Top Money Stories Archive November 2008
Interest rates may fall again
Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsInterest rates may fall further · Savers protected
UK businesses struggle to survive
Thursday, 27 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsUK businesses feel the full force of the credit crunch · House prices fall, but not as fast · Credit card firms have agreed to help borrowers · Energy suppliers not passing on drop in wholesale energy costs to the consumer · United Response launch 'Making Money Easier'
Filed under: bills, cards, credit crisis, energy financial house prices, reponse united
Housing market still struggling
Wednesday, 26 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsFirst time buyers having to provide bigger deposits · Repossessions still a real problem · Bank charges still increasing · Lord Mandelson to force banks to offer loans
Filed under: bank charges, loans mortgages, repossessions,
Public encouraged to save whilst the governments debt spirals out of control
Tuesday, 25 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsGovernment debt · National savings scheme · New mortgage lending falls
Filed under: debt mortgages, savings,
Income tax rise for high earners
Monday, 24 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsTop earners hit by Pre-Budget Report · Pensioners could face cut in income · Borrowers risk damaging their credit files
Filed under: loans pensions, repossessions, tax, VAT,
Pre-Budget Report
Monday, 24 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsThe Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has just delivered the Pre-Budget Report to the commons outlining the Labour's government's proposed £20 billion fiscal stimulus to rescue the economy from the current financial crisis.
Filed under: benefits, businesses, compensation employment, energy financial insurance, mortgages, national prices, savings, small tax, VAT,
Property repossessions rise
Friday, 21 Nov 2008 | 2 CommentsProperty repossessions up by 12% · Train fairs to rise by 6% in January · Honda plans to close Swindon plant for two months · Redundancy reaches 25,000 in one week
Filed under: crisis, financial house prices, repossessions, unemployment
Christmas come early
Thursday, 20 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsRetailers slash prices · Lloyds TSB shareholders approve HBOS takeover · Mortgage lending picks up · Banks urged to help businesses in return for their rescue package
Filed under: loans mortgages, prices, takeover,
Borrowers not benefiting from interest rate cuts
Wednesday, 19 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsTracker mortgage customers not benefiting from interest rate cuts · Post office in talk with Bank of Ireland · Savers encouraged to act fast as rates descend
Record inflation fall
Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsInflation fall · Further job cuts · Rent prices fall · Energy firms pressured to drop fuel costs
Filed under: costs fuel inflation, prices, rent unemployment,
Fear of homelessness
Monday, 17 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsFear of homelessness · Lack of mortgages in the housing market · Help for small business owners · Unemployment reaches 11-year high · Oil price falls to new lows · UK is probably in recession · Eurozone officially in recession · Increase in number of people pursuing bankruptcy
Filed under: bankruptcy, mortgages, recession unemployment,
Unemployment continues to rise
Monday, 17 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsUnemployment will reach 2.9million by 2010 · Icesave Refund · Low Deposit Mortgages
Filed under: crisis, financial house inflation, interest mortgages, prices, rates unemployment,
How much will you spend this Christmas?
Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsHow much will you spend this Christmas? · First-time buyers struggling to find deposits · Poor sales on the high street · Food inflation is falling · Sales of new cars falling at record levels · Interest rates cut by 1.5% · Number of insolvencies rises
Filed under: bankruptcy buyers, first-time inflation, insolvency, interest rates,
Repossessions rise
Wednesday, 5 Nov 2008 | 0 CommentsRepossessions rise · More of us are dissatisfied with energy firms · Mortgage lending rose in September · Credit card borrowing rises · House prices fall in October · Job cuts likely
Filed under: house mortgages, prices, unemployment unemployment,
