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Buyers spent £24.9bn on properties in polluted areas across England and Wales

Moving into a clean neighbourhood isn’t a priority for homebuyers, with many paying a premium to move into pollution hotspots, according to new research.. Buy... read more

Are you being ripped off online for travel documents that should be free?

Holidaymakers gathering vital paperwork in time for their travels this summer are being warned to beware of money-grabbing ‘copycat’ websites.  The interne... read more

Can I get a mortgage to move house if I have credit defaults? 

What’s the truth with being able to secure a mortgage in order to move house if I have credit defaults?  I have read general mortgage advice that states defa... read more

House prices hit new peak in April, but Nationwide warns of slowdown

House prices reached a record average high of £213,000 this month, according to new figures from Nationwide Building Society. Property values in Britain climbe... read more

New Amex card offers enough points to get a free return flight to Greece or Marrakesh

American Express has launched a new credit card offering a juicy 20,000 point sign-up bonus – enough to get you a return flight to over 100 destinations inclu... read more

How expensive are homes near you? This map house prices vs wages

Buying the average home in England and Wales would now cost a full-time worker 7.8 times their salary, official figures revealed today. House prices continuing ... read more

Aussie businesses start passing cost of contactless onto customers

Are you falling into the tap and go payment trap? Businesses start putting the $500million cost of processing ultra-fast card payments back on shoppers Business... read more

Computers decide if PPI victims get a payout, documents show

Victims of Britain’s biggest mis-selling scandal are having their compensation claims rejected —by computers. Money Mail can reveal that the Financial Ombud... read more

12 buyers chasing every property across England and Wales

House prices in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and Nottingham have surged by at least 7 per cent in the last year, new figures reveal. They were the t... read more

We can’t sell enough tickets to raffle our homes, admit owners

By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:35 BST, 24 April 2018 | Updated: 22:35 BST, 24 April 2018 Homeowners who raffle their properties instead... read more

Lenders gear up to launch retirement interest-only mortgages

Pensioners stuck with interest-only mortgages and homeowners looking to help children or grandchildren on the property ladder could be offered a new wave of hom... read more

Housing market hampered by dwindling supplies as transaction numbers drop

With the number of homes coming up for sale across the UK at a ‘record low’, completed property transactions fell last month. There were 92,270 home... read more

Should you lock in to a mortgage before the rates leap?

Homeowners yet to lock into a fixed rate mortgage are being urged to do so ahead of a possible base rate rise next month. A slowdown in inflation – from 2.7 p... read more

Cancer and your finances: The extra help you might not know about

Cancer costs more than just people’s health.  Long periods off sick or working part time means less money coming in, and extra expenses such as higher en... read more

London entrepreneur sets up Raffle House website

An entrepreneur has tapped into the growing trend for raffling homes by launching a platform that allows owners to sell tickets instead of their property –... read more

Sellers desperate to flog their homes are slashing asking prices by £25k

Homeowners desperate to sell their properties are slashing thousands of pounds off asking prices. Nationally, the average reduction in asking prices stood at £... read more

London suffers first fall in annual house prices since 2009

House prices in London fell on an annual basis in February for the first time since September 2009, official data revealed today.  The official year-on-year fa... read more

Shares in owner of Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks fall by 6%

Clydesdale and Yorkshire banking group shares fall by 6% after revealing fresh flood of 59,000 PPI complaints in just six months CYBG said it is setting aside a... read more

Mortgage rates shoot up | Daily Mail Online

By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 BST, 17 April 2018 | Updated: 22:12 BST, 17 April 2018 The cost of a fixed-rate mortgage deal has gon... read more

Loqbox claims to improve your credit rating by saving every month

Having a good credit score is vital when it comes to being accepted for mortgage, credit card or even mobile phone contract – and getting the best rate. B... read more

UK house sellers are getting £10k less than they ask for as prices hit a new record high

House sellers across the UK are getting about £10,000 less than their final asking price as some of them demand ‘unrealistically high’ prices, new ... read more

Now you can get a mortgage for just 0.97% over two years

Yorkshire Building Society has sliced its best-buy mortgage rates and is now offering the cheapest deal anywhere – a two-year discount rate of just 0.97 p... read more

Post Office launches a mortgage allowing you to buy without a deposit

The Post Office has launched a mortgage designed to help first-time buyers get onto the property ladder without the need for a deposit. The deal – known a... read more

Banks offer mortgages to hard-up borrowers for record low costs

By James Burton For The Daily Mail Published: 22:16 BST, 12 April 2018 | Updated: 22:16 BST, 12 April 2018 Hard-up borrowers are being offered high-risk mortgag... read more