half-price Reward current account (19-3-10)
Santander is offering a discount on the monthly charge for its packaged Reward current account...
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Virgin Money: New 12 month balance and purchase credit card (19-3-10)
Virgin Money is offering a 0% double for transfers and purchases....
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Time running out for April fools ISA deadline (18-3-10)
The ISA deadline is looming so take advantage, and don’t be a savings fool this April...
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Yorkshire offers 2.99% lowest ever fixed rate mortgage (18-3-10)
Remortgagers who own half their house can now get a fixed rate mortgage under 3%...
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Barclaycard launches Freedom rewards (17-3-10)
New rewards to spend in store are coming for Barclaycard customers...
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Co-op Bank has cheapest tracker mortgage (17-3-10)
Competition in the mortgage market is heating up with a new tracker from Co-operative Bank and Britannia...
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Final days for car scrappage scheme (16-3-10)
Time is running out for car buyers wanting a £2,000 car scrappage discount...
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More mortgages hit the market (16-3-10)
There are now 70% more mortgages available compared to the bottom of the crash...
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Clearer current accounts promised with no fees (16-3-10)
Penalty fee-free current accounts are coming to the high street...
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Cheques not in terminal decline (16-3-10)
Cheques should stay and not be killed off, MPs demanded today....
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Lloyds makes it easier to pay off your mortgage early (15-3-10)
Lloyds Banking customers could pay off their mortgages more quickly, thanks to new rules introduced last week...
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Consumer credit card 'fair deal' rules will only help new customers (15-3-10)
Only new customers will benefit from new credit card rules designed to protect the public...
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Brits sticking rather than remortgaging (12-3-10)
2010 kicked off with record low levels of remortgaging, according to lenders’ figures...
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House prices up in February (12-3-10)
Are house prices up or down? Low numbers of sales make it hard to be sure....
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Santander cuts 4 year mortgage rates (11-3-10)
Santander is pushing mortgage competition with new cuts to its four-year tracker mortgages...
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Winter’s £650m insurance bill (11-3-10)
The £650m cost of snow and ice this winter, highlights how important home insurance is...
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Older Brits at risk from powerful finance firms (11-3-10)
Older Brits suffering financially are at risk from investment misselling...
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Consumers to lose out, as banks put off new PPI selling rules (10-3-10)
A better deal on payment protection insurance (PPI) for the public is on hold as banks complain of high costs...
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More supply will keep a lid on house prices (10-3-10)
2010 house price rises will be stalled as more homes come onto the market...
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Saga: New 3.9% cash ISA (09-3-10)
Saga is offering a high ISA rate for those willing to lock cash away for two or three years...
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Dog insurance set to be compulsory (09-3-10)
Every dog in Britain could be forced to have pet insurance in a new government crackdown...
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Mortgages: Bailed-out banks more expensive (09-3-10)
If you are looking for a new mortgage deal, the bailed-out banks may not be offering the best rates....
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Barclays launches 3.1% Golden cash ISA (08-3-10)
Barclays launches a 3.1% cash ISA, as ISA season swings into action...
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£6.6m to live on UK’s most expensive street (08-3-10)
The UK’s most expensive streets with houses sporting price tags over £6m have been revealed...
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Halifax: House prices down 1.5 per cent (05-3-10)
The cold snap and the end of the stamp duty holiday caused a drop in house prices in January...
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Bank of England holds rates at 0.5% (04-3-10)
Interest rates could remain low until 2011, claim some experts, although inflationary fears continue to stalk the economy...
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Virgin Money: New 1% charity cashback credit card (04-3-10)
You can spend money and donate to good causes at the same time with Virgin Money’s new credit card...
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Clydesdale: New 5% ISA with Easter warning (04-3-10)
ISA season this year ends with Easter, so make sure your allowances are used up in time...
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Brits savings are the lowest in 2 years (04-3-10)
Are you saving enough? Brits are being put off due to poor returns...
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Barclaycard lets you pay £15 with one touch (03-3-10)
Paying with a touch and no PIN is set to become easier...
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One in four don’t know their mortgage rate (03-3-10)
Do you know what your mortgage rate is? One in four homeowners have no idea...
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Money chief: Home buyers must face higher mortgage rates (02-3-10)
We’ll all be stuck with more costly mortgages, in a vision set out by the UK’s money regulator...
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Santander unveils new 3.75 per cent savings bond (02-3-10)
If you’re ready to lock cash away in a bond, Santander has a launched a set of attractive new bonds...
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Young drivers urged: ‘Build up no-claim years’ (01-3-10)
Young drivers’ car insurance premiums are being pushed up because of insurance switching, says one expert...
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