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Mortgage lenders are restricting their best deals to borrowers who apply direct, effectively cutting out most of the broker market.
13 July 2010
Improvements in the mortgage market stalled during the second half of June as lenders remained cautious about the state of the economy, research indicated today.
2 July 2010
Parents whose children have money in a child trust fund (CTF) savings account have been urged to move their cash to a top-payer soon.
24 May 2010
Banks will be forced to offer all customers a basic current account at the very least in Wednesday's Budget, according to political sources.
23 March 2010
Coventry Building Society has revealed today it will swallow up Stroud & Swindon (S&S) Building Society in the latest mutual merger.
23 March 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
The cost of fixed-rate mortgages continued to fall today with two more major lenders cutting the interest rates charged.
11 December 2009
Yorkshire and Chelsea building societies have today unveiled a deal to join forces to create a "second major force" in the mutual sector behind Nationwide.
2 December 2009
Savers have received another lift with the introduction of three best-buy accounts today.
17 July 2009
UK building societies have insisted they are still a safe haven for savers, despite a raft of major mutuals having their financial strength called into question this week.
17 April 2009
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