Homeowners to be hit by rate-rise blitz
Homeowners face a series of interest rate increases that could see the Bank of England's base rate rise from 4.5 to 5.25 per cent by the end of the year.
The Bank is wi...
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The plus-side of rates rises is...
Savers are benefiting from sharp competition among providers following the June 0.25 percentage point rise in Bank of England base rate to 4.5 per cent.
Cahoot has lau...
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Plastic's not so fantastic as retailers slash rates
Retailers are expected to slash the cost of borrowing on store cards following increased competition from other forms of credit, a Competition Commission investigation he...
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Rates likely to rise again as house price respite ends
The City was last night braced for an imminent increase in interest rates after the Bank of England made clear that it had provided only a temporary respite when it left ...
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Ministers reject loan rate cap
Ministers yesterday rejected calls to cap the interest rates that lenders can charge - despite admitting that high charges for people without a good credit record are a s...
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Surging economy 'will fuel rate rises
Interest rates are expected to rise to 5.5% by next summer as the Bank of England seeks to keep the buoyant economy in check, a leading economic thinktank has said.
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Can I get a better interest rate on a car loan?
Q I have recently been quoted what seems a very low interest rate - 4.75% - for a flat-rate car loan. Is this unusually low and is there a higher APR to consider?
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House equity withdrawal rate slows
The rate at which Britons are withdrawing equity from their homes has slowed, figures showed today. The Bank of England said that people took ?15.76bn out of their proper...
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Fed turns tide on US interest rates
America's central bank, the Federal Reserve, served notice last night that rock-bottom interest rates in the world's biggest economy were a thing of the past when it rais...
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Fed poised to raise interest rates
The US Federal Reserve was tonight expected to raise interest rates for the first time in four years, amid signs that the US economy has finally begun to generate jobs.
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