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• Household spending inequality less than income inequality
  An article in Economic and Labour Market Review, analysing spending data results from the Living Costs and Food Survey, has found that the level of income inequality between the highest-spending fifth of households and the lowest spending was lower than the gap between the top and bottom 20% of households and their income. The article authors [...]
• New rights announced for credit card users
  New rights for Britain’s credit card users that will save consumers millions of pounds and give people more control over their finances have been announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. There are five new rights in total, and they are as follows: right to repay, right to control, right to reject, right to information, and [...]
• One in ten 18-24 year olds have three or more current accounts
  Young people aged 18-24 appear to be taking advantage of overdraft facilities offered by providers by taking out multiple current accounts, research by Callcredit Information Group (CIG) has found. Almost one in ten (9%) adults aged 18 – 24 years admits running three or more current accounts with overdraft facilities and 27% of 18 – 24 [...]
• End of stamp duty holiday hits property sales
  Date released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders shows that, in January, house purchase loans fell by more than three times the decline in remortgages, demonstrating the effect that the end of the stamp duty holiday in December has had on the mortgage market. There were 49% fewer house purchase loans in January than in December [...]
• Dear XXX
  Welcome to this week’s Totally Money newsletter. In this issue, we explain why you should go for HSBC’s 1.99 per cent rate if you can qualify for it, how three in four looking for debt help cannot qualify for a repayment plan, and why you should ask the energy companies for your share of the [...]

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Date Submitted: 28-Oct-2009