Personal Finance NewsAlmost 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 […]
1. What different repayment methods are available? Make sure you understand the whole range of mortgages available. You should be told about capital and interest mortgages and interest only mortgages as well as the different repayment vehicles such as endowment policies, ISA’s and pension mortgages. 2. What is the interest rate that I will […]
The re-mortgage market in the UK is big business for most lenders. Mortgage lenders have become increasingly aggressive with their marketing tactics over recent years as they try to hold onto or increase their market share at the expense of their competitors. In some ways this has worked to the advantage of the consumer but […]
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