Consumer News Archive
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Significant Gap in Housing Prices Increases in 2011
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsHousing prices have continued to fall throughout the country for more than a year now. Homeowners found that 2011 was probably the worst year for housing ever, as the prices... -
More Younger Citizens Forced into Renting
Posted on January 31, 2012 | No CommentsMore younger citizens are being forced to live into rented housing, a report from the Resolution Foundation found. The increase is due to a number of factors, including high youth... -
New Bank Account Features Will Benefit Most Customers
Posted on December 2, 2011 | No CommentsMillions of bank accounts customers will benefit from new measures being brought in by many of the High Street banks. The new measures are coming about following the Independent Commission... -
Pensioners in Debt Crisis
Posted on August 23, 2011 | No CommentsAccording to recent reports in one area of the UK, pensioners are feeling the pinch as the recession takes hold with credit problems a real concern for many of them.... -
Household Finance Index Hits a Low
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsThe Household Finance Index (HFI) – a regularly used consumer spending index – fell sharply in the last month compared to previous levels and is now at its lowest for... -
IMF says Spain’s economy still facing major risks
Posted on June 22, 2011 | No CommentsIt seems that the Euro is in the news a lot just lately. A few months ago I wrote about Spain, Ireland, Greece, Portugal and Italy all heading for financial... -
Credit card customers face higher costs
Posted on April 13, 2011 | No CommentsWell I suppose someone was going to take advantage of the low interest rate to make some more money out of the British public, and yes you guessed it, it... -
Wonga sees opportunity for growth in Ireland
Posted on April 12, 2011 | 2,158 CommentsWonga the pay day loan company is branching out, ok some say pay day loans are a life saver, some say it’s a legalised rip off. It doesn’t really matter... -
New rules for sales of PPI
Posted on April 11, 2011 | No CommentsWell it has taken long enough, but at last we have some type of regulation governing the sale of the most useless insurance policy ever dreamt of. The banks and... -
Land Rover to create 1,000 jobs in the West Midlands
Posted on April 7, 2011 | No CommentsAt long last some good news on the job front from prestigious British brands. Jaguar and Land Rover are showing the way forward with employment and export’s. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-12983188 These companies...
