Time to focus on house and pension
Robin Stanley
Age: 27
Lives in: West London
Occupation: Photographer
Earns: ?18,000
Mortgage: None
Debts: ?2,800
Investments: ?5,000 in savings account; ?3,000 in...
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Higher rates: How well will you cope?
The more 'yes' answers you give, the worse your chances of coping when borrowing costs rise.
Do you have a variable rate loan?
Fixed rates are not always as cheap ...
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Cheers & jeers
This week's three cheers go to Virgin One account for its plans to create 300 jobs prompted by the growth in popularity of its all-in-one mortgage and current account. ...
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Banks claim stamp duty is unfair
The government was yesterday accused by mortgage lenders of "unfairly penalising" first-time buyers by failing to raise the stamp duty exemption threshold to reflect soar...
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Lenders call for change to stamp duty
Britain's biggest mortgage lender and the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) today called on the government to raise the level at which stamp duty is charged.
Research b...
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Budget to save the NHS
The budget delivered by Gordon Brown in 10 days' time will be the most significant in memory because the government has warned it will include tax rises to save the NHS. ...
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We need homes
Britain's love of owner-occupation, fostered by successive governments and entrenched by a financial system more consecrated to mortgage lending than any in the world, is...
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Homeowners racked up ?7bn in debt at end of 2001
Britain's homeowners took advantage of soaring property prices and low interest rates to stack up a record £7bn of debt against the value of their homes in the last ...
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Capped rate now the better option
When the Bank of England announced this week that it was freezing interest rates for the fifth consecutive month the news was met with relief by homeowners.
But the fac...
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Lender agrees to ?1.8m payout
A mortgage lender has backed down and decided to pay a total of £1.8m in compensation to thousands of borrowers after Jobs & Money highlighted a complaint from o...
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