Does being gay exclude us from the same financial services as heterosexual couples?
Q In 2001, my partner and I accepted a joint mortgage offer of ?125,000 from Abbey National. During conversations with an Abbey National adviser on protection plans, life...
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Our mutual friends
Companies like to be trusted. Enormous effort is made by firms through public relations, reward schemes, corporate social responsibility and other measures to boost publi...
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Crying need drives people to accept sky-high rates
Mother-of-six Cathy Haines owes money to seven different doorstep lenders. Every week, she pays out £102 of the £263 she receives in benefits to agents who come...
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Get covered - but make sure it's the best deal for you
Norwich Union is the latest in a line of insurance companies to announce an increase in its life and critical illness policies. Last week its life insurance premiums rose...
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Facing up to the future after a fall
Karen's husband died in summer 2001, leaving her their home, which has recently been valued at £145,000. Karen writes:
'The house and mortgage were, and still are,...
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$700bn, and nobody even blinks
Some detail is beginning to dribble out on the "accounting irregularities" at America's Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, better know as Freddie Mac, which announce...
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Watch out for extended penalties
Watch out - extended mortgage penalties are creeping back. In the mid 1990s these were the bane of property buyers who took out an enticing low-rate loan, only to find th...
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In the market for a loan?
An independent financial adviser this week launched a personal loan broking service which it says gives guidance on a wide range of market-leading loans.
The MarketPlace...
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We recommend Five-year fixes
3.9%
New loans from Alliance & Leicester and Lambeth Building Society are encouraging borrowers to consider a five-year fixed period.
Both mortgages are fixed at...
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Property ladder moves further out of first-time buyers' reach
The average price of a home for first-time buyers in London is now ?187,690, Britain's biggest mortgage lender said today.
Halifax added that, with the average salary c...
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