Archive for March, 2009
Simple tips to fix bad credit
Everywhere you look in the news today, its always more and more bad news about the credit markets. It is very hard for even people with a decent credit score to get a loan, much less anyone with a score below 650. It used to be easy, now its hard. Everyone can remove bad credit, [...]
Renewing car insurance is a baffling business, finds Graham Snowdon
Attempts to renew his car insurance left Graham Snowdon baffled but definitely not depressed
When I posted my last Dazed and Consumed blog, several commenters expressed the belief that my problems with consumer-related mail were symptomatic of depression. So, egged on by my editor (slightly too gleefully for comfort, I thought), I called Cary Cooper, a [...]
Open thread: What should be in the basket of goods used to measure inflation?
Rosé, free-range eggs, DVD rentals – what else should be in the basket of goods used to measure inflation?
The Office for National Statistics has updated the basket of 650 goods it uses to measure inflation to include hardwood flooring, MP4 (rather than MP3) players, rosé wine and free-range eggs. DVD rentals and wine boxes are [...]
Cash beats credit and debit cards – especially in a recession, says Jim Griffin
Reports of the death of notes and coins have been greatly exaggerated – and thank goodness, says Jim Griffin
We’re often led to believe that cash is close to extinction. But reports today suggest notes and coins are still our preferred method of payment on the high street. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), around [...]
Northern Rock: Still crazy offering crazy loans
The taxpayer-owned bank remains a lender willing to stretch mortgages to the max
So you are outraged that Northern Rock continued to shell out 125% mortgages after it came under taxpayer control? What’s just as staggering is that it remains, to this day, a lender willing to stretch salary multiples to the maximum.
Northern Rock, as Guardian [...]
Icesave Isa deadline is extended
People who had tax-free cash savings with failed Icelandic bank Icesave are given more time to move their refunded cash to another Isa.
New debt escape comes under fire
A new way to help people on low-incomes clear their debts is criticised by a leading creditor organisation.
Useful Essentials of Flipping as Property Investment
It is common notion that now people have been investing on property for a long time. As a matter of fact if you were to take a closer look at history, you would see that most of the battles that were fought around the world were for land. And there is nothing strange about is [...]
Easy Approval Fastest Credit Card Mix
If you are faced with adverse remarks on your credit report, you will find it very difficult to be approved for a credit card mix. It is a strange thing that you must already have a positive credit rating to get a credit card, but to have a good credit history, you need [...]
New debt escape comes under fire
A new way to help people on low-incomes clear their debts is criticised by a leading creditor organisation.
