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First Direct pays current account switcher £125 cash

First Direct has ramped up its sign-up bonus to £125 as banks continue to use tempting cash carrots to entice customers away from rivals. The move comes just w... read more

Fix your mortgage at 1.55% for FIVE years

Mortgage rates have never been lower but repeated warnings of an imminent interest rate rise from the Bank of England are likely to push them up – and soo... read more

London house prices at high risk of a bubble, says UBS

London is among the global cities with property markets most at risk of being in a bubble, according to a new report from influential financial giant UBS. The r... read more

NatWest launches UK’s first online paperless mortgage

NatWest has launched a paperless mortgage allowing borrowers to arrange their mortgage or remortgage entirely online for the first time. The online service is t... read more

Get £25 to spend at M&S with the Reward Plus credit card  

M&S Bank is giving new credit card customers up to £25 to spend in store or online when they open a Reward Plus card account. Cardholders earn 2,000 points... read more

Burnham-on-Sea estate agents conspired to rip-off sellers 

When it came to selling the home they had lived in for 30 years, Colin and Ann Erskine felt they’d made the right choice in trusting a local estate agent ... read more

Lloyds Bank’s best-buy low APR credit card charges 5.7%

By Emma Gunn for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 08:52 BST, 25 September 2017 | Updated: 08:52 BST, 25 September 2017 Lloyds Bank has dramatically dropped the rat... read more

Conjure up a magic mortgage by 2% or less

Two per cent. That is the magic number all mortgage borrowers are urged to beat this autumn after Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said a series of ‘gradu... read more

When you Move plans to drag conveyancing into the tech-age

Anyone who has gone through the process of either buying or selling a property in the UK will know that estate agents, mortgage brokers and lenders are usually ... read more

Property transaction values sink for first time since 2009

The value of property transactions across residential areas in England and Wales has dropped for the first time since the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2... read more

How to choose an estate agent when selling your home

Along with lawyers and journalists, estate agents are typically one of the most universally hated professions.  Unfortunately, if you want to get on the proper... read more

Millions of Brits have no desire to live in inherited home

Nearly 70 per cent of people inheriting homes from loved ones have no desire to live in them, new data reveals. With more than 12million people lumbered with in... read more

Should we worry about Britain’s £200bn personal debt?

Belatedly, it seems that the financial watchdog, Bank of England and MPs have woken up to a steadily growing pile of borrowing from our future. Their pledges to... read more

War veterans lumbered with £11,000 of loans

By Holly Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 19 September 2017 | Updated: 08:45 BST, 20 September 2017 Veterans who served in Afghanistan and Iraq a... read more

How young homebuyers are walking into a debt TIMEBOMB

Young homebuyers are taking on billions of pounds of dangerous debt just as interest rates are set to rise, Money Mail can reveal. Figures buried in an official... read more

Fix your home loan now! Cash in on the big autumn sale

Since the financial crash, homeowners have been warned again and again that mortgage rates are set to rise, but each time it’s proved a false alarm.  So shou... read more

Equity release vs the retirement interest-only mortgage

An interest-only mortgage time bomb has been ticking for several years now and there are fears it’s about to go off. We’ve known trouble has been ... read more

First Direct launches best buy personal loan at 3% on £30k

First Direct has slashed the rate on its personal loan to a market-beating 3 per cent for anyone needing to borrow between £15,050 and £30,000. Borrowers can ... read more

Yorkshire BS offers flash two-year fix mortgage at 0.99%

Yorkshire Building Society is offering a 0.99 per cent two-year fixed-rate mortgage up to 80 per cent loan-to-value – a new record low rate.  The catch i... read more

Is the UK turning into a buyer’s paradise?

Parts of Britain appear to be turning into a property buyer’s paradise, with asking prices across the country falling by an average of £3,360 in one mont... read more

Mortgage advisers accused of ‘double dipping’ borrowers

Would you be as willing to pay your mortgage broker hundreds of pounds in fees if they made it clear exactly how much they were earning in commission from lende... read more

Jim Rickards predicts financial crisis is six months away

The next financial crisis is eight months away, will be BIGGER than the last and triggered by war with North Korea, JIM RICKARDS predicts By Rachel Rickard Stra... read more

House prices vs wages across the UK over ten years

Britain has a problem with high house prices. First-time buyers and movers require help from the Bank of Mum and Dad, the Government feels the need to bung new ... read more

Clampdown on interest-free credit cards luring people in

Credit card companies face a crackdown on interest-free offers after it emerged more than half of borrowers have no idea what rate they will pay when the deal e... read more