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The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has juggled its compensation limits this week which brings bad news for those with insurance but good news for investors.

6 January 2010

House prices rose by 5.9% in 2009 as the UK property market bounced back from last year's double digit declines, figures show today.

31 December 2009

The Government has today announced plans to close a legal loophole which enables lenders to repossess people's homes without going to court.

29 December 2009

Mortgage lending fell by 10% during November as the market suffered its traditional seasonal slowdown, figures show today.

18 December 2009

Borrowers with a mortgage where the interest is calculated once a year could save hundreds of pounds by overpaying in the next two weeks, brokers insist.

15 December 2009

The cost of fixed-rate mortgages continued to fall today with two more major lenders cutting the interest rates charged.

11 December 2009

The Bank of England today announced it is holding the Base Rate at 0.5% for the tenth consecutive month.

10 December 2009

Today's Pre-Budget Report (PBR) was a story of higher taxes for most of us to help pay for the country's £178 billion of borrowing this year.

9 December 2009

Many homeowners struggling to pay mortgage interest will continue to get government support for the next six months, it was announced today.

9 December 2009

House prices rose for the fifth month in a row during November due to a shortage of homes for sale, figures showed today.

8 December 2009

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