My Home Finance Scheme Could Brighten Low-Income Futures

September 30, 2010

A finance initiative with the Government and the Royal Bank of Scotland plus 26 housing associations in the country has been launched to assist the most disadvantaged. Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pension Secretary, launched a new loan scheme for those who are excluded financially by high street banks due ...

Moneysupermarket reveals best mortgage offers

September 27, 2010

According to new studies released by moneysupermarket.com, borrowers are facing high hidden costs with new deals that are advertised as the best way to go. According to site editor, Clare Francis, lenders are able to showcase significantly reduced rates by increasing arrangement fees to balance out the profit. Cautioning borrowers to ...

Upcoming government budget cuts could lead to increase in property repossessions

August 19, 2010

Amid the recent austerity budget cuts, the number of repossessed homes in the UK has fallen. For the third quarter consecutively, home repossessions have gone down, this quarter nearly by 4.1 per cent. Yet, aid groups and mortgage brokers have begun to warn that the figures could rise again once October ...

Stay organised with book racks from bookrack.co.uk

June 15, 2010

 In the ever-mounting war against clutter, making the most of storage space can be essential to a happy household. Householders are constantly on a mission to organise and store books, photos, and other nick-knacks in ways that is both convenient and aesthetically appealing. Book racks can be a great way to ...

Sainsburys scientists save crops by turning moths gay

April 14, 2010

Scientists have discovered an innovative, if not strange, new way to save millions of pounds for crop farmers each year. By turning moths gay, researchers have discovered that harvesting eating worms can be avoided saving millions in ruined crops each harvest. Codling Moths, which lay larvae on pear and apple trees, ...

Banker wants money back on property which regularly floods

January 27, 2010

A city analyst has gone to the High Court in order to get his money back on a house he bought on the banks of the River Thames. Dr. Adrian Howd claims that when he paid £1.9 million for the river side property he was unaware that it regularly flooded. ...

FSA orders mortgage refunds

January 25, 2010

Investigations by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) into the amount of money mortgage firms are charging their customers who fall into arrears on their payments could mean that thousands of homeowners throughout the country are in for large refunds. The FSA says that it will be looking closely at how ...

One million people pay rent or mortgage with plastic

January 12, 2010

New research which shows that around one million people in the U.K. have admitted to relying on their credit cards to pay for housing costs such as the rent and mortgage has caused concern at the homeless charity Shelter. Over the last twelve months the charity claims that six percent ...

Broadmoor could soon become a luxury flats

January 12, 2010

There is a possibility that the country's most infamous psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane could be sold into the hands of developers to be turned into flats or even a hotel. Broadmoor Hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire first opened its doors in 1863 and was the first purpose built asylum ...

Average house price of 5.4 million pounds on country’s most expensive street

December 29, 2009

Wycombe Square in the London borough of Kensington and Chelsea has been named the most expensive place to buy a house in Britain. According to Halifax the average price of a house will set buyers back a cool £5.4 million. Kensington and Chelsea boast half of the twenty most expensive ...

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