UK Economy

Are you a lucky SVR mortgage winner?

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

As interest rates remain at a rock bottom level some lenders’ standard variable rates offer massive savings. Can you be a mortgage winner?



Which car will be most reliable for 2010?

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

Which cars sold in Britain are least likely to let you down? We take a look at the reliability top tens



Can I be sued for ice outsidemy garden?

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

I know I’m legally obliged to clear my own paths. But now I hear I could be sued for slippery paths outside my garden. Is that right?



Nationwide and YBS cut fixed rates

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

Mortgage fixed rates have been cut by Nationwide and Yorkshire Building Societies as they attempt to lure borrowers away from cut-price trackers



Ditch shares, says prophet of doom IFA

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

A maverick financial adviser who called the property crash has told investors to get out of shares as the day of reckoning is still to come



What are pitfalls of alternative pension?

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

My financial adviser suggests I buy an alternative annuity where the pension company provides me with an income from the fund. Should I invest?



Working past retirement age: your rights

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

As the Government plans to no longer force people to retire at 65, we look at the present rights for those wanting to work past retirement age



The man meant to save Britain’s pensions

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

Jeff Prestridge speaks to Tim Jones, the man charged with undoing Britain’s pensions timebomb with a national retirement savings scheme



Banks ‘recreate’ lost customer paperwork

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

Lenders routinely mislay the card and loan agreements their customers originally sign – then ‘recreate’ them instead, often wrongly



Beat fund managers (and their charges)

Jan 11th, 2010 | By The-Mortgage-Lender | Category: UK Economy

Investors are ditching fund managers and choosing tracker and exchange traded funds. Find out how to beat the fund managers and their charges