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Snowballing / Snowflaking Your Debts
I recently came across the term snowflaking – a method for repaying your debts – which I’d never come across before, so I thought it, and the related snowballing method, warranted a little investigation. To explain snowflaking we first need to understand the concept of snowballing your debts, where snowflaking stems from. Snowballing is often […]
Is There £300 Lying Around Your Home?
According to eBay, the average person has £300 worth of unwanted items lying around their homes which could be sold on the site. So if you’re feeling a little strapped for cash and you’re at a loose end this Bank Holiday, why not get up the loft, tidy out those wardrobes or sort out the […]
Poll: How Much Of Your Income Is Spent On Your Mortgage / Rent?
We’re all aware of the increasing prices of food, fuel etc., as well as the difficulty in finding low mortgage rates (despite the Bank of England base rate falling recently, we can blame the credit crunch for the tougher borrowing conditions). One of the worries is that as these costs increase, more and more people […]
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Energy Prices Expected To Rise By 20-35%
If you thought that the price of your gas and electricity couldn’t get any higher, then think again. It is predicted that there will be more energy price rises this Summer and Autumn, heaping more misery on us poor consumers. So what can you do to limit the effect of these rises? Well, firstly, it’s […]
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Which Of These 5 Budgeting Systems Do You Use?
Blueprint for Financial Prosperity recently wrote a post which gave a brief look at 5 different budgeting systems. Here is a summary of the different methods mentioned, along with my own thoughts on each of them. Envelope budgeting – not tried this one myself yet, it’s where you put an amount of money in an […]