Not since 2007 have fixed rate mortgages been so cheap, leading to more and more people tying themselves into fixed agreements before the Bank of England decides to increase interest rates. Read more

Families £7,500 worse off over the next 5 years. This sizeable amount of money is predominantly made up of higher taxes and lower benefit payments which have been introduced by the Coalition Government since coming to power last year. Read more

The International Monetary Fund (the IMF) has given the thumbs up to the Coalition’s approach to handling the economic crisis we’re currently faced with. Read more

In a surprise recent announcement by Capita Registrars, their analysis has shown that dividend payments from UK companies increased by 27% last year. Read more

Rightly or wrongly, the banks have been blamed for the depth of the credit crunch and the scale of the economic recession we now find ourselves in. Read more

Millions of people are sleep walking into an old age where their pension will be insufficient to provide them with the quality of life and care that they would hope for in their post-retirement years. Read more

The Bank of England is forecasting inflation to average just under 5% for the remainder of 2011 and wages only expected to grow by 2%, can the pressure on household incomes ever be relieved? Read more

The Financial Services Authority (the FSA) recently reported that the number of people who are currently on variable rate mortgage agreements is at its highest level since records began. Read more

The mayor of London calls calls on George Osborne to cut National Insurance tax and lower the rate of tax for high earners, and Mr. John Walker from the FSB also called on the Government to reduces taxes but suggested that a reduction in VAT to 5% would be more beneficial all round. Read more

With 7 out of every 10 properties put up for sale this year still left unsold, some home owners decide to reduced their asking price in order to attract buyers, but those in negative equity will have to sit it out Read more