Insolvency Statistics Visualised

August 18th, 2010

ClearDebt have put together an interactive animation showing the evolution of personal insolvencies by English district.

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Debt Collectors Show How NOT To Use Social Media

May 26th, 2010

Debt collectors from ANZ bank in Australia have been caught setting up fake Facebook profiles in order to connect with debtors and get their contact details.

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Students: Don’t Fall Into These Money Traps

September 2nd, 2009

It’ll soon be the start of the University year, and for those thousands of freshers without a simple grasp of how to keep hold of their money, here are 4 debt traps that students can easily fall into.

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Total Debt To Income Ratio

July 6th, 2009

Over at AllFinancialMatters, JLP recently asked his readers what their total debt to income ratio (DIR) was. This calculation looks at the total debt you owe, including mortgages, loans and everything else, divided by your income.

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Majority of Young Bankrupts Are Women

July 3rd, 2009

Some interesting stats on bankruptcies over at WalletPop, pointing to an accountancy firm survey which shows that there are more women from the 18-24 age group going bankrupt than there are men.

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OFT Shuts Down Fake Debt Advice Websites

March 9th, 2009

The Office of Fair Trading is telling people in debt to be careful if they’re searching for debt help online, as they’ve recently ordered 11 companies to shut down “fake” debt advice websites.

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Tips On Surviving The Recession

October 25th, 2008

As part of the BBC’s reports on The Downturn, they’ve posted a series of tips and further reading for helping cope with a recession.

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Trouble Paying Your Mortgage? Try These 7 Tips

October 18th, 2008

It’s a sad fact that over 19,000 homes were repossessed in the first half of this year, and with the way things are going, that figure should be easily surpassed during this second half.

So if you’re struggling to pay your mortgage, what should you do? Here are 7 tips (plus …

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Are You Feeling The Crunch?

July 14th, 2008

FreeMoneyFinance recently asked are you feeling any economic pain, so I thought I’d look at the same subject from a UK perspective, and poll Money Watch readers on whether you are feeling the effects of the credit crunch yet? When I say crunch here, I’m …

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Why Saving Money Is Like Losing Weight

June 1st, 2008

In the past couple of years, a sedentary job and a little over-eating has meant I’ve been putting a little bit of weight on, and it’s come to the point now where I feel that I really need to do something about it.

Whilst I’ve been …

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