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Are We Heading For A Property Price Crash? Are we really going to be facing a property price crash in the near future? Over the last few weeks there have been comments from industry experts all warning us that the UK is heading for a house price crisis or property price crash in the very near future, but when and is it really... Similar Editorial : Heading for the Top by pmegan. | Source : Real Estate Funds
Contactless Mobile Phone Payments This sounds interesting, and I think it's quite cool too...OK I'm sad for getting excited about things like this.The Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced it plans to run internal trials with a contactless mobile phone payment system until the end of the year. If the trials are successful they will look to roll out customer trials in early 2008.The system will be called 'Tap n Go' and...... Similar Editorial : Uses of Mobile Phone by Ian Ball. | Source : Cell Phone Reviews
What Can You Do To Save Money When Motoring? With the price of petrol hitting $135 a barrel this week, prices at the pumps hit 114p per litre, diesel around 123p a litre, so can you do anything to cut the costs of motoring?Aside from converting your car to run on LPG there are a few ways you can try and economise your fuel consumption when driving. For starters there are ways that your driving actions can be adjusted to be more economical...... Similar Editorial : Save Your Money by twinpeak. | Source : Car Insurance for Students
UK Banks Losing To Overdraft Court Cases In the test case against UK banks overdraft charges, it was ruled that the OFT (Office of Fair Trading) can decide if bank overdraft charges are unfair or not and this means it's up to the OFT to decide what is a fair overdraft charge.The banks have said "Further court hearings will be required before the test case process is concluded." Even if the OFT win and we can all claim back our overdraft...... Similar Editorial : The Traffic Court by Greg Slaughter. | Source : Swiss Offshore Bank
6.5 Million People Consolidate Debts As many as 6.5 million people have consolidated debts in the last 3 years in order to try and keep in control of their finances. Alarmingly 1.29 million of us have unsecured debts of more than ?20,000 - So that's debts run up on personal loans, credit cards, store cards and overdrafts.By 'consolidation' I mean people that have consolidated all their unsecured debts with 1 bank. This proves that...... Source : In School Loan Consolidation
How Credit Crunch Affects Credit Card Customers You might wonder why or how the credit crunch can continue to affect the everyday finances of people in UK? Don't forget it's not just the fact that the cost of living continues to soar; lenders are now putting limits on the level of credit we have available. Different aspects of the cost of living have increased, even month on month, things like utility bills food resturants and cafes, alcohol...... Similar Editorial : The Credit Crunch by David Lynes. | Source : Credit Card Promotional Offer
What To Consider When Applying For A Credit Card There are two main things to consider when you apply for a credit card. Firstly you should look for competitive interest rates, secondly look for any benefits; for example you might be rewarded for using the credit card or offered a 0 per cent APR for a period of time. However, you should always look at the overall, longer term APR of the credit card and not be enticed just by the low or 0 per...... Similar Editorial : Applying For Credit Card by John M. Stafford. | Source : Pay Credit Card Bill Online
How Can You Really Pay No Interest On Your Credit Cards?! If you owed money on a credit card in the past, I'm talking about 15 or even 20 years ago, the best thing to do would be to pay off all the debt as soon as possible. Now there are great things like the Balance Transfer Offers - where credit card companies provide a lower or zero percent rate on any balances you transfer from other credit cards.The balance transfer credit card is certainly a...... Similar Editorial : Low Interest Credit Cards by Richard Greenwood. | Source : Great Credit Card Deals
Resisting The Temptation To Spend At Christmas If you can resist the temptation to over spend this Christmas it may save you a small fortune in crafty bank charges.It can be easy to mistakenly run up bank charges and slip into debt if you're not 100 per cent up to speed with when your bank charges you a fee. Here are 4 examples of how a bank will charge a fee and an approximate idea of how much it could cost you.Store cards. I've said this...... Similar Editorial : Avoiding Temptation by scubaman. | Source : Free Money Management Software
What Does The credit Crunch Really Mean For Us? In light of the recent 'credit crunch' that seemingly every financial expert and newspaper or website mentions whenever the subject of finances is raised, what does the 'credit crunch' mean for the average person in the street? How will affect our day to day lives in the future?Some industry experts are predicting that by 2012 seven out ten credit applications, so applications for products...... Similar Editorial : The Credit Crunch by David Lynes. | Source : Best Credit Score
Financial Resolutions With the New Year upon us we're all at the beginning of our best intended New Years resolutions. We're all joining the gym, eating healthier, giving up alcohol and so on, but perhaps now is the time to start at least thinking about a financial overhaul. By personal finance I mean products like credit cards, personal loans, perhaps an overdraft, or any other form of finance that essentially...... Similar Editorial : 5 Romantic Travel Resolutions by Paris Permenter & John Bigley. | Source : Finance Sales Jobs
Where You Live Can Affect Your Energy Bills Rather worrying I thought, an independent peice of research has revealed that where you live can affect how much you pay for gas and electricity.In January around 4 UK utilities providers varied their gas prices in the UK according to the cost of piping it to your home. So amazingly if you just happen to live nearer wherever the companies begin piping gas in the UK you're better off when it comes...... Similar Editorial : Medical Bills by Dan Baldyga. | Source : Canon Rebate Status
Your Energy Bills Will Rise Next Year Wait your energy bills to increase next year, as most suppliers will pass an increase in the wholesale price of gas, increasing the price to be paid. Analysts predict that in February 2008 prices will increase by at least 15 percent.Wholesale prices have been creeping up for some time, and several analysts predict gas to increase by at least 15 percent. Almost three quarters of UK households are...... Similar Editorial : Medical Bills by Dan Baldyga. | Source : Canon Rebate Status
What Next For The UK Economy Industry experts had predicted the interest rate hold but it surely is becomming harder for the Bank of England to make these rate setting decisions.Rising inflation means that food prices and fuel prices are rising and the Governmnets target for inflation, which is set at 2 per cent, is not being hit by the Bank of England. The pound is not performing well against the Euro and that means goods...... Similar Editorial : The Hungarian Economy by Helen Hunt. | Source : Buyer Of Structured Settlement Annuity
Smart Credit Card Christmas Shopping! Only 38 days until Christmas! Now is the time to decide which credit card to use for your Christmas shopping. A little research and action taken now could save you money come January. Capital One cash back & travel insurance credit card - pays 4% cash back on all purchases for the first three months. Enough time to earn cash the maximum cash back on all your Christmas shopping! You will also...... Similar Editorial : Credit Card Shopping Checklist by loubelle. | Source : Business Gas Credit Card
