Archive for October, 2006

Consumers urged to be choosy over credit card applications

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

Britons need to make careful choices when applying for credit cards, new research suggests.Consumers who apply indiscriminately for a number of credit cards can damage their credit rating, the figures ... Read more..

More people looking for help with debt

Monday, October 16th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

Debt advisory agencies are flourishing as UK consumers seek to get a handle on their finances and tackle their debt levels.The charity National Debtline has an advisory staff approaching 100 ... Read more..

Public warned over fraud threat

Monday, October 16th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

As National Fraud Prevention Week gets underway, a report by Professor Martin Gill urges UK households to be careful what they put in their bins.As many as 97 per cent ... Read more..

Change in policies needed to tackle future debt

Monday, October 16th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

Right-of-centre think-tank Policy Exchange has published a report dubbing children born between 1980 and 1995 the "unlucky" generation.The report, with contributions from three Conservative MPs, envisages a poverty-stricken retirement for ... Read more..

UK house prices continue autumnal growth

Sunday, October 15th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

The UK property market has continued to surge during October as a shortage of appropriate housing in key regions pushed up prices, new research has claimed.According to Rightmove's latest house ... Read more..

Two in five Brits carry ‘useless’ credit cards

Sunday, October 15th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

Two in five British consumers carry a credit card that offers neither them nor any charity any tangible benefits, according to new research from American Express.The credit card giant said ... Read more..

Divorcees top debt table

Sunday, October 15th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

The cost of divorce can be far more than emotional after new figures revealed that divorcees have the highest debt burden in the country.According to figures from Alliance & Leicester, ... Read more..

Many landlords entering letting market ‘by accident’

Thursday, October 12th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

Many UK landlords are entering the rental market by accident, new figures released by the National Landlords Association (NLA) have shown.The NLA's figures reveal that some 42.6 per cent of ... Read more..

Annual card spending rocketing to £600bn by 2010

Thursday, October 12th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

British consumers will spend some £600 billion on credit and debit cards by 2010, industry experts have warned.Figures released yesterday by market analysis company Datamonitor revealed that UK consumers spent ... Read more..

House prices grow by 2% over summer

Thursday, October 12th, 2006 Posted in News | Comments Off

UK house prices grew by 2.1 per cent during the last three months, equating to an increase in value of £30 per day, new figures have revealed.Nationwide's quarterly regional review ... Read more..

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