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  • Tesco cuts loan rates
    Tesco Personal Finance has cut the cost of borrowing by reducing the rate on its most popular band to 6.3% from 6.6% Tesco Personal Finance has cut the cost of borrowing by reducing the rate on its most popular band ...
    Wed 23rd Nov, 2005
  • Halifax Calls for increase in Inheritance Tax Threshold.
    Labour has increased IHT only by the retail price index since coming to power, the Halifax has called for that link to be broken and the IHT threshold to be linked to house prices. House prices have risen by 164 percent in ...
    Mon 21st Nov, 2005
  • Beware those who sell Insurance with Loans
    Following pressure from Citizens Advice Bureau, the BBC and others the FSA is investigating firms who missell Payment Protection Insurance. There are wide variations in cover sold and the prices charged. The Financial ...
    Thu 17th Nov, 2005
  • Base rate held at 4.5 per cent
    The Bank of England has opted to maintain the current UK Base Rate at 4.5 per cent. The Bank of England has opted to maintain the current UK Base Rate at 4.5 per cent.The Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met this week ...
    Fri 11th Nov, 2005
  • British borrowers turn to repayment mortgages
    Britons have changed their mortgage tastes over the last decade, with two thirds of borrowers (64 per cent) now with repayment loans and just a quarter (27 per cent) with an interest-only home loan, new data shows. Britons ...
    Thu 10th Nov, 2005
  • House prices in London top £300,000
    The average house price in London has exceeded £300,000 for the first time ever. The average house price in London has exceeded £300,000 for the first time ever.Figures released today from the Land registry show that the ...
    Tue 8th Nov, 2005
  • Turned down for credit but dont panic
    Britons turned down for credit should not panic, but should check their credit report before applying elsewhere, new research claims. Britons turned down for credit should not panic, but should check their credit report ...
    Mon 7th Nov, 2005
  • More evidence of rise in house prices
    Annual house price inflation increased for the third consecutive month in October, according to the latest industry survey. Annual house price inflation increased for the third consecutive month in October, according to the ...
    Fri 4th Nov, 2005
  • House prices up in October
    House prices increased by 1.3 per cent in October, reversing the falls seen in the previous two months, according to Nationwide. House prices increased by 1.3 per cent in October, reversing the falls seen in the previous two ...
    Tue 1st Nov, 2005