First-time buyers face rising mortgage rates as lenders hike rates on high loan-to-value loans HSBC, TSB and Skipton BS upped rates on high LTV mortgages last week Those worst affected will be first-time buyers, who typically borrow 90% of value By Sarah Bridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 1 August 2020 | … Read more
First-time buyers face rising mortgage rates as lenders hike rates on high loan-to-value loans Some lenders increased their rates on high loan-to-value mortgages last week Those worst affected will be first-time buyers, who typically borrow 90% of value By Sarah Bridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 1 August 2020 | Updated: 22:53 … Read more
Bank of England could launch another £100bn stimulus as interest rates face a cut to zero Economists expect rates are to remain at 0.1% when the Bank meets this week But Bloomberg said markets are already beginning to price in a cut to negative Bank to publish a report this week into the prospect of … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of people could ward off dementia by adopting a healthy lifestyle, a major study has found. Some 40 per cent of cases could be avoided or delayed, a comprehensive review of the evidence concludes. Eating less, exercising more, and cutting out alcohol and cigarettes significantly reduce the risk of developing dementia in … Read more
In recent months, whenever I go to refresh the This is Money five best cash Isas guide while working from home, I put my head in my hands. Rates haven’t just fallen off a cliff – they’ve somersaulted into the Mariana Trench, and are sinking so fast, it’s hard to see them bobbing back anytime … Read more
Coronavirus death rates fell when states closed schools early on in the pandemic, a new study suggests. Researchers found when K-12 classrooms were shut down, cases temporarily dropped by about two-thirds and deaths decreased by more than half. But states that took action early on saw the greatest effect, according to the team, from Cincinnati … Read more
Savers urged not to be fooled by tempting interest rates that will soon come crashing down By Sylvia Morris For The Daily Mail Published: 00:23 BST, 29 July 2020 | Updated: 00:23 BST, 29 July 2020 Savers are urged not to be fooled by tempting interest rates that will soon come crashing down. Some accounts … Read more
A decade of misery for Britain’s savers has been capped off by cuts to easy access rates which now mean that savers can get no more than £1 interest for every £10,000 saved at any of the High Street banks. Barclays has followed HSBC, Lloyds Bank, NatWest and Santander in slashing the rate on its … Read more
Coronavirus cases have risen in 63 local authorities in England in the past week, and Blackburn has become the new epicentre – but a ‘local lockdown’ has not been ordered yet. The town in Lancashire has seen infections rise by 64 per cent in just one week to 19 July, new data from Public Health England … Read more
The number of people who get seriously ill or die after catching the coronavirus is much lower in the summer, according to scientists. Scientists from around the world have found a 1°C increase in temperature is linked to a 15 per cent decline in deaths caused by Covid-19. Professor Tim Spector, a King’s College London epidemiologist who … Read more