How fit are your finances?
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!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 [...]
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Mortgage resuscitation required urgently!
The UK housing market will not recover until the mortgage market is fixed and expert advice at the Bank of England says, print more money in the hope of saving our economy from a long and drawn out recession is the answer. The Council of Mortgage Lenders says the number of UK [...]
Struggling to pay your Credit Card Debts – Debt Help
According to Credit Action almost sixty-six percent of Britons had seen their finances stretched by the current recession. It seems that 31% of households are now so worried about the state of their finances that they are considering missing essential repayments on credit cards, loans and mortgages. Research by Mintel has shown that over five [...]
Four ways to help you get out of Debt | Debt Management
The United Kingdom personal debt today stands at £1,458 billion and the government intend to increase their debt to £175 billion this year and similar figures for the next three years. The latest figures available from Credit Action this month suggests that the average household debt is £59,765 including mortgages, £1.02 billion will be spent [...]
Government to Crackdown on the Credit Card Industry
It looks likely that the government will soon introduce legislation to crackdown on the credit card industry. Proposed legislation will hopefully put a stop to credit card companies increasing credit limits without a direct request from the customer. In the past credit card providers have increased the amount a client can borrow by just writing [...]
FSA reports a 31% surge in Mortgage Arrears
According to a recently published article by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) on the latest mortgage lending statistic they reported a sharp surge in mortgage arrears. With borrowers continuing to struggle to clear their mortgage arrears, the numbers of arrears have been progressively increasing since the beginning of 2007. By the end of 2008 there [...]
There is life after a bankruptcy or an IVA
The Story So Far!
It is reported today that 29,444 people in England and Wales declared themselves insolvent in the last quarter of 2008; this is an 18.5% increase for the same period in 2007. About 2/3rds of these people some 19,100 declared themselves bankrupt during this period; this is a record number of bankruptcies. The [...]
Do Debt Management Advisors bite? | Debt Management Expert
We are generally apprehensive of the unknown and this is true of contacting debt Management organisations as we don’t know what to expect. When you have made contact with a Debt Management charity you should then be put through to a debt management advisor. The debt advisor will assess your current personal financial situation and [...]
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Which Debt Management Plan is best for you?
My personal philosophy as a money saving expert is to seek out a free service first and then compare it to a paid service. Take time to find out what the differences are.
There are three different types of Debt Management companies all of which are very different.
The first is a paid service that will offer you [...]
