How fit are your finances?
Welcome back!Applying for a new loan or credit card is a competitive business, with the best deals going to the people who have the fittest credit history. If you want to be in the running, you need to remember the old fable and act like the tortoise, taking time to manage your money, rather than [...]
Learn MoreThe more the Government spends the shorter the recession - Money Saving Expert
In today’s climate of recession meltdown it is difficult not to scaremonger or upset anyone when analysing the world around us, the consequences to each of us and the impact of the debt our children might one day inherit. Are the changes that have been implemented by the government and the Bank of England really [...]
Are we in the Worst Financial mess seen in 100 years?
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 [...]
The Governments Great Bank Bailout has not worked!
What’s the alternative?
The problem we face now is not the cost of money but the availability of money. We need the interbank base rate to ease up to make it possible for banks to get money from the markets to allow them to lend again properly. The low interest rates at present do not allow [...]
Deepest recession for Twenty Years - Stop reducing Interest rate!
The Bank of England’s interest base rate is expected to reach an all time low of 1% later today. The current rate of 1 ½ % is the lowest level of interest base rate ever seen in 315 years since it was established in 1694. This is dreadful news for savers but great news for [...]
Can small businesses survive this recession?
Tougher times are expected for small and medium sized business. Business failures are expected to rise by a staggering 50% which means that failed businesses could peak around 32,400 in 2010; this would be the highest level recorded since 1992. The Federation of small businesses said that they had recorded a dramatic increase of 214% [...]
Confidence is the key to recovery from this recession
Trying to find anything to be confident about with regards to our economy is extremely difficult at present. Earlier this week, we saw the American’s being full of confidence and optimism for the future as they heralded in their 44th President Barack Obama. We are constantly bombarded with information by the media. Today the media [...]
Northern Rock told by Government to start lending again for mortgages!
The Northern Rock was granted emergency financial support from the Bank of England on September 2007. Northern Rock under government control then announced in 2007 that they would not remortgage their existing mortgage borrowers to a new remortgage product. In fact the Northern Rock was informing their mortgage borrowers to remortgage to another mortgage lender [...]
Mortgage rescue scheme helps houseowners facing repossession
The government this morning announced a £200million mortgage rescue scheme that may help around 6,000 homeowners facing repossession, money saving expert heard today. This new initiative is aimed at stopping thousands of vulnerable homeowners from losing their homes in England and will start from this Friday. The scheme is primarily targeted at families [...]
British Government may start printing £billions soon!
There seems little point in reducing interest rates any further as the interest rate cuts are proving to be ineffective and the Bank of England base rate cuts are proving to be unpopular with savers and borrowers. The pound is falling against the dollar and the euro. Savers are not being rewarded for saving [...]
Are homebuyers being frozen out of the mortgage market?
The number of homes changing hands fell to a record low in December despite an increase in the number of buyer enquiries having risen for the second month in a row according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). They also said that sales are at their lowest levels since records began in 1978. [...]
