Bank of England considers ways of improving loans market
30 June 2009
The Bank of England has finished a two-week consultation on plans to use more spending under its quantitative easing scheme to boost loans and other forms of credit to businesses, according to The Times.... read more »
Loans: interest rate rises `a step closer`
23 June 2009
The base rate has been at a record-low 0.5% for almost four months, but one expert has suggested that this could soon change.... read more »
£113m of personal loans used for weddings
19 June 2009
New research from Sainsbury`s Finance has suggested that personal loans worth around £113 million in total were taken out to pay for weddings in the first four months of 2009.... read more »
Banks increase loans to businesses
17 June 2009
The main UK high-street banks have been increasing their lending to businesses - not just to existing customers, but to customers of other lenders who have cut back on the loans they are providing.... read more »
Fewer low-deposit home loans available
16 June 2009
The number of home loans available to people with only a 10% deposit has fallen by 97% since the beginning of 2007, according to The Telegraph.... read more »
Secured loans `down 76% on last year`
15 June 2009
New figures have shown a significant fall in lending to consumers over the past year, as the credit crunch has continued to restrict the availability of loans.... read more »
Loan rates `up as much as 44% in two years`
13 June 2009
Financial information group Moneyfacts has claimed that personal loan rates have risen significantly over the past two years, despite a series of base rate cuts.... read more »
Home loan rates `set to rise`
11 June 2009
Other mortgage lenders may raise their interest rates, according to experts, after Nationwide raised the rates on its fixed-rate mortgages by as much as 0.86% this week.... read more »
Hope for loans as base rate remains at 0.5%
4 June 2009
The Bank of England has decided to keep its base rate at its historic low of 0.5%, raising hopes that interest rates on personal loans and mortgages could fall - or at least that they won`t rise.... read more »
Halifax reveals consumers` loan habits
2 June 2009
The latest annual Unsecured Personal Loans review from Halifax has given an insight into the way borrowers have been using their personal loans over the past year.... read more »
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