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Recession - Keeping The Pound In Your Pocket
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18/03/2009
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Unemployment
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The annual growth in take home pay has dropped to an all time low of 1.8% and saw an unprecedented fall of 0.2 per cent during January as employers make drastic cuts to save their businesses from collapse.
Honda is just one of the companies that has stopped...
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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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Are You Facing Negative Equity?
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27/02/2009
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Housing Crash
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The dramatic falls in property prices over recent months have left many homeowners in negative equity – in other words, owing more on their mortgage than their property is worth.
The Financial Services Authority certainly agrees that negative equity is a real problem. It states that as many as one in five households could face negative equity by the time the market bottoms out, with an estimated overall fall in prices of 30% from their 2007 peak. These figures mean that some 2.5 million loans will be in excess of the value of the property against which they are secured. ...
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Bumpy Ride For House Prices
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20/02/2009
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Recession
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House prices in England and Wales fell by an average of 13.8% last year. There are conflicting opinions on how the property market will fare as the recession deepens, although it is certain that substantial gains are out of the question. Anyone embarking...
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Bumpy Ride For House Prices
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20/02/2009
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Mortgages
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House prices in England and Wales fell by an average of 13.8% last year. There are conflicting opinions on how the property market will fare as the recession deepens, although it is certain that substantial gains are out of the question. Anyone embarking...
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Bumpy Ride For House Prices
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20/02/2009
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House Prices
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House prices in England and Wales fell by an average of 13.8% last year. There are conflicting opinions on how the property market will fare as the recession deepens, although it is certain that substantial gains are out of the question. Anyone embarking...
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Bumpy Ride For House Prices
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20/02/2009
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Sell Home Fast
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House prices in England and Wales fell by an average of 13.8% last year. There are conflicting opinions on how the property market will fare as the recession deepens, although it is certain that substantial gains are out of the question. Anyone embarking...
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Debts and Bankruptcies Rise
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04/02/2009
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Debt
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Bankruptcies in England and Wales are rising steeply. The most recent figures from the Insolvency Service show an increase in personal bankruptcies of more than 9% during the third quarter of 2008 over the same quarter in the previous year. When business...
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Recession - The Big Freeze!
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08/01/2009
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Recession
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Happy New Year from everyone at Property Rescue. We wish you a successful year but remind you that we are here to help should you find yourself in financial difficulties and need to sell your home fast.
As we start 2009 the financial climate is very similar...
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Recession - The Big Freeze!
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08/01/2009
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House Prices
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Happy New Year from everyone at Property Rescue. We wish you a successful year but remind you that we are here to help should you find yourself in financial difficulties and need to sell your home fast.
As we start 2009 the financial climate is very similar...
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Low, Low, Low!
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08/12/2008
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Interest Rates
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The Bank of England announced on Thursday 4 December that another one per cent would come off the base rate, bringing rates down to two per cent, the lowest ever in the Bank’s history.
Whilst borrowers will undoubtedly be delighted at this news, savers...
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Low, Low, Low!
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08/12/2008
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Repossession
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The Bank of England announced on Thursday 4 December that another one per cent would come off the base rate, bringing rates down to two per cent, the lowest ever in the Bank’s history.
Whilst borrowers will undoubtedly be delighted at this news, savers...
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The Big Spend?
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02/12/2008
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Sell and Rent Back
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The Treasury has announced big spending plans to reinvigorate the economy. A total of £12.5 billion is said to be on its way to consumers but the question on everyone’s lips is, will it work?
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has announced that VAT...
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The Big Spend?
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02/12/2008
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Repossession
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The Treasury has announced big spending plans to reinvigorate the economy. A total of £12.5 billion is said to be on its way to consumers but the question on everyone’s lips is, will it work?
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, has announced that VAT...
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Should I Sell To Rent?
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20/11/2008
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Housing Crash
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With the property boom having come to a grinding halt, there has been a continual decline in inflated prices. From Newcastle to Manchester, and Birmingham to London, it seems no-one is clear from this slump.
Rumours have been circulating for a while...
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Mortgages remain in short supply
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14/11/2008
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Recession
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The dramatic 1.5% cut to base rates announced by the Bank of England last week has been welcomed by business, industry and homeowners. Yet despite this fall in interest rates and the money that has been pumped into the banking system by the government, there...
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Mortgages remain in short supply
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14/11/2008
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Mortgages
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The dramatic 1.5% cut to base rates announced by the Bank of England last week has been welcomed by business, industry and homeowners. Yet despite this fall in interest rates and the money that has been pumped into the banking system by the government, there...
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Mortgages remain in short supply
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14/11/2008
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Repossession
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The dramatic 1.5% cut to base rates announced by the Bank of England last week has been welcomed by business, industry and homeowners. Yet despite this fall in interest rates and the money that has been pumped into the banking system by the government, there...
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Should I Sell To Rent?
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12/11/2008
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Recession
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With the property boom having come to a grinding halt, there has been a continual decline in inflated prices. From Newcastle to Manchester, and Birmingham to London, it seems no-one is clear from this slump.
Rumours have been circulating for a while...
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Should I Sell To Rent?
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12/11/2008
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Sell and Rent Back
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With the property boom having come to a grinding halt, there has been a continual decline in inflated prices. From Newcastle to Manchester, and Birmingham to London, it seems no-one is clear from this slump.
Rumours have been circulating for a while...
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Should I Sell To Rent?
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12/11/2008
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Repossession
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With the property boom having come to a grinding halt, there has been a continual decline in inflated prices. From Newcastle to Manchester, and Birmingham to London, it seems no-one is clear from this slump.
Rumours have been circulating for a while...
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Dramatic Bank Rate Cut
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07/11/2008
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Interest Rates
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As anticipated, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MCP) has cut interest rates today. What was not anticipated, however, is the size of that cut. Half of one per cent was expected, maybe one per cent if the bank was feeling brave, but very few foretold the massive one and a half per cent that the MPC obviously feels is required if it is to have any effect on inflation and the threat of recession....
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Dramatic Bank Rate Cut
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07/11/2008
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Stop Repossession
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As anticipated, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MCP) has cut interest rates today. What was not anticipated, however, is the size of that cut. Half of one per cent was expected, maybe one per cent if the bank was feeling brave, but very few foretold the massive one and a half per cent that the MPC obviously feels is required if it is to have any effect on inflation and the threat of recession....
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Dramatic Bank Rate Cut
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07/10/2008
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Recession
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As anticipated, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MCP) has cut interest rates today. What was not anticipated, however, is the size of that cut. Half of one per cent was expected, maybe one per cent if the bank was feeling brave, but very few foretold the massive one and a half per cent that the MPC obviously feels is required if it is to have any effect on inflation and the threat of recession....
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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.
This is the 11th...
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The Divorce Trap
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18/09/2008
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Housing Crash
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A rather surprising side effect of the current economic slowdown is that the numbers of couples getting divorced has dropped by about 3%. It seems that people who would like to sell the family home and move on to a new life find they can’t sell and therefore...
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The Divorce Trap
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18/09/2008
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House Prices
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A rather surprising side effect of the current economic slowdown is that the numbers of couples getting divorced has dropped by about 3%. It seems that people who would like to sell the family home and move on to a new life find they can’t sell and therefore...
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The Divorce Trap
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18/08/2008
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Sell Home Fast
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A rather surprising side effect of the current economic slowdown is that the numbers of couples getting divorced has dropped by about 3%. It seems that people who would like to sell the family home and move on to a new life find they can’t sell and therefore...
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Avoid Repossession
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28/07/2008
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Debt
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To have your home repossessed is one of the most stressful things that can happen to a family, putting adults and children alike under enormous pressure. The financial impact is often severe and long lasting, affecting individuals' ability to obtain loans,...
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The Return of Negative Equity
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13/06/2008
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Sell Home Fast
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The words ‘negative equity’ have not been heard much over the past ten years but back in the early 90s they were on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Could it be that we’ve had it so good over the past decade that we’ve forgotten what true economic slowdown is...
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The Return of Negative Equity
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13/06/2008
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Sell and Rent Back
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The words ‘negative equity’ have not been heard much over the past ten years but back in the early 90s they were on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Could it be that we’ve had it so good over the past decade that we’ve forgotten what true economic slowdown is...
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How To Sell Your Home
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27/05/2008
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Sell Home Fast
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Are you reading this article and wishing you were somewhere else? If so, you might be one of the thousands of people who have a ‘For Sale’ board outside their homes. You are desperate to move house but because the property market has slowed almost to a standstill...
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First Quarter Repossession Figures
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16/05/2008
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Debt
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Recent repossession statistics show that there is no slow down in the housing crisis.
The current figures must be seen against the backdrop of 2007, which had been forecast to be a bad year by the Council of Mortgage Lenders even before the credit crunch...
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House prices continue to slide
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01/05/2008
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Mortgages
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House prices have now been falling steadily for more than six months, according to statistics published this week. In April, prices were more than one per cent down, bringing the average UK house price to approximately £178,500.
There is a mixed reaction...
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10p Tax Rate cut looks set to add to debt problems
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24/04/2008
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Mortgages
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Gordon Brown and Allistair Darling are facing opposition from their own back benchers over the controversial removal of the 10p tax rate band. By no means will everyone lose out from this cut, but some could have debt problems exacerbated by unexpected reductions...
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10p Tax Rate cut looks set to add to debt problems
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24/04/2008
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Debt
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Gordon Brown and Allistair Darling are facing opposition from their own back benchers over the controversial removal of the 10p tax rate band. By no means will everyone lose out from this cut, but some could have debt problems exacerbated by unexpected reductions...
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Turn The Dream Home into Reality
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16/04/2008
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Sell Home Fast
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Getting on the housing ladder is like beginning a journey on which you are not quite sure of the destination. Initially, the object of the exercise is to have somewhere to call your own and, perhaps, to start married life or a long term relationship with the person you love. If the rose-coloured spectacles of love are really working, you might not be too particular about where or what that home turns out to be – so long as it’s yours it is sure to be your castle!
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Moving Home and Cutting Costs
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11/04/2008
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Mortgages
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Interest rates have seen a further cut today with the announcement by the Bank of England that the base rate will be lowered to 5%. But the recent series of cuts is not filtering through to the mortgage market, where loans are in short supply.
If you...
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Moving Home and Cutting Costs
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11/04/2008
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Interest Rates
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Interest rates have seen a further cut today with the announcement by the Bank of England that the base rate will be lowered to 5%. But the recent series of cuts is not filtering through to the mortgage market, where loans are in short supply.
If you...
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Impossible To Sell?
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04/04/2008
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Sell Home Fast
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We reported a couple of weeks ago on ‘A Buyer’s Market’, focusing on a fall in the number of properties sold and the downward trend in the price of housing stock. Since then news for sellers has worsened, with this week several mortgage lenders withdrawing...
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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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Is Your Credit In Crisis?
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14/12/2007
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Debt
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As Christmas approaches more and more of us turn to our credit cards to provide the funds we need to finance our seasonal purchases. Despite the concern emanating from retailers it looks as if we are set to spend record amounts again this year. During the...
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Interest Rate Fall – Is It Enough?
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06/12/2007
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House Prices
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The Bank of England has just cut the interest rate by one quarter of a per cent to 5.5%, but will it be enough to re-generate a housing market with a severe attack of the blues?
The rate cut was no surprise as pressure on the Bank of England was coming...
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Interest Rates On Hold
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09/11/2007
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Interest Rates
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Yesterday the Bank of England chose to leave interest rates unchanged for the fourth consecutive month. The decision came as no surprise, despite the call from leading economists for a reduction in rates to ease the property blues currently gripping the UK’s...
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The Open Market - The Slow Market!
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25/10/2007
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House Prices
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There has been a debate raging amongst sellers, buyers, estate agents, lawyers, developers and others involved in the property sector as to how the process of buying and selling property in England might be speeded up, clarified and made less vulnerable...
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The Open Market - The Slow Market!
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25/10/2007
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There has been a debate raging amongst sellers, buyers, estate agents, lawyers, developers and others involved in the property sector as to how the process of buying and selling property in England might be speeded up, clarified and made less vulnerable to...
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Is Renting The Best Option?
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17/10/2007
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Housing Crash
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Early October saw the publication of a survey that announced renting is now a cheaper option than buying!
The survey looked at rentals from private landlords during 2006 (i.e. not including local authority or housing association tenancies) and found...
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Family Trends Today
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25/07/2007
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This week has seen the publication of the 37th social trends statistics from the Office for National Statistics. They show a marked difference in the type of housing being built in this country, the age at which children leave home to set up on their own and...
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Another Interest Rate Rise
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06/07/2007
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Interest Rates
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This week the Bank of England has yet again raised the base rate by one quarter per cent to 5.75%, the fifth rise in a year. There’s little doubt that when this new rise filters through to mortgages some already stretched home owners will be close to financial...
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House Prices Hit New High
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27/04/2007
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House Prices
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The £100,000 price ceiling for the average house has been smashed. According to news articles this week there is now nowhere in the UK where you can buy an average house for less than £100,000. The last place to break through the barrier was Lochgelly in Fife....
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More Than a Financial Matter
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11/04/2007
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Repossession
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When a family is facing the possibility of having their home repossessed the focus is very much on how they will survive the financial impact and get themselves back on the road to economic stability. It’s clear that such a period of stress will affect every...
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PERSONAL DEBT DISASTER?
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20/02/2007
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Debt
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Personal debt figures are always hitting the headlines. But what do these figures include and how many people in the UK do they affect?Personal debt can be divided into three basic categories – secured lending (i.e. a mortgage), unsecured consumer lending...
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Sell Home Fast FAQs
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20/07/2009
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Sell Home Fast
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Sell Home Fast through Property Rescue and enjoy no nonsence advice and helpful staff. Infact we pride ourselves on our approach and have answered some of our most popular Sell House Fast questions.
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Sell and Rent Back FAQs
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17/07/2009
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Sell and Rent Back
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In this first of 2 articles about Sell and Rent back FAQ's, we've compiled our most frequetly asked Sell to Rent questions. The next Sell and Rent back FAQ article will folllow next week.
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Sell Home Fast or Sell and Rent Back
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26/06/2009
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Sell and Rent Back
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These days you can literally sell your home fast and exchange within two days, without chains and without estate agency fees. This is all made possible with specialist Sell home fast agencies and many give you the option to sell and rent back too....
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Interest rate aid Sell Home Fast misery
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12/06/2009
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Sell Home Fast
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For the third month straight, the Bank of England reported in May that interest rates would remain at 0.5% in the hopes of stimulating the property market. As anyone who is trying to sell property fast right now is aware, it is very frustrating and incredibly...
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