Stashing cash in low interes...

March 16, 2011

Leaving savings in a poor performing account may not be the best place for your savings – especially when low interestrates, high inflation and expensive charges are eating in to your cash. The...

Bank rate may rise later tha...

March 16, 2011

Analysts’ expectations of a Bank of England rate rise have been pushed back – swayed byspeculation over how the current crisis in Japan will affect the global economy. At the end of last w...

Mortgage lending falls sharp...

March 15, 2011

The housing market got off to a slow start in 2011 according to new figures from the Council ofMortgage Lenders (CML). Just 28,500 home loans were approved during January, a fall of 29 percent on Dece...

Hard up Wills and Kate can o...

March 15, 2011

What chance do first time buyers really have when a royal couple looking for a home could only qualify for a mortgage of £115,000? If soon-to-be-married Prince William and Kate Middleton had to...