Swathes of customers raced to bulk-buy household essentials this morning ahead of a second national lockdown next week. Supermarket shelves across the UK were emptied of loo roll, pasta and tinned goods as desperate Britons prepared to hunker down at home for the next month. The scenes come after Boris Johnson was last night catapulted … Read more
Jaguar has added a new plug-in hybrid option to its compact E-Pace sports utility vehicle as part of its mid-life upgrade. The new P300e PHEV powertrain combines a sprightly new 200 horsepower 1.5-litre three-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine, 15kWh lithium-ion battery and a 109 horsepower (80kW) electric motor that combine to emit just 44 gram per kilometre … Read more
Now home buyers need to stump up 40 per cent deposits to get a mortgage as economic devastation from coronavirus threatens a new credit crunch TSB has withdrawn two-year mortgage deals with less than 40 per cent deposits Barclays has ended mortgages for borrowers with less than a 25 per cent deposit A Bank of … Read more
Now home buyers need to stump up 40 per cent deposits to get a mortgage as economic devastation from coronavirus threatens a new credit crunch TSB has withdrawn two-year mortgage deals with less than 40 per cent deposits Barclays has ended mortgages for borrowers with less than a 25 per cent deposit A Bank of … Read more
Billionaire Asda buyers lose Deloitte: Auditor backs out of four year relationship to be replaced by KPMG By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Big four accounting firm Deloitte has quit its role as the auditor of EG Group, the petrol stations … Read more
First-time buyers should be allowed to their pensions for cash to get on the property ladder, minister says Guy Opperman said he is exploring ways pensions could be used to fund deposits in a bid to help young savers locked out of the housing market UK savers cannot currently access defined contribution pensions before 55 The … Read more
Mortgage rates have skyrocketed in the last few months, with the average home-owner paying up to £480 more interest on their fixed-rate deal every year. The cost of an average two-year fixed-rate mortgage – which had an interest rate of 2 per cent in June – now stands at 2.24 per cent. Because of this increase, a … Read more
Mortgage rates have skyrocketed in the last few months, with the average home-owner paying up to £480 more interest on their fixed-rate deal every year. The cost of an average two-year fixed-rate mortgage – which had an interest rate of 2 per cent in June – now stands at 2.24 per cent. Because of this increase, a … Read more
First-time buyers pay £140 more per month in mortgage repayments since beginning of the coronavirus crisis By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:51 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 7 October 2020 First-time buyers taking out a mortgage have seen monthly repayments rise by up to £140 during the coronavirus crisis, … Read more
Thousands of disappointed shoppers who tried to pre-order the new Microsoft Xbox from Smyths Toys using the ‘buy now, pay later’ service Klarna last Tuesday still don’t know whether they will actually be able to purchase a console more than a week later. Eager buyers last week were subject to hard credit checks and had … Read more