Banking News

Britain’s most expensive street is London square

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: Banking News

Britain’s most expensive street has been revealed as a London square where the
average home costs £5.4 million.



Price of a home rises £90,000 during the Noughties

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: Banking News

Average value rose from £75,000 to £162,000 by end of the decade.



Post Office bank account ‘could help 1m poor’

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: Banking News

A million of the poorest people in the UK could be lifted out of financial
exclusion if a simple-to-use bank account was launched at the Post Office.



Banks ’striving to become one-stop shops’

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: Banking News

Banks are increasingly focusing on selling products to existing customers whose financial situation they know more about, a report has said.



Calls for state pension of £130 a week

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: Banking News

The state pension should be raise to £130 a week, according to the first
manifesto of its kind from Saga.



Pity the poor sweater-knitters of Iceland

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: Banking News

Is it proper of Labour to insist foreigners foot a bill incurred by British
greed, asks Vicki Woods.



Santander calls time on Abbey and Bradford & Bingley brands

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: Banking News

Spanish banking giant Santander is rebranding its Abbey and Bradford &
Bingley branches.