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New two year discount from HSBC

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:11:13 GMT

HSBC has launched a range of discount deals, including a 4.99 per cent two-year discount loan that is the only two-year sub-5 per cent discount mortgage on the market.

LV= launches new equity release product

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:11:13 GMT

Retirement specialist LV= has today launched a new equity release product - Flexible Lifetime Mortgage - that allows homeowners to draw down funds from the equity in their home when they need to.

Abbey launches ten-year fix

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:11:13 GMT

Latest figures from the Abbey Remortgage Index shows that demand for longer-term fixed-rate deals remains strong. Five-year fixes are by far the most popular option, with 27 per cent of people saying that if they took a remortgage deal tomorrow they would choose a five-year fix. This makes it more than twice as popular as the next most popular type of mortgage, the three-year fix.

Homeowners pressured into buying lender's insurance

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:11:13 GMT

New research from Gocompare.com has revealed that a significant number of people buying their home insurance from their mortgage lender said that they felt pressured to do so.

Don't forget to look that door!

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:11:13 GMT

Fitting burglar alarms and locks to doors and windows is common sense, yet 11 per cent of people still leave their front door wide open to burglars each year, research from Newcastle Building Society has revealed.

Homeowners set to have a smashing time during Wimbledon 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:11:13 GMT

As Wimbledon mania sweeps the nation once more, many UK tennis fans caught up in the frenzy are eager to get outside and display their racquet skills, expert or otherwise!

New tracker from the Co-op

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:11:13 GMT

The Co-operative Bank has just launched an exclusive market leading fee free three-year tracker mortgage, which will be available to its current account customers.

Over 3 million want to move in next year

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:11:13 GMT

More than three million homeowners (3.25 million) are looking to move house over the next 12 months, despite changes in the housing market, according to new Moving Improving research from Alliance & Leicester.

Rental yields hit two year high

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:11:13 GMT

Rental yields rose in May to their highest level since the start of 2006, hitting 6.4%, according to Paragon Mortgages' Buy-to-Let Index.

British men are the real Beale

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:11:13 GMT

It's official: British men don't like splashing the cash. According to new research revealed today, a fifth of UK men surveyed compare themselves to Ian Beale from Eastenders when it comes to spending: with 20 per cent describing themselves as ‘tight' or ‘careful' with money. Further, over a third of men admit that they could be described as ‘diligent' or ‘thrifty' with their finances.