Personal Finance News and Feature Articles

Fixed rate mortgage costs have risen

19 May 2009, 11:49AM
Fixed rate mortgage costs have risen over the last month with most increases being seen on low deposit fixed rate mortgages. [More]

FTSE 100 up helped by Lloyds and RBS Bank, M&S down

19 May 2009, 11:11AM
The FTSE 100 is up at around 4490, helped by Lloyd's and RBS bank, but the M&S share price is down after poor results. [More]

Chelsea Flower Show green fingers but don't be the next victim of garden theft

19 May 2009, 7:00AM
The Chelsea Flower Show is underway and many a budding gardener will be venturing into the garden but expensive garden tools and furniture can be a goldmine for garden thieves. [More]

Offset mortgages on the rise

19 May 2009, 6:46AM
The uptake on offset mortgages is on the rise as homeowners seek to beat poor interest rates on their savings accounts. [More]

FTSE 100 Banks doing well with Lloyds Bank leading the way

18 May 2009, 2:17PM
The FTSE 100 is up today at just over 4,400, with Banks doing well and Lloyds Bank leading the way. [More]

House prices on the rise but are they a false sign of recovery?

18 May 2009, 1:12PM
According to the House Price Index from Rightmove.co.uk, asking house prices rose again in May, making it the 4th consecutive month of house price rises. But are they a false sign of recovery? [More]

Sainsbury's Home Insurance offer running out of time

18 May 2009, 10:16AM
Sainsbury's great home insurance offer is running out of time, it's only available until 30 June. [More]

Women save more of their money than men

16 May 2009, 10:53AM
A Halifax Savings Report has found that, as a percentage of their average annual gross earnings, women save more of their money than men. [More]

Buy to let mortgage lending down

15 May 2009, 3:27PM
Buy to let mortgage lending fell again in the first quarter of 2009, making it the sixth consecutvie quarter that it has fallen. [More]

Personal loans used by one in five to buy a new car

15 May 2009, 8:48AM
Personal loans will be used by one in five to buy a new car but buying the new car is now all about necessity. [More]

School holiday package holidays cost parents hugely

15 May 2009, 8:00AM
School holiday package holidays cost parents an average of 25% more. [More]

Barclaycard reduces balance transfer fee

14 May 2009, 12:01PM
Barclaycard have reduced their balance transfer fee to 2.5% on their Barclaycard Platinum. [More]

Pre tax loss of £134 million for BT

14 May 2009, 11:11AM
BT has announced a pre tax loss of £134 million for the year to 31 March. [More]

Mortgages at lowest costs since 2004

14 May 2009, 10:20AM
According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) first time buyers and home movers are benefiting from the lowest mortgage costs since 2004. [More]

Abbey is increasing the Loan to Value (LTV) percentage on its fixed rate mortgages

14 May 2009, 9:18AM
Abbey is increasing the Loan to Value (LTV) percentage on a number of its fixed rate mortgages. [More]

Vodafone to abolish roaming mobile phone call charges

14 May 2009, 6:55AM
Vodafone UK is to abolish roaming mobile phone call charges this summer. [More]

Ryanair set to charge for printing your own tickets

13 May 2009, 3:13PM
Ryanair wil be moving to online check-in and bag drop only from 20 May. [More]

First time buyer mortgage from Alliance & Leicester

13 May 2009, 2:55PM
Alliance & Leicester, part of Santander, has launched a new first time buyer mortgage product which is fee free. [More]

M&S Money launches new Premium Club

13 May 2009, 9:35AM
M&S Money is launching a new Premium Club tomorrow (14 May) for its M&S Credit Card holders. [More]

Electricity prices higher for loyalty to local electricity suppliers

13 May 2009, 8:44AM
Households are paying up to 33% a year extra on electricity prices as a 'loyalty tax' for sticking with thier local electricity suppliers. [More]