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Equity Release and Debt Consolidation
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13/02/2008
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Equity release
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Equity release schemes are usually targeted at the elderly, as a way of generating capital from their property, whilst being able to continue to live in their home.
There are a number of different ways of releasing equity on your home, but the most popular are either a longer term mortgage or a home reversion. A home reversion is where the homeowner sells all or part of their property to a reversion company and gets either an annual return or cash lump sum.
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Sell Home Fast – House Prices Fall Again
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23/11/2010
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Sell Home Fast
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Official figures released by the government confirm the recent drop in housing prices, with the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) monthly index showing a 0.7% drop in prices during the three months leading to September.
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Sell House Quick – More Government Borrowing
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29/10/2010
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New figures released by the Office for National Statistics reveal that government borrowing has increased, with a record £16.2 billion borrowed in September to close the public finances gap. This is the highest recorded borrowing for September, up from £14.8...
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Sell House Quick – Discount Vouchers
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04/06/2010
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Moneysupermarket.com has released figures showing an increase in the use of discount vouchers. These figures show that Britons have increased their use of discount vouchers by 25% over last year, which brings the use of discount vouchers for goods and services...
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Sell House Quick – Record High Insolvencies
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18/03/2010
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Throughout 2009, and particularly in the last quarter, the number of residents in England and Wales declared insolvent rose to a record high. Figures released by the Insolvency Service show that 35,574 people were declared insolvent just in the last three...
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Sell and Rent Back – Damaging Tax Rises
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16/03/2010
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Most concur that the UK simply cannot afford having political parties play games with public finances during this challenging economic climate and just before the upcoming elections; however, the Budget to be released on 24 March – which is the last Budget...
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Sell And Rent Back help repossessions
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03/07/2009
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Sell and Rent Back
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The Council of Mortgage Lenders have released the latest numbers on repossessions, and the news is still not favourable. In the UK, an estimated 65,000 repossessions will occur this year; that estimate is down by 10,000 from December, but up in actual numbers...
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Sell Home Fast news caution
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18/06/2009
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Despite the somewhat cheering news released by the Halifax House Survey recently - disclosing that in May, UK house prices rose by 2.6% over those in April - the latest Inflation Report issued by the Bank of England advises caution. ...
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Sell Home Fast Unemployment misery
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21/05/2009
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Sell Home Fast
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News released this month was a further blow for homeowners wanting a fast property sale. National Statistic’s figures show 2.22 million officially unemployed (a rise by 244,000 in the first 3 months of 2009) shrinking the market looking to buy and...
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Another Kick Start To End The Recession
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11/03/2009
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Debt
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Today the Bank of England releases the first tranch of cash into the economy under its new policy called quantitative easing, whereby it is buying up government assets and debts so that it can inject more money into the economy.
The Bank plans to raise...
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Sell And Rent Back Your Own Property - A Smart Way To Act
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06/03/2009
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Equity release
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Selling and renting back your own property is a popular and imminent trend in UK. Countless people find it very helpful in generating some fast cash to overcome financial crisis. Selling and renting back your own property is a wonderful option that allows you to release the equity in your house without remortgaging or moving from your dwelling place....
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When to buy property in the UK?
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04/03/2009
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Purchasing Property
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As the recent property slump has caused havoc among the UK markets, there are people who are gearing up to buy what may be the best time in recent years to cash on an otherwise, the worst of times. Despite the reluctance of home owners to sell their properties...
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Recession - UK Property Sales Crash
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02/03/2009
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Recession
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The UK housing market has once again receded to reach the same levels as it stood in February 2006. It is still to be seen if the recent slump in the sales of UK property is just another cycle of recession that goes naturally with any economy or it is a fall...
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Rewards Of Remortgaging
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23/02/2009
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Remortgages
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Remortgaging is basically a process that allows a person to switch the current mortgage from the existing lender to some new lender. Remortgage or the fresh mortgage repays the existing lender and at the same time provides the borrower with an opportunity to raise supplementary funds at lower rates of interest than the existing mortgage. Remortgaging is in fact a wonderful option for those who wish to lessen their monthly payments, raise ample amount of capital or release equity in their house....
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House Prices Continue Downward
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29/01/2009
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Recession
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The Nationwide Building Society has released figures showing that house prices continue to fall in 2009, although the rate of decline has slowed. In January, prices dropped a further 1.3%, whereas December’s fall was 2.5%. This is the 15th consecutive month...
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House Prices Continue Downward
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29/01/2009
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House Prices
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The Nationwide Building Society has released figures showing that house prices continue to fall in 2009, although the rate of decline has slowed. In January, prices dropped a further 1.3%, whereas December’s fall was 2.5%. This is the 15th consecutive month...
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Unemployment Rise Hits Homeowners
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20/10/2008
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Stop Repossession
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Unemployment figures released this week show 1.79 million people out of work in the UK (measured between May and August 2008); the highest number since the 1990s. This figure is expected to increase to 2 million by the end of the year, with many analysts predicting further rises during 2009. ...
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Unemployment Rise Hits Homeowners
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20/10/2008
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Sell and Rent Back
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Unemployment figures released this week show 1.79 million people out of work in the UK (measured between May and August 2008); the highest number since the 1990s. This figure is expected to increase to 2 million by the end of the year, with many analysts predicting further rises during 2009. ...
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Steep fall in house prices
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02/10/2008
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Housing Crash
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Figures just released show that house prices fell at a record level during the past year. From October 2007 prices are down 12.4%, bringing the average house price to around £162,000 and cutting a massive £20,000 off last year’s value.
This is the 11th consecutive month that prices have dropped, with Northern Ireland and East Anglia being particularly hard hit. The only place that has bucked the trend is the city of Durham, where prices have actually shown a slight increase.
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Steep fall in house prices
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02/10/2008
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House Prices
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Figures just released show that house prices fell at a record level during the past year. From October 2007 prices are down 12.4%, bringing the average house price to around £162,000 and cutting a massive £20,000 off last year’s value.
This is the 11th consecutive month that prices have dropped, with Northern Ireland and East Anglia being particularly hard hit. The only place that has bucked the trend is the city of Durham, where prices have actually shown a slight increase.
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Steep fall in house prices
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02/10/2008
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Equity release
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Figures just released show that house prices fell at a record level during the past year. From October 2007 prices are down 12.4%, bringing the average house price to around ?162,000 and cutting a massive ?20,000 off last year’s value.
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Tackling Rising Bills
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19/09/2008
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Debt
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The rate of inflation has risen to 4.7%; new unemployment figures released this week show 5.5% of the working population were without a job during the three months ending July 2008; those claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance have increased, the number of redundancies...
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Tackling Rising Bills
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19/09/2008
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Sell and Rent Back
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The rate of inflation has risen to 4.7%; new unemployment figures released this week show 5.5% of the working population were without a job during the three months ending July 2008; those claiming Job Seekers’ Allowance have increased, the number of redundancies...
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Latest Inflation Report
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19/08/2008
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Inflation
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The Bank of England released its latest inflation report this week. All eyes were on the Bank’s governor, Mervyn King, as he delivered the bad news that had been anticipated – that inflation is up (currently at 4.4%) and is likely to go up yet further, peaking...
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Latest Inflation Report
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19/08/2008
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Stop Repossession
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The Bank of England released its latest inflation report this week. All eyes were on the Bank’s governor, Mervyn King, as he delivered the bad news that had been anticipated – that inflation is up (currently at 4.4%) and is likely to go up yet further, peaking...
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Latest Inflation Report
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19/08/2008
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Sell Home Fast
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The Bank of England released its latest inflation report this week. All eyes were on the Bank’s governor, Mervyn King, as he delivered the bad news that had been anticipated – that inflation is up (currently at 4.4%) and is likely to go up yet further, peaking...
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Latest Inflation Report
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19/08/2008
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Sell and Rent Back
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The Bank of England released its latest inflation report this week. All eyes were on the Bank’s governor, Mervyn King, as he delivered the bad news that had been anticipated – that inflation is up (currently at 4.4%) and is likely to go up yet further, peaking...
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Mortgage Lending Drops to New Low
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28/07/2008
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Mortgages
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Figures released this week show that new mortgage approvals fell in June to a new low. Successful mortgage applications were down a staggering 23 per cent from May according to statistics released by the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), who say this is...
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Mortgage Lending Drops to New Low
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28/07/2008
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Housing Crash
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Figures released this week show that new mortgage approvals fell in June to a new low. Successful mortgage applications were down a staggering 23 per cent from May according to statistics released by the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), who say this is...
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Dealing with Debt
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07/03/2008
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Equity release
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Living with debt has become an unavoidable fact of life in 21st Century Britain. The high cost of living, coupled with easy credit and spiralling housing prices has created a situation whereby it seems almost impossible to function economically without having...
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Worried About Your Pension?
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23/11/2007
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Equity release
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The UK is a nation that is getting older by the day! If that sounds like an obvious statement, take a moment to think about the impact that will have: more people taking retirement benefits, less people working to support the economy, and the average life-span...
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CCJs Double in Three Years
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01/06/2007
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Debt
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Personal debt in the UK is reaching new heights. The first three months of this year saw almost a quarter of a million County Court Judgements (CCJs) issued on unpaid debts such as mortgages and credit cards. Three years ago the number of CCJs stood at approximately...
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Retired and Still in Debt?
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04/05/2007
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Debt
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Most people look forward to retirement as a time when they can spend more time with family and friends, do some travelling, take up a hobby or simply relax. Ideally, that’s exactly what retirement should be, but for some the ideal and the reality are worlds...
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REPOSSESSIONS ON THE UP
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23/01/2007
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Recession
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According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, property repossessions are NOT fading into history.
The figures just released tell of a 9% rise in the second half of 2006. In real terms that means 8,860 individuals and families lost their homes and that the...
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Sell House Fast – Pension Gaps
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12/03/2010
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Sell Home Fast
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It is well known that pension incomes have been falling; however, many are not aware of the fact that the gap between pension incomes received by men and those received by women is widening even more than in previous years.
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