Borrowing & debt

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  Secret debt: one in three consumers hides financial problems from family

  22 Apr 2010:

  Average personal debt in UK is £9,731 – and most people hide half of this from their family

• We don't need more companies who charge for debt advice

  21 Apr 2010: Response: People struggling to pay their bills should get free and impartial guidance, says Malcolm Hurlston

• Inflation surge means savers are losing money

  20 Apr 2010:

  A higher-rate taxpayer now needs to earn 5.67% in a savings account in order to offset inflation, but no providers pay that rate

• Why plastic is now the convenient king

  18 Apr 2010: Cash payment is on the ropes – but the credit card's inventor doesn't buy that idea

• FSA fines Kensington Mortgages £1.2m

  12 Apr 2010: Sub-prime lender Kensington fined for levying 'unfair and/or excessive charges' when borrowers fell into arrears, and must repay an additional £1.1m to affected customers

• My credit rating was damaged by debt I didn't know I had

  11 Apr 2010:

  I belatedly discovered I owed my ex-employer £350. I didn't know anything about it until I received notification of a CCJ

• NatWest charged me £95 because I donated to charity

  10 Apr 2010:

  A classic example of how overdraft fees often bear no relationship to the sums owed

• Registering to vote can improve your credit rating

  10 Apr 2010:

  Leading credit reference agencies have stressed the importance of voter registration as a way of improving your credit status

• Cashpoints: House prices resume climb

  8 Apr 2010: Our round-up of this week's money news includes the rise of the stay-at-home father, and a look at one of the country's disappearing heritage industries

• Is an interest-only deal or a mortgage holiday preferable?

  7 Apr 2010: I am considering an interest-only mortgage while my wife is on maternity leave; the bank suggested a mortgage holiday. Which is cheapest?

• Fewer than half of people saving for retirement

  3 Apr 2010: Despite government efforts to promote pension planning, most Britons are not putting cash aside for when they stop work, a survey shows

• Small loan interest rates more than double in 10 years

  1 Apr 2010: Average interest rate for a £3,000 loan is 14.92%, research shows, despite a record low base rate

• GDP up – thanks to public spending and car scrappage

  30 Mar 2010:

  Taxpayers' support critical in generating first quarter of expansion since spring 2008, say analysts

• Mortgage approvals fall for third consecutive month

  29 Mar 2010: Number of homebuyer loans is at a nine-month low, the Bank of England says, as level of unsecured consumer debt rises

• Cheaper debt advice is not what this economic crisis requires

  24 Mar 2010: Advice from the private sector or over the telephone or web might make financial sense, but can they provide people sinking in debt with what they really need?

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