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Darling's meanderings
Published : August 08, 2008 | Author : MoneyMan | Rating :  |
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 Alistair Darling's meanderings on the situation with stamp duty payable on house purchases has caused uproar in the already beleagured estate agency industry. With mortgage availability, falling house prices and increasing financial strain already causing a crisis situation for agencies, this latest upset could be the final nail in the coffin for many agents.
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Recession - no it
Published : July 18, 2008 | Author : NewAccount | Unrated |
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 There seems to be a big debate going on at the moment about what is or is not a recession and whether we're having one now or are likely to in the near future. The money markets are a strange beast, controlled and measured by highly technical and complicated systems yet when it comes down to a crisis situation they resort to attempting to manage people's confidence to rescue things.
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Indecision, charges and inflation
Published : July 16, 2008 | Author : cashsaver | Unrated |
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 The Government announced yet another vague move as it postponed it's planned hike in fuel duty. They're not scrapping it completely despite the recent price rises in fuel providing the same if not more incentive for drivers to cut fuel use. In other news low interest rates on current accounts still allow banks to make billions from customers according to the Office of Fair Trading.
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Like Northern Rock but worse
Published : July 02, 2008 | Author : MoneyMan | Unrated |
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| Like me you may have thought that the decline of Northern Rock was highly unusual and could be singled out as one of the worst company devaluations for many years, but companies operating in the housing sector could see their financial value plummet even further than the beleagured bank.
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The true worth of your home
Published : June 12, 2008 | Author : TakeNote | Unrated |
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 The real value of your home on the open market is the amount a secured loan lender or mortgage provider is interested in when they are looking to use the equity you have in your property to secure borrowing against.
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Loans cut back costs RBS
Published : February 28, 2008 | Author : MoneyMan | Unrated |
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| Yesterday was another typical day in the Banking secotor with RBS revealing what it's been up to in the past 12 months. Of course it said the upset in the loans space has hurt it but it still thrived in other areas.
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Barclays Powers Back
Published : February 25, 2008 | Author : MoneyMan | Unrated |
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| Five days on from the eagerly awaited annual results and the worrying predictions for the future of the UK bank appear unfounded, in fact despite it's losses due to the sub-prime loans situation in the US, Barclays seems to be powering forward with the stock surging back.
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Finance News not Cheerful
Published : January 16, 2008 | Author : TakeNote | Unrated |
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| Yesterday brought item after item of bad news for the finance community with US banks requesting huge loans from investors to cover their recent poor performance.
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Bank Charges
Published : November 16, 2007 | Author : missmoney | Unrated |
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 With all claims for refunds on unfair bank charges put on hold until a High Court review in 2008, some news from the OFT.
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There are reports of further government assistance for lenders who are still unable to get the loans and mortgage market moving again after increased fear of bad debt has put the dampers on lending for the past 12 months. |
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