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A third of cardholders hit by fraudsters

Reno — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:42:41 +0000

According to recent figures one third of cardholders have been hit by card fraud in the past five years. The figures show that around fifteen million Brits have fallen victim to card fraud over the past five years, which reflects a sharp increase on the figure eighteen months ago, where the number of cardholders hit [...]

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Competition increases in personal loans market

Reno — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:05:38 +0000

The start of this year has marked a change in the personal loans market that has seen a variety of well known lenders reducing the rates on some of their personal loans, and this has resulted in the average rate of interest being charged on loans of between £7500 and £15000 falling to their lowest [...]

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How you can save money in the New Year

Reno — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:43:27 +0000

At this time of year, with 2011 almost upon us, there will be many people working out what they want to do for their New Year’s resolution. Of course, there are some resolutions that are more common than others, and this includes saving money over the coming year. With finances tight for many people it [...]

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Mortgage rationing to continue next year

Reno — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:13:31 +0000

Officials from the Council of Mortgage Lenders have stated in a recent report that mortgage rationing is set to continue next year, and consumers that are hoping to get mortgage finance in order to get onto the property ladder may still face disappointment as banks continue to slash their lending. One of the problems facing the [...]

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Saving money on foreign currency

Reno — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:20:51 +0000

Whilst the traditional summer holiday period is now over there may be many people that are planning a winter break. For those that do not have children and do not have to take holidays at certain times of the year it is often cheaper and more relaxing to go away out of the typical summer [...]

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Making money from your home

Reno — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:19:42 +0000

These days many people are finding it difficult to sell their homes, largely because there is a shortage of buyers fuelled by lack of mortgage availability and low consumer confidence amongst would be buyers. The scrapping of the controversial Home Information Packs by the coalition government resulted in more people wanting to put their properties [...]

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Trust still shrinking in UK banks

Reno — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:48:10 +0000

It has been claimed that the level of trust in UK banks is continuing to shrink amongst consumers following the chaos that followed the global financial crisis. The boss of Co-op said that as a result of lack of trust amongst consumers in the banking sector many were continuing to shun traditional banks. Peter Marks, the [...]

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Boost your chances of getting a mortgage as a first time buyer

Reno — Sat, 22 May 2010 14:46:59 +0000

As many people are already aware getting a mortgage can be difficult for anyone these days, with the banks exercising extreme caution over who they lend to and putting a range of restrictions in place with regards to mortgage loans. However, one of the groups most likely to experience difficulties when it comes to mortgage [...]

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BT changes times for free calls

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:13:11 +0000

Many people that are with the communications giant BT have packages that allow them to make free evening calls so that they can get better value for money depending on when they tend to make most of their calls. However, many have been angered by BT after it emerged that the company was changing its [...]

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More millionaires created from house price boom than from lottery

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:16:15 +0000

It has been revealed that a greater number of millionaires have been created in Britain as a result of the house price boom than as a result of the National Lottery. In fact, according to reports over the past decade and a half twenty times more millionaires have been spawned from the boom in property [...]

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