Q&A: Conservative plans to help savers
Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:11:28 +0000
How does the Tory party plan to help savers and would these proposals do much to help? |
Find the best savings rates
Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:14:31 +0000
Savers should review the rate they are receiving and compare it to the 5 per cent deals currently available |
FSA to probe profits warnings
Sun, 4 Jan 2009 23:32:36 +0000
Leading companies are being probed by the financial watchdog over possible failures to disclose key trading data to the stock market, in a wide-ranging crackdown that threatens fines and criminal prosecutions |
Brown plays down second bank injection
Sun, 4 Jan 2009 20:04:38 +0000
Britain's banks may need another injection of capital from the taxpayer, the prime minister acknowledged, but he insisted the matter was not being addressed as a matter of urgency |
Savings rates set to fall
Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:34:18 +0000
Nine providers reduced their best savings rates this week, taking the average instant-access rate down to 1.66 per cent ? and that's before last month's base rate cut is fully factored in |
Rise in property 'firesales' spurs call for regulation
Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:37:38 +0000
More property owners are using Sale and Rent-Back schemes to stave off repossession or cut losses on buy-to-let investments |
Sterling looks set to take another pounding
Fri, 2 Jan 2009 16:19:43 +0000
Experts don't expect the pound to make its comeback soon ? but investors can make a few pennies out of its weakness |
Recovery awaits for those who choose
Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:41:40 +0000
A UK stock market recovery in the second half of 2009 is the consensus forecast from brokers and fund managers, but stock-picking will be key |
House prices slide as economy dives
Fri, 2 Jan 2009 17:01:04 +0000
As the economic downturn picks up pace in 2009, house prices are forecast to fall further |
Lenders display goodwill by not enforcing clauses
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:41:54 +0000
Lenders are showing some goodwill to their customers by choosing not to enforce clauses in mortgage contracts demanding additional payments |
Brick by brick, the market crumbled
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:24:03 +0000
Amid what now appears to be the worst housing slump for more than 50 years, lenders, brokers and agents say the severity of the decline in house prices has come as a surprise to everyone. |
Lenders reel from a chaotic year
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:21:39 +0000
Take a glance at the best mortgage rates on offer now and it may seem that 2008 has been a fairly benign year for borrowers. |
Savvy savers locked in before rates plunged
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:16:56 +0000
Cash savers, particularly those who have been prepared to move their money in search of the best rates, have banked top returns for most of 2008 |
Annual payout looks like pie in the sky
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:57:22 +0000
After a year of turmoil on financial markets worldwide, if bonuses arrive at all this Christmas, they are likely to be meagre |
'Bin' bank share offers
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:32:50 +0000
Investors wanting to back the merging Lloyds-HBOS "superbank" for recovery should look to buy shares in the market, say brokers |
