Personal Finance NewsUp to one million people nearing retirement age still owe money on their mortgage, according to a new report. The latest research from LV= looking at the finances of retirees reveals that less than one in four over-50s were planning to seek professional financial advice before they retire. These numbers are worrying ahead of the […]
Mobile phone giants O2 and EE are hitting customers in the pocket with a 1.1% price increase. The hike in prices comes just over a year since the regulator OFCOM ordered mobile phone providers to allow customers to exit their mobile phone contract without paying any penalty if the cost of monthly their monthly tariff […]
Three-quarters of UK adults – approximately 38 million people – worry that they aren’t saving enough money – yet many admit to wasting significant sums each month according to research by Standard Life. The average UK adult ‘wastes’ £52 per week, money which they feel could have been ‘saved or better spent’ – totalling £2,704 […]
Almost two-thirds of remortgage customers in January switched deals to take advantage of the new lower mortgage rates that are currently on offer, according to research from LMS. The company surveyed customers opting to remortgage at the start of the year and found that almost one in five (19%) homeowners increased the size of their […]
This week a new index was launched that tracks historic returns of major peer-to-peer providers Zopa, RateSetter and Funding Circle. The latest data reveals that peer-to-peer investors have enjoyed an average rate of 5.09% over the last 12 months and an impressive consistent level of return ranging between 4.5% and 6.2% over the previous nine […]
New research from Gocompare.com has found that nearly half of UK consumers didn’t switch any of the 10 most popular financial products in 2014, including car insurance, home insurance, energy provider, bank account and broadband. Astonishingly it found that 1 in 5 admitted to NEVER having switched their mortgage lender, bank, car insurer, home insurer, broadband provider, […]
Lloyds Bank has today a new travel notification service for online and mobile banking customers, which enables customers to let the bank know when they are going abroad. Once customers are logged in to their online or mobile banking, they can now go into their profile and update the dates that they are going to be overseas, […]
Considering how important our homes and possessions are to us, it’s surprising that more people don’t put more consideration into their building and contents insurance. Could you afford to replace your home if it burned down? Insuring your home is so important that most mortgage providers won’t grant a mortgage without buildings insurance; however, it’s […]
A.S.U. – Accident, sickness and unemployment insurance (sometimes referred to as A.S.R. – accident, sickness and redundancy insurance). This is an insurance policy which is taken out by the borrower and protects against the borrower being unable to work for the stated reasons. The policy will usually pay a percentage of the normal monthly mortgage […]