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Skipton Building Society
Thousands of West Bromwich Building Society buy-to-let mortgage customers will be hit by rate hikes from December, despite having products which track the base rate. However, those affected can escape penalty-free.
23 September 2013
Lloyds TSB has become the first of the major banks to unveil a junior cash Isa, over three months after the tax-free children's saving scheme was launched.
8 February 2012
The major banks have shunned the launch of junior Isas next week.
27 October 2011
Homeowners who want a fixed rate mortgage were today urged to move fast as lenders began pulling their best deals, following rising funding costs.
19 January 2011
The UK's largest mortgage lender Halifax is set to hike costs for new customers who come to the end of an introductory deal.
25 November 2010
The base rate has been held at 0.5% for the 12th consecutive month, the Bank of England revealed today.
4 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
"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
For the last year, we've got used to super-low, flat 0.5% UK interest rates, yet in the last week we've seen the first signs of cracks.
27 January 2010
Thousands of homeowners with a mortgage from Skipton Building Society will see an unprecedented rise in mortgage repayments from March.
20 January 2010
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