Archive for September, 2008

How To Find The Best Student Credit Cards

In today’s world, owning a credit card is a luxury. The worry of having to carry cash is eliminated by the convenience of a credit card. Although some credit cards have strict requirements, there are a lot of manufacturers that are giving both high school and college students the chance to get their own credit [...]


What to Look for in a Secured Credit Card

Are you finding yourself looking secured credit card applications because of your bad credit ? The rest is here: What to Look for in a Secured Credit Card
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7 tips to make the most off your credit card

A credit card can be an excellent tool for saving money and getting discounts. If one goes haywire it can lead to additional costs and penalties. Credits cards are often blamed for debt woes as well as other consumer-related ills prevalent in society. But, in reality, most of such woes result from the misuse of [...]


Brokers hit brick wall trying to find clients a mortgage

More than two-thirds of mortgage brokers have struggled to find a home loan for clients over the past two months, according to a survey carried out by the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA).
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Scottish homes market view 2008: Edinburgh Central

Median price at August 2008: £219,124
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Little fizz but not flat

There is only one way to gauge what is really happening in the Scottish
property market. That is to ask experts up and down the country and then to
compare their figures both with that of other agents and surveyors and with
the national data available from mortgage lenders and Registers of Scotland,
the government department responsible for the [...]


Scottish homes market view 2008: Edinburgh East

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Autumn of discontent in the housing market

The big picture is so big these days - and worrying - that the smaller picture
of what is happening in the housing market is in danger of getting lost.
Make no mistake, though: the changes that are happening will have profound
effects for years to come. Britain’s mortgage-lenders are in a period of
intense consolidation, of which Lloyds [...]


Treasury in talks to secure B&B

Government officials are in talks with executives from Bradford & Bingley in a bid to put the bank on a more stable footing.


Landlords now have to show tenants their green credentials

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