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Borrowers have been urged by some sections of the mortgage market and media to fix their home loan rates over recent weeks, but is that good advice?
8 March 2010
The base rate has been held at 0.5% for the 12th consecutive month, the Bank of England revealed today.
4 March 2010
The number of mortgages approved for home buyers dived by 17% during January as the housing market suffered a steep fall in activity, figures show today.
1 March 2010
Skipton Building Society is facing a legal challenge and growing anger over its decision to hike its standard mortgage rate by a whopping 1.45 percentage points next month.
18 February 2010
Taxpayer-owned Northern Rock has confirmed it is likely to drop its 100% savings guarantee, possibly making that announcement within the next few weeks.
10 February 2010
Interest rates could stay on hold at their 0.5% record low throughout this year and well into 2011, it is claimed.
10 February 2010
The Bank of England today announced it is holding the Base Rate at 0.5% for the 12th consecutive month.
4 February 2010
"Brand new customers only" was once the comical slogan used to mock banks and building societies that hiked existing customer charges while lowering those for newbies.
3 February 2010
Inflation jumped at a record rate in December, official figures show today.
19 January 2010
The cost of fixed-rate mortgages fell during December as competition in the market increased, figures showed today.
12 January 2010
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