This first in a series of posts looking at freshening up your finances for the New Year concentrates on mortgages.
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Barclaycard Flexi-Rate: Encouraging Responsible Borrowing?
Barclaycard have recently launched their new credit card, the Flexi-Card.
5 Tips To Help Sell Your Home
This Is Money has posted 5 tips for helping you to sell your home: Go for a quick fix – do all those jobs that you’ve been putting off, such as touching up the paintwork. Declutter – hide all of your clutter, as prospective buyers will be more impressed if they’re not having to step […]
Warning For Drivers Insured With CIS
The BBC reports that up to 2000 drivers insured with Co-operative Insurance (CIS) may be technically uninsured, due to a problem with some renewals. CIS says it will pay any claims that are made, but confirmed that technically the drivers are breaking the law by driving without valid insurance. If you’re insured to drive through […]
Motley Fool: Make Yourself A Millionaire!
Last night, my wife and I stared death in the face — and lived to tell the tale!
5 Tips For Selling On eBay
Over at This Is Money, they recently posted 5 tips for selling on eBay: If you accept credit card payments through PayPal, then you’re a shop – so you have to abide by the same rules as a normal shop. Under section 75 of the 1974 Consumer Credit Act, the credit card lender is jointly […]
Changes To Money Watch
If you get notified of updates to Money Watch via our RSS feed, then you may have noticed a flood of posts over the last few weeks. I’m working on a few changes in order to add a personal finance news aggregator. This will bring together many different sources of personal finance news, and, taking […]
Savings Bond Linked To Football Team’s Performance
Now, I’ll admit upfront that I’m a fan Wolverhampton Wanderers, but I’m fortunate enough not to own a season ticket (I must be their unlucky mascot – I’ve been to 2 games so far this season, and they’ve lost both). A while ago I blogged about the Wolves savings account being at the top of […]
Personal Finance Book Store
I’ve just put together a new personal finance book store, where you can purchase the most interesting and best-selling personal finance books through the webs leading book seller, Amazon. The featured products include books written by MoneySavingExpert Martin Lewis and Screw It, Let’s Do It, written by Richard Branson. I’ll regularly update the featured products […]
Principles Of Islamic Banking
There are more and more financial products coming onto the market that comply with Sharia Islamic law, and it’s interesting to learn how Islamic banking works. Here are the basic principles: One of the most important principles is that the giving or receiving of interest is forbidden. All money must be invested in industries that […]