21 November, 2012
20 November, 2012
Formal investigations opened into several payday lenders over aggressive debt collection practices.
14 November, 2012
New report published by National Housing Federation also shows that over a third of families with children living in B&Bs had been there longer than the government’s six-week limit.
13 November, 2012
R3 publishes figures that show that 13 per cent of adults have prioritised paying back payday loans over essentials such as food.
13 November, 2012
New three and a half year scheme will see the Welsh Government and house builders act as guarantors so that buyers can secure high loan to value mortgages that would not otherwise be available to them.
8 November, 2012
Council of Mortgage Lenders publishes figures that show a total of 8,200 properties were taken into possession in the third quarter, down from 8,500 in the second quarter and 9,600 at the same time last year.
5 November, 2012
2 November, 2012
Money Advice Scotland and Institute of Money Advisers have announced that they will be working together with Staffordshire University to adapt the IMA Certificate of Money Advice Practice qualification to cover Scottish law and practice and make it available to Scottish money advisers in 2012.
2 November, 2012
New Insolvency Service statistics for third quarter of 2012 in England and Wales show that number of debt relief orders higher than total bankruptcies for the first time.
31 October, 2012
Commercial Secretary to the Treasury, Lord Sassoon, responds to written question in the House of Lords.
29 October, 2012
New KPMG report shows that almost 5 million people are paid less than the amount required to afford a basic standard of living.
26 October, 2012
Leading organisations issue responses to new Financial Services Authority mortgage rules.
25 October, 2012
New rules will mean that all customers will need to satisfy lenders that they can afford the mortgage, and provide evidence of their income.
24 October, 2012
The Scottish Government figures also show a decrease in personal insolvencies by 27.5 per cent from the previous quarter.
23 October, 2012
Welsh Government announces that the money will be divided between two fuel poverty schemes, Nest and Arbed, both of which target investment at those people most in need of help.
23 October, 2012
Money Advice Service reports on Which? Quarterly Consumer Report that shows an increasing gap between older, more financially secure homeowners and those aged 30-49 who bought their homes recently and are struggling.
23 October, 2012
Office for National Statistics analysis shows that in the second quarter of 2012 net national income per head in real terms was 13.2 per cent below its level in the first quarter of 2008.
22 October, 2012
New National Housing Federation report also shows that the cost of privately renting is set to increase by a further 35 per cent over the next six years.
22 October, 2012
Money Advice Service publishes survey that shows that individuals with unmanageable debt who have sought debt advice are almost twice as likely to have their debt become manageable within 12 months compared with those who have not sought advice.
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