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It makes sense to get wise to the dirty tactics played by the Identity fraudsters and start protecting your identity by following our finance tips to protect your finances today.It’s never been more gruelling to stay ahead of the criminals who compete to steal your ID, take over your accounts and run up debts in [...]

The spectre of losing your job can be terrifying, especially when vacancies are at a record low. But once the initial shock has worn off, redundancy can herald a new beginning - a chance to set up your own business, use any pay-off to clear your debts or find a role that gives a better [...]

If you believe everything in the news these days, it’s almost impossible to get a good deal on credit. Luckily, that’s just not true. If you have a good credit rating, you can still qualify for some great deals - whether you want a card, loan, mortgage or simply the right mobile airtime package. Follow [...]

Recessions come and recessions eventually go but if you were born in the 1980s or 1990s, you may not know what to expect or how to cope during a period of financial uncertainty. This guide gives all you first-time buyers a few pointers to surviving until the next boom comes around.
Your attitude
Stick to the essentials
Decide [...]

If you developed a strange rash that just wouldn’t go away, you’d visit your doctor - but it’s amazing how many people who listen to health warnings don’t do the same when it comes to wealth warnings.
Now more than ever, it’s crucial to monitor your debt levels to prevent a slide into the financial mire [...]

Almost everyone believes that openness about finances is important to a relationship. A new survey from CreditExpert.co.uk reinforces the point, with 89 per cent of British adults agreeing. But the true facts show a very different story. Most of us do not share our debt problems with our partners until the debt has .spiralled out [...]

Edward Ball, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families recently quoted that “this financial mess is global and as bad as we have seen for 100 years.” It’s obvious that Ed Ball thought he could say it better than Mervyn King the governor of the Bank of England who had already stated that [...]

Over the years I have come across people who have been brainwashed into remortgaging every two or three years by their Bank, Building Society or their Mortgage Broker. These intelligent people are sold the story that know body knows where the interest rates will be in two or three years time and it is better [...]

As we near the middle of January 2009 many of us find our New Year’s resolutions slipping away as they always do. For many of us it is just something we do on New Year’s Eve and then hope we remember it on New Year’s Day and then continue it. For many of us it [...]

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) warned that the rationing of mortgages will deteriorate in 2009.  The CML felt that homeowners with mortgages were being forced to cope with a dysfunctional mortgage market.  Last year the net mortgage lending was £108billion and this year it is expected to be around £40billion, which is a 60% [...]