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Improve your credit rating to help secure a mortgage

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:00:00

Consumers who are looking for a mortgage should strengthen their credit rating as much as possi...

M&S loan rate cut as scrappage scheme boosts car buying

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:57:00

M&S is cutting its loan rate to help consumers, as car purchasing has seen a boom in recent...

Swinton to refund payment protection insurance customers

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00

Swinton is being fined and made to offer refunds to customers who took out payment protection i...

Loan rates rise despite Base Rate remaining low

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:57:00

Lenders have continued to increase loan rates, according to Moneyfacts, despite the fact that t...

Sainsbury's: Car loans rose 37% after scrappage scheme launch

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:00:00

Market analysis from Sainsbury’s Finance has found that consumers have borrowed significa...

Credit reports offer safeguard to rising cases of identity fraud

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:02:00

Following new data released from CIFAS about the rising trend of identity fraud, the UK's fraud...

Payment protection insurance gets 'tough' FSA overhaul

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:45:00

The FSA has unveiled new measures for combating bad practice in the selling and complaints proc...

Loan market pushes borrowers to 399% deals of last resort

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:52:00

As the credit crisis has seen the loan market shrink, specialist lenders have maintained pre-re...

Nationwide loans offer 'lowest rate on the market' for new cars

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 07:00:00

Nationwide currently boasts the cheapest loan on the market, the building society claims, which...

Fairinvestment.co.uk comments on the inquiry into credit searches

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:10:00

Commenting on the announcement from the Treasury Select Committee that it has launched an inqui...

Credit search inquiry to make borrowing easier

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:29:00

The Treasury Select Committee has launched an inquiry into how credit searches are carried out ...

Personal loan market shrinks as lenders increase rates

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:00:00

The personal loans market has shrunk by 37 per cent in the past year, whilst some lenders have ...

Rising loan rates widen base rate gap

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:00:00

As loan rates have continued to rise over the past year, borrowers can now expect to pay around...

Nationwide loan rate drops to become market leader

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:00:00

Nationwide Building Society has reduced its personal loan rate to 7.7 per cent typical APR, whi...

Unsecured personal loans rare as lenders drop out

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:00:00

Borrowers who want unsecured personal loans are finding it increasingly difficult since there h...

Unsecured loan rates creeping up

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:49:00

Consumers looking for a competitive unsecured loan deal are seeing their options narrowed as le...

Loan insurance with single premiums banned from today

Fri, 29 May 2009 16:07:00

Banks and other lenders are meant to stop selling single premium payment protection insurance o...

Debt consolidation most popular use for Halifax unsecured loans

Wed, 27 May 2009 07:00:00

The most popular motivation for taking out unsecured personal loans is debt consolidation, rese...

Secured loans dwindle as lenders pull out of the market

Thu, 21 May 2009 07:00:00

Another lender has pulled their secured loans range this week, adding to a growing list of othe...

Zopa loan exchange sees 35% increase in lending

Thu, 14 May 2009 11:30:00

As banks continue to tighten their loan criteria, Zopa, the world's first person to person online ...

Nationwide bucks the trend as average loan rates rise 44%

Fri, 08 May 2009 07:00:00

Despite the Bank of England cutting interest rates to record lows in recent months, the average ra...

74% of Brits give debt the cold shoulder as recession continues

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:43:00

Almost three quarters of Brits have steered clear of more borrowing since the recession hit

AA Personal Loans finds 1 in 4 are improving instead of moving

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:00:00

One quarter of homeowners intend to increase the size of their homes before the end of the recessi...

Cheaper loans coming soon says moneysupermarket.com

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:29:00

Loan rates are on their way down, analysis from moneysupermarket.com has revealed.

More people getting credit reports in tight lending market

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:06:00

Experian, the global information services company which measures people's credit worthiness, has e...