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Re: Council Housing Advise Needed Please
if you’re not aware of contrived tenancies, you also need to look that up. If she’s expecting her rent to be paid through benefits, then it needs to be a proper tenancy agreement with the market rent…1 -
Re: Old Style Weight Loss Challenge - 1st Quarter 2026
Unfortunately had 4 and a half on this week. I feel off the eating healthy last week after weighing in. Im back to eating healthy today and will try to be kind to myself and keep trying.4 -
Re: Full sovereigns vs Half-sovereigns for long term investing?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81860247#Comment_81860247 You may or may not find something by looking at this thread on The Silver Forum (it is about gold don't worry). …1 -
Re: Should I cancel my old credit card?
For it to show on your credit files you need to spend on your card and wait until you get a statement. The statement will show that between x date and y date you spent £z. It will also show when you …1 -
Re: Landlord Selling Up...Would You Allow Viewings?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81858242#Comment_81858242 There’s a saying in the business “statute overrides contract” in other words you can’t sign your rights away2 -
Re: First Direct - what’s all the hype?
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81859628#Comment_81859628 I agree with this sentiment, people don't move because generally current accounts work for them. With branches n…2 -
Re: New HL fee structure from 01/03/26
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81859888#Comment_81859888 HL have been much more expensive for some time and the other platforms were still able to make money at a lower price…1 -
Re: Mortgage application & existing debt
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81860075#Comment_81860075 Looks like you can use this tool to find out Additional Payment Illustration1 -
Re: Estate agent cancelled house viewing
when I sold my house I had two offers. one for £210,000 but the buyers buyer still had to get mortgage approved. The second , £203,000, from a cash buyer whose funds had been verified. Much to the fi…1 -
Re: Ministers still reject Waspi calls
IMHO, it's all compensation culture. I can clearly remember the discussions and debates about the changes in the mid 1990's. They were on every news channel and in every newspaper. Nobody s…2
