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  • Have Rate Tarts Missed The Boat?
    Just as the 1960s are now looked back on as the glory days of free love, so will the first few years of this decade be looked at as the glory days of free credit There was a time not so long ago when it was virtually impossible not to get into huge but interest free debt, and anyone without ten credit cards was looked upon as some sort of dangerous retrograde
  • First Time Buyers Face Big Step Up
    First time buyers face an even greater struggle to get on to the property ladder, after 125 per cent mortgages disappeared from the market last night Northern Rock and Birmingham Midshires were the last two lenders offering 100 per cent-plus home loans, but both decided to withdraw their deals amongst concerns over credit conditions
  • The Eight Steps To Cheaper Car Insurance
    Ever wanted eight easy tips for quickly reducing your car insurance premium Some people get all the luck
  • Drive Your Motoring Costs Back Down
    Unless your name is Lewis Hamilton, the likelihood is that cutting down on your motoring bills is a bit of a priority at the moment According to a recent AA survey the price of motoring is about to hit an all-time high, with the average cost of running a car now at 58p per mile
  • Travel Cheap But Don’t Be Cheap
    Remember those halcyon days when all you needed for the best six week holiday of your life was a couple of quid for can of coke and all the Space Invaders you could eat Me too
  • How To Re-mortgage
    More than half all homeowners in the UK are paying too much for their mortgage according to a recent survey So if you are struggling to keep up with mortgage payments, or just feel you are paying over the odds on your home loan, then re-mortgaging may be the answer
  • Why Re-mortgage?
    It is estimated that more than half of all borrowers – that is most of the people in the UK - are paying too much for their mortgage each month Usually these people are paying a standard variable mortgage rate when there are lower rates available from other providers
  • What Does The Northern Rock Saga Mean For Me?
    If you haven’t heard of Northern Rock in the last couple of weeks then you have probably been living in a cave Amongst all the hype, finger pointing and political gesturing that the bank’s nationalisation has provoked however, there are actually issues that will effect the man in the street beyond making all TV rubbish for a couple of weeks
  • When To Re-Mortgage
    If you are struggling to keep up with mortgage payments, or just feel you are paying over the odds on your home loan, then re-mortgaging may be the answer It can give you lower monthly payments and even save you money in the long-term so there is little to be lost from at least exploring the possibility
  • Car Insurance Guide Part 1
    The latest estimates put the number of uninsured cars on the UK’s road at more than two million This suggests that insuring your car is viewed more as an optional extra than a necessity by many motorists – kind of like the heated mirrors of motoring charges
  • Car Insurance Guide Part 2
    Last year police in the UK seized more than 150,000 uninsured cars They gave owners 14 days to pay a £200 fine and the costs of having the car impounded, or look on as their pride and joy was sent off to the crusher
  • Claim With The CICA
    The CICA is the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority, and it is responsible for administering compensation for criminal injuries in England, Scotland and Wales It runs the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme which was introduced in 1964 to provide financial compensation from the government to victims of violent crime
  • PR Stunts Don't Impress The Superbug
    A junior doctor has said that attempts to wipe out the superbug are nothing more than a government PR exercise Max Pemberton, writing in his Daily Telegraph column, described recent policies as no more than an attempt to reassure the public, with no actual clinical worth
  • Avoid The Superbug Part 3
    This is the third part of a guide to avoiding the MRSA superbug MRSA is an infection that is more dangerous than similar illnesses because it is resistant to normal treatment
  • Avoid The Superbug Part 2
    This is the second part of a guide to avoiding the MRSA superbug MRSA is an infection that is more dangerous than similar illnesses because it is resistant to normal treatment
  • Criminal Injury Claims
    Personal injury claims are easy to make and there are hundreds of firms who will be delighted to assist you with making a claim However, there are two routes open to victims of criminal injuries, which may be worth exploring before you start hiring expensive lawyers
  • Avoid The Superbug Part 1
    MRSA, or the Superbug as it is now gleefully reported, is the latest and most fashionable way to die Read The Daily Mail and it will tell you that the filthy state of modern hospitals means huge monster like bacteria are sitting under every bed, chewing on the rubbish and itching to leap out and strike
  • A Caveman's Guide To Mortgages
    Nobody in the world is excited by the thought of mortgages There are about as many live Dodos knocking about as there are mortgage broker s renowned as ‘a real party animal
  • House Prices Remain A Mystery
    What do first-time buyers and mortgage payers have in common They both have their fingers crossed regarding the state of the housing market
  • A Bit Of Green Is Always Good For The Bank
    There was a time when the big advantage of having a green car was that it didn’t show the dirt as much as a white one Nowadays however, green cars are the thing to drive
  • To Consolidate Or Not To Consolidate
    There is nothing worse than being in debt to lots of different companies at once When demands for money appear through your letter box from people that you can barely even remember, then, as Carol Vorderman and Phil Tufnell never tire of telling us, it may be worth consolidating all of them in to one easy monthly payment
  • Long-journey Guide
    Planning a long journey Then read our guide to staying safe whilst out on a road trip
  • Night Driving Safety Guide
    Night driving is responsible for thousands of accidents a year, and many of the UK’s road deaths Here is a quick and straight-forward guide to making sure that your after-dark journey does not end in disaster
  • How To Cope With An Endowment Shortfall
    The scale of the endowment mortgage shortfall is as yet unknown, but, like in all good James Bond films, the countdown has reached single figures

    Endowment products were first sold on a big scale in 1983, so typical 25 year terms will begin to mature in March this year
  • Banks Take Cut Out Of Interest Rate Drops
    People thinking of re-mortgaging to enjoy the savings brought by recent interest rate cuts may be in for a nasty surprise

    The Bank of England cut interest rates by 0
  • Recession Survival Guide
    Last week’s Deloitte Economic Review said the UK economy was at its weakest for 15 years, and that recession was a possibility by 2010

    It also forecast a fall in house prices of five per cent by the beginning of next year, and said that the UK would not be bailed out by a strong global economy as it was in 2005

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