Endowment sellers told to improve complaint procedures
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) issued a warning today to mortgage endowment providers to deal with complaints properly and not to side step them by sending custom...
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November sees fall in borrowing
British consumers' borrowing frenzy may have cooled as the level of lending to individuals and the number of mortgages taken out sink, reports out today showed.
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Elderly sold most loans 'recklessly
More than 50 per cent of mortgages and loans that are taken out by the over-50s are either 'reckless or irresponsible' says the head of a charity set up to help borrowers...
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December falls add to house price fears
House prices fell in December, the Nationwide reported yesterday, dragging the annual rate of property inflation to its lowest for nearly three years.
The news, coming ...
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Queen's 'great sorrow' at death of Ogilvy
Sir Angus Ogilvy, the aristrocratic businessman who married the Queen's cousin but insisted on paying his own mortgage, died yesterday at the age of 76. He succumbed to a...
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Couple claimed ?26,000 benefits for dead children
A husband and wife conned taxpayers out of nearly £26,000 by claiming almost five years' worth of benefits for their two dead children, Birmingham crown court heard ...
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Couple claimed benefits for dead children
A husband and wife conned taxpayers out of almost ?26,000 by claiming nearly five years' worth of benefits for their two dead children, a court heard today.
Abul Hussain...
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Bleak midwinter for home loans
Fears that 2005 will be a bleak year for the housing market were fuelled by new figures showing that mortgage lending has slumped and house prices are continuing to fall....
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My home is where my heart is
Anita finds herself in a difficult situation:
'I am 58 years old, separated for eight years from my husband and recently divorced (without financial settlement, since my...
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Sort out your own problems as chill looms
Superficially, 2004 has been a reasonable year for our personal finances. Low unemployment, a strong economy and - until recently - rising house prices have kept most peo...
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