Borrowers seeing credit card deals dwindle

Borrowers hoping to cheaply combine their debts on one credit card could struggle to find a provider By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:09 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 22:34 BST, 24 August 2020 Borrowers hoping to cheaply combine their debts on one credit card could struggle to find a provider.  The … Read more

HSBC to clamp down on how much it will loan to borrowers buying flats

HSBC hits flathunters with loans clampdown: Bank set to insist on a 15% deposit – or 20% if buying a new-build By Victoria Bischoff Money Mail Editor For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 August 2020 HSBC is clamping down on how much it will loan to … Read more

Coronavirus: Borrowers paid off £2,000 of debt each in lockdown

Households get their finances into shape over lockdown: Experian finds customers cleared nearly £2,000 of debt each between March and June The reference agency said those with £30,000 or more in debt fell by a third  Non-mortgage borrowing fell by £1,934 among its Credit Expert subscribers The data backs up official figures which has found … Read more

New study finds 80% of older borrowers are turned away when they apply for a mortgage

A staggering eight in 10 borrowers over 55 who expect to be able to renew their mortgage are being turned down by mortgage lenders, This is Money can reveal.  A study carried out by broker Retirement Mortgage Service over the past year found that more than 30,000 retired borrowers got in touch with their advisers, with … Read more

Nationwide cracks down on mortgage borrowers relying on parents for deposit

End of the Bank of Mum and Dad? Nationwide tell first time-buyers to prove they SAVED 75% of deposit themselves Nationwide will crack down on first-time buyers relying heavily on their parents Buyers need to prove at least 75 per cent of mortgage money is from own saving  Survey by Savills revealed 40 per cent … Read more

Barclays and Santander reveal 677,000 borrowers have taken payment holidays

Hundreds of thousands of customers of Barclays and Santander have taken payment holidays on credit cards, personal loans and mortgages, the banks revealed in results today. At the same time, official figures from the Bank of England show households have cleared billions of pounds of debt over the last few months. Britain’s third-largest mortgage lender … Read more

Banks deny loans to borrowers who took ‘payment holidays’

Revealed: Borrowers who took loan repayment ‘holidays’ after being told it wouldn’t affect their credit score are now struggling to obtain mortgages Banks in UK have rejected customers who chose to take breaks from repaying  This is despite having been told by Government there would be no repercussions More than three million people made use … Read more

Credit card rates hit record high as banks squeeze poorer borrowers

Credit card interest rates hit a record high this month despite a record low base rate as providers hiked the cost of borrowing for those with poor credit histories or turned down by mainstream banks. The average credit card purchase APR now stands at 25.5 per cent, up from 24.1 per cent last June, after … Read more

Car finance borrowers to get three-month payment holiday, FCA proposes

Borrowers of £48billion in car finance will be able to freeze their payments for three months if they are struggling to cover their installments due to coronavirus, the Financial Conduct Authority proposed today. The city regulator said those who used Personal Contract Purchase, Hire Purchase or Conditional Sale agreements to purchase a car would be … Read more