Personal Finance News Published In October 2006
- House prices "firm" in October
- Motorists should look for cheaper premiums
- Savings slump in run up to Christmas
- Credit impaired lending policy improved by Coventry
- Brits abroad should insure their camera
- Consumers opt for jumpers over larger heating bills
- Mortgage lending weakens
- Parents think kids should save early
- Lower league football costs £1,000 a season
- Burglaries rise by 8% in winter
- Apacs reports on credit card industry transparency
- First-time buyers' stamp duty varies by region
- Friends keep schtum about money worries
- 400,000 underinsured skiers to hit the slopes
- Fireworks night causes insurance concerns
- Graduates delay pension payment process
- 42% of adults leave appliances on standby
- First-time buyers turn to parents
- People rely on partners to fund their retirement
- Mortgage lending continues to grow
- Parents should insure families at half-term
- Education 'could help Britons manage money better'
- Cars 'at risk of ID fraud'
- Credit card applications 'could harm credit file'
- Finances high on New Year's agenda
- ID theft protection needed now, says smile
- Mums combine kids and cash
- Ditch passive plastic, says credit card firm
- Motorists leave £134 of valuables in car
- Car finance deals to increase in next 6 months
- Dial-up internet to die out by 2010
- E.ON UK plans £1bn coal-fired power units
- The age of the rate tart is numbered
- Alliance & Leicester launches new savings account
- Car insurance premiums rise again
- New eco-friendly credit card launched
- House buyers not helped by interest rate rise
- Fixed-rate mortgage popularity booms
- Uninsured drivers warned
- Average holiday insurance claim is £291
- Supermarket self-scan tills open to card fraud
- Norwich Union launches pay as you drive insurance
- Barclaycard offers consumers flexi-rate
- Increase in buy-to-let millionaires
- Young being held back by debt
- Car insurance premiums increase
- Mortgage borrowers want flexibility
- Older consumers "wiser" when planning financially
- RBS offers new travel money service
- Brits dig deep to keep fit and healthy
- Vote in order to receive credit
- Banks tighten lending policy
- Female car insurance company celebrates first year growth
- London property market sees extraordinary growth
- Child Trust Fund top-ups reach record levels
- Credit card offers cheaper overseas spending
