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From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 15, 2008 at 12:32 pm ET
Mortgage lenders are fairly quick to take money off us but clearly not so keen to return it in a hurry.
We say that because over a quarter of mortgage lenders have yet to announce their ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 15, 2008 at 8:12 am ET
Who hasn’t spent some of their time during the working week dreaming of lying on a sun swept white sand beach in the Caribbean?
So, how would you feel if just by getting a mortgage, you ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 15, 2008 at 6:20 am ET
There are some right toasters out there and this guy definitely qualifies as one of them.
We think that you have to be pretty low to steal from a church; that or you just assume that ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 12, 2008 at 11:33 am ET
After the saga of Northern Rock, it is not surprising that a few of us have lost confidence in our banks.
Now, nearly 1 in 7 of us need convincing their bank won’t go bust as ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 12, 2008 at 9:22 am ET
Yet again we find ourselves talking about the Halifax.
And with the current condition of the mortgage market, we thought it was only be a matter of time before we saw a bank making this sort ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 12, 2008 at 7:35 am ET
Buy to let; one man’s investment dream, another man’s lack of opportunity to get on the property ladder?
Whatever you think of buy to let, there is no denying that it is an important part of ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 6, 2008 at 11:32 am ET
As Mark Twain said “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction.”
He would also probably have said that the whole world has gone stark raving mad once he had heard this little story…
In what ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 6, 2008 at 10:02 am ET
Halifax annoyed many of you with their series of irritating adverts featuring Howard Brown that offered you “extra”.
Now, it seems they are not giving you any extra help when it comes to getting a mortgage!.
That ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 30, 2008 at 8:35 am ET
There is a rumour going around that gas & electricity price hikes of are predicted for the summer or autumn.
Frankly, that’s not great news especially as it wasn’t very long ago that energy prices were ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 30, 2008 at 7:27 am ET
Mortgages…remember them?
Only joking; but these days, good mortgages seem about as rare as well mannered Premiership footballers!
It‘s clear that mortgage lenders are tightening their belts and trying to reduce the risks they have been ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 29, 2008 at 10:39 am ET
The folks who work at Newcastle Building Society clearly don’t have a lot of work to be getting on with.
That is because they are too busy compiling a survey about how many of you think ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 29, 2008 at 6:54 am ET
In no way is this finance related, but who cares? It made us laugh!
Some dog owners have far too much time and money on their hands, as shown by this poor pooch! ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 28, 2008 at 12:20 pm ET
Here’s how you can stop the credit crunch from becoming your credit crisis!
Rejection rates for credit card applications are running at 18,000 a day, according to one report, but the truth about credit is more ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 28, 2008 at 10:13 am ET
It was probably on a question of time before we saw this sort of thing happening.
There has been a big rise in the number of banks that are trying to secure loans and credit card ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 28, 2008 at 7:57 am ET
In January, Fool.co.uk predicted that house prices would fall 20% this year and slashing the average price of a home in Britain from £196,000 to £153,400.
As a result, did you know that your house has ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 24, 2008 at 10:45 am ET
Did you know that the demand for mortgages fell to its lowest level last month since Labour came to power way back in 1997?
The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) said the number of approved mortgages for ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 23, 2008 at 9:48 am ET
Cash has been around for quite some time… since about 1200 BC in fact.
It first went virtual way back in 1871 when Western Union succeeded the company introduced its money transfer service, based on its ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 22, 2008 at 11:43 am ET
Bank penalty charges…remember them?
We are quite sure that you all do, especially as the High Court test case has been going on for the last few months.
It appears that the long running sage of bank ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 21, 2008 at 11:32 am ET
If you are a homeowners under the threat of repossession, did you know that you could be offered a ‘mortgage holiday’ from your payments in order to keep you under your own roof?
It’s just one ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 21, 2008 at 10:22 am ET
Did you know that energy providers are profiting from your confusion when you move home?
No? Well then, you need to read on…
Those lovely folks at Fool.co.uk have unearthed a crafty tactic by utility companies that ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 21, 2008 at 8:14 am ET
These days, with credit becoming harder to get and more expensive to repay, the idea of staying loyal to the lenders who already supply you with credit cards, loans and mortgages can seem absurd; after ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 17, 2008 at 10:01 am ET
£25,000…
If you have reached this level of debt, then you are not alone.
Nearly 1 million of us in the UK have “problem” unsecured debts, and these add up to £25 billion; that’s an average of ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 17, 2008 at 7:58 am ET
Memo to anyone considering a career as a burglar: if you must rob a home, make sure it’s not one owned by a world-ranked kick boxer first!
In something that he will clearly live to regret, ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 17, 2008 at 7:25 am ET
Terminal 5 has, quite frankly, been show to be about as useful as a fork in a sugarbowl.
In addition, the whole fiasco has done nothing to enhance British Airways’ less than sterling reputation (something we ... ( more)
From The Money Hospital - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 14, 2008 at 12:58 pm ET
It’s less likely that we now carry a wad of notes in our pockets as our seams bulge with plastic.
A third of us use our credit cards regularly for everyday spending according to a survey ... ( more)
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