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mortgage equity - pay back or can i get better returns
hi all , not too sure if i should put this here or in the mortgage section. anyway. to my dilemma. A year ago i drew some cash from the equity i had in the house from our mortgage to help a family member, who has now paid me back, We are only talking £18k. the family member has been paying the extra mortgage amounts the…
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What savings account for £6k per year, NOT and ISA
Hi there, I wonder if anyone can suggest to me what accounts to look at. I have an ISA already but will go way above my limit this year. What is the next best savings account to look at for about £6k? Im not too concerned about it being an easy access account or anything like that, basically the money will be put in there…
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New student account
I currently have an HSBC student account, and i am looking to open another student account. In particular i am after the money they give you to start with. After a bit of research it seems that currently many of the banks are not doing this deal. I was thinking about Natwest but currently it seems they arent offering a…
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£100 cashback for ISA/PEP reregistration
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Cahoot introductory rate (from last summer) extended
Cahoot have sent out a system message dated 6 July stating that the 5.65% introductory rate many people have, which should expire 12 months from account opening, will be extended. The timescale for the extension hasn't been mentioned, but Cahoot suggest that you might like to add further funds which suggests they aren't…
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Interest on £100,000?
What sort of return can i get if i invested £100,000? My only stipulation would be that i would need to spend the interest on a monthly basis.
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Can anyone advise re. Standard Life takeover?
Sorry, not sure which board to put this on. I tried including it in another thread on Mortgages and Endowments, but no-one has answered my question there yet, and I would like a fairly quick reply if anyone at all can help. The question is - does anyone know whether Standard Life are in line for a buy-out (of the…
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child trust fund voucher??
hi, i am just about to put my childs trust fund voucher into the bank and i am still unsure of where to put it. i have seen in asda today that if you put it with them you get up to £25 worth of vouchers to spend in george. is this a one off offer or is there other places where you get ''free things'' that can beat asda?…
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£800 to invest
i have saved up around £800..i know its a small amount...but im a student...and for me its a lot :P and im proud!! anyway, any advice about the best way to invest this would be much appreciated!!! Im thinkinh perhaps a high interest savings account? Unknown
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best/worst investment decision you made
whats you best/worst investment decision you made mine is i cashed out my funds a couple of months ago because the y had reached my limit of a 5% loss (not much i know) anyway now they are 3% up arrgghhh :(
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Webmoney/ Need your help!!
Hi, guys! I need your help! My friend is going to work as a mediator in money transections. It's call WebMoney. He has to buy a specific certificate and facilitate money transections every day via i-net. The number of such transections may be up to 40-50. Has anybody worked in this area? is it safe ( becase the amount of…
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US Share Certificate
I opened a Comdirect account hoping to be able to transfer in some US Stock I hold. However they will only do it if the shares are already registered with another dealer. Unfortunately for me I just have the raw paper certificate. Does anybody know a UK dealer who will let me transfer my shares into an account or will sell…
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hoodlessbrennan.com
Has anyone had any experience of these guys? A friend recommended them as a good place to make small share investments. Ta all
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ING - What will they do when the rates drop?
It looks like the BOE will soon be dropping saving rates so what are the chances that ING will drop theirs by less. Remember they raised their rates by only 0.15% & 0.1% a few times when the boe rates were going up ny 0.25% at a time? When they did this I jumped ship to Cahoot and am eagerly waiting to see if they can get…
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Northern Rock Tracker Acc- website apps
I've just had a go at applyig for the acc on their website but the window will not load correctly. I've turned off the popup blocker so the window appears but only for a few seconds it looks like its loading but then another window opens with the red cross in the corner. The first window then closes. Anyone else having…
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Global oil crisis ? !!!!!!
In today's observer there is quite a scarry article on the idea known as "peak oil" when ,in very simple terms.....demand for oil outstrips supply, were already seeing this in the very high cost of crude.....check out this website......https://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net .......i makes very sobbering reading indeed.....
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Halifax ShareBuilder
couple of questions... does anyone use this service? how do you find it? also the last page of the form mentioned a credit check... why is this if they are not issuing credit?
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Sharesave scheme-advice needed
My wifes company is running a scheme where she can have an amount taken from her salary each month to invest in company shares.It lasts three years and at the end of it she can choose to convert her money into shares at todays price or take the money which includes a bonus. The example quoted in the leaflet is this::…
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party gamin shares hit or miss
party gamin shares hit or miss, i think they are up from there floatation price do people think this is a bubble waiting to burst or a stella investment
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Diffuclty in opening a new account
Hi there, This year I have moved from Belfast to Cambridge due to career change. Until now I have only bank with one bank, even though their current & saving account offer crappy interest but for my day-to-day usages they are fine. The only problem now is they dont have any braches in England. So after discover this site,…
