Category Archives: Personal Finance

The seven best interest-free credit cards for purchases and balance transfers

Robert Powell takes a look at credit cards with lengthy interest-free periods on both new purchases and balance transfers…

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The seven best interest-free credit cards for purchases and balance transfers

How we rate ISA deals

LEEDS Building Society has launched a range of fixed rate ISAs with access to your cash without penalties.

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How we rate ISA deals

People too poor to go bankrupt: Fees are barrier to bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is seen as the easy way out for those who have run up debts and who don’t want to pay what they owe.

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People too poor to go bankrupt: Fees are barrier to bankruptcy

American Express doubles cashback on Platinum card

The cashback on offer from the American Express Platinum Cashback credit card has been doubled to 5% for the first three months.

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American Express doubles cashback on Platinum card

Focus on… Elizabeth Taylor’s art collection goes under the hammer

The total of 38 art works including a Vincent Van Gogh

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Focus on… Elizabeth Taylor’s art collection goes under the hammer

Car insurance rockets by 15%… what you can do to keep costs down

­Average ­comprehensive premium has gone up by £128.71 in a year

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Car insurance rockets by 15%… what you can do to keep costs down

Only five days left to get HSBC’s 6% current account

HSBC is about to withdraw its market-leading 6% current account. If you hurry, you can still sign up.

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Only five days left to get HSBC’s 6% current account

Cost of moving rises faster than house prices

THE cost of moving home has shot up faster than house prices during the last decade to its highest level since the peak of the property market in 2007.

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Cost of moving rises faster than house prices

Households spent 25% of income paying for debt

ALMOST one in 10 households spend more than a quarter of their income repaying unsecured loans.

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Households spent 25% of income paying for debt

Cost of raising a child soars by 55% in nine years

Children are priceless to parents but the cost of raising them has rocketed by 55% in the last nine years, a report reveals today.

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Cost of raising a child soars by 55% in nine years