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When is 20 pence not 20 pence?

The humble 20 pence piece hit the big time this week when it was unexpectedly upgraded from the loose change box under the bed to the most studied and...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by RichardE on Fri, Jul 3 2009

Filed under: money, nest egg, Royal Mint

Time to wise up

Unless you’re one of the lucky ones, the retirement you face may be anything but the one you imagined and deserved. Image: Ollie realised that there...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by LeeT on Fri, Jun 26 2009

Filed under: interest rates, Retirement, pensions, annuity rates, gilts, benefits, bonds

Personal finance shouldn’t be extracurricular

Last week, the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) announced that more than 62,000 people declared themselves bankrupt last year, an increase of almost 10,000...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by JamesH on Tue, Jun 23 2009

Filed under: loans, credit cards, bankruptcy, debt levels

Time to take cover

Cristiano Ronaldo may be worth £80 million in the eyes of Real Madrid, but the average Dad is worth around £23,000 a year to a British family...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by RichardE on Fri, Jun 19 2009

Filed under: critical illness, insurance, income protection, life

Cash in the attic?

Unless you’ve been on Mars, you’ll know property values have slumped over the last 18 months or so and as a result the housing market virtually...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by TimL on Tue, Jun 16 2009

Filed under: housing market, propertyty, value

Not everything out of the back of a van is bad!

Yet more names are about to be lost from the high street, Santander is removing familiar names such as Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford &...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by SylviaW on Thu, Jun 11 2009

Filed under: banking, online banking, internet

The price is right

When not discussing the health of Susan Boyle, last night’s winner of the Apprentice, or the dubious virtues of the new Big Brother contestants,...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by LeeT on Mon, Jun 8 2009

Filed under: mortgage, housing market, house, prices, interests rates, property

Feeling let down…?

While house prices have declined markedly over the past 18 months, they have still yet to reach an affordable level, for low earners or single households...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by JamesH on Tue, Jun 2 2009

Filed under: House prices, rental market

Should you fix it? You might be nuts not to….

Some of you with certain types of mortgage will undoubtedly have been feeling a little smug and a lot richer as the Bank of England has merrily slashed...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by TimL on Wed, May 27 2009

Filed under: Bank of England, mortgage, base rate, loans, fixed rate bond, variable, tracker, repayments

Gaining value, not equality

You may not have noticed it, as this has been quite a busy time in Westminster, but the new Equality Bill, set to become law in 2010, is to put an end...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by LeeT on Fri, May 22 2009

Filed under: savings accounts, inflation, ISA, equality bill, silver saver, rate

Move to tighten mortgage lending

It appears that now the horse has well and truly bolted, financial policy and regulatory groups would like to nail the stable door shut against high salary...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by SylviaW on Tue, May 19 2009

Filed under: House prices, Mortgages, market

Kid’s aspirations are becoming more grown up…shame their savings returns aren’t

What did you want to be when you grew up? A fireman, a ballerina, an astronaut? Left: You’re fired: After some pitiful returns, Alan Junior decided...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by RichardE on Fri, May 15 2009

Filed under: career aspirations, Child Aspirations, Childhood, Children’s Mutual, cash child trust fund

Switch the balance of power

We've all heard the saying that if something sounds too good to be true then it probably is, so it could be argued the prospect of paying no interest...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by JamesH on Tue, May 12 2009

Filed under: debt, zero per cent, interest, credit cards

Enough of the doom and gloom, let’s look on the bright side...

After a year and a half of financial meltdown and economic turmoil, you'd be forgiven if your glass seems more half empty than half full. Left:A punch...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by TimL on Fri, May 8 2009

Filed under: mortgage, recession, deflation, interest ratest, stock markets, FTSE, economy

Free divorce with every house – as long as it’s in Spain!

Over the last few months we have all read reams and reams on how the bottom has fallen out of the housing market. Left:Paella, the cat, was most distressed...

Posted to Moneyfacts.co.uk by SylviaW on Fri, May 1 2009

Filed under: housing market, mortgage providers, valuations, Spain

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