Inflation now more than doub...

March 22, 2011

Continuing rises in the price of fuel, food and clothing have helped push inflation to its highest level in more than two years. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation rate has reached an unexpected...

Mortgage borrowing curbed by...

March 21, 2011

Mortgage borrowers face some tough financial decisions as lenders look at their spending power rather than their borrowing ability to repay home loans.   Applying for a mortgage has focussed on h...

Household finances hit two-y...

March 21, 2011

Figures for March show the harshest deterioration in household finances for two years – highlightingthe fragile nature of the current economic recovery just days before the government’s an...

Increase in demand for fixed...

March 21, 2011

Increasing numbers of mortgage borrowers in the UK are switching their home loans to fixed rates.That’s the view of various mortgage experts who have seen a rise in demand for fixed rate loans o...