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The mortgage ticking timebomb

21 November 2009

Mortgages across the country are being overpriced – an explosion ready to blight the finances of millions

House prices to fall next year, says Nationwide

20 November 2009

The building society believes rising unemployment will mean the upturn in typical values this year will soon end

Nationwide's secret 'bank charges' refund policy

19 November 2009

MoneySavingExpert.com has seen an internal memo telling staff to offer refunds to many in hardship

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Bank charge-free accounts for Abbey/A&L mortgage holders

19 November 2009

The banks' 2.5 million homeloan customers will be able to get a virtually fee-free current account next year

Queen's Speech: national reclaiming body to be set up

18 November 2009

The Queen has also announced measures to improve financial education and outlaw unsolicited credit card cheques

Inflation rises for first time in eight months

17 November 2009

Petrol prices pushed up the cost of living index last month for the first time since February, official figures show

Debt write-off loophole closed by court

13 November 2009

A judge said the result "will affect other cases" where consumers are trying to wriggle out of their debts

Repossession rise slower than expected

12 November 2009

The number of people who lost their homes rose by only 3% during the third quarter despite rising unemployment

Doubts cast over credit card fee hike prediction

9 November 2009

A report says card firms could hike charges, but this has been said before and not materialised

Wait goes on for bank charges ruling

6 November 2009

The Supreme Court has no idea when the result of the banks' latest appeal will be known, leaving reclaimers in limbo

Personal insolvencies hit record high

6 November 2009

Today's individual insolvency figures are the highest since records began in 1960 as the economic woe continues

Barclaycard to fix minimum payment blunder

6 November 2009

The UK's largest credit card provider has reduced some borrowers' minimum payments to just 0.25% of their debt in error

Base Rate unchanged at 0.5%

5 November 2009

The Bank of England today announced it is holding the Base Rate at its historical low for the eighth consecutive month

Mortgage door slammed shut on the newly self employed

4 November 2009

The last-remaining lender to offer self-cert homeloans, where no income verification is required, is pulling those deals

Halifax: house prices up but hikes set to end

3 November 2009

Typical values increased for the fourth month in a row during October, rising by 1.2%, figures showed today

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