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Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

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  • adindas
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    edited 8 December 2023 at 6:00PM
    adindas said:
    I just consolidate my RSA, and I found out that actually Coventry First Home Saver is a very good Easy access RSA.
    - Unlimited withdrawal
    - You could add £1000 monthly
    -  It pays 5.60% for 36 months (variable). But because it is unlimited withdrawal, easy access if you find a better alternative, just withdraw it to a minimum balance.
    Have I miss something here ?? is there any better alternative out there for easy access ?? How easy it is to withdraws your money for the balance of £10k+?
    Any opinion suggestion will be very much appreciated.
    This is Issue 1 @ 5.6% which is NLA.
    Issue 2 is 5.05%.

    That is correct. The one I have is Issue 1. When I opened it in Dec 2022, The interest was just 2.95%.

  • adindas said:
    I just consolidate my RSA, and I found out that actually Coventry First Home Saver is a very good Easy access RSA.
    - Unlimited withdrawal
    - You could add £1000 monthly
    -  It pays 5.60% for 36 months (variable). But because it is unlimited withdrawal, easy access if you find a better alternative, just withdraw it to a minimum balance.
    Have I miss something here ?? is there any better alternative out there for easy access ?? How easy it is to withdraws your money for the balance of £10k+?
    Any opinion suggestion will be very much appreciated.
    This is Issue 1 @ 5.6% which is NLA.
    Issue 2 is 5.05%.

    The key problem is that after I have filled all the 8, 7 and 6% reg savers there are no funds left really to fill it up more. Also way past my £500 PSA so all that's left goes into my partners ISA as mine is already full. My FHS 1 is paying interest mid of Dec. Luckily from that date interest counts against next year, which by the looks of it is also already more or less maxed out what concerns PSA. I know, it's a privilege to have that sort of problem.

    On paper still one of the best Coventry accounts they launched and they upped the rate quite a few times as well. Since it is a BS I think it will also be one of the last receiving a cut, if even. They already used a sharp sword to cut the ISA's into a very unattractive territory. 
  • adindas said:
    adindas said:
    I just consolidate my RSA, and I found out that actually Coventry First Home Saver is a very good Easy access RSA.
    - Unlimited withdrawal
    - You could add £1000 monthly
    -  It pays 5.60% for 36 months (variable). But because it is unlimited withdrawal, easy access if you find a better alternative, just withdraw it to a minimum balance.
    Have I miss something here ?? is there any better alternative out there for easy access ?? How easy it is to withdraws your money for the balance of £10k+?
    Any opinion suggestion will be very much appreciated.
    This is Issue 1 @ 5.6% which is NLA.
    Issue 2 is 5.05%.

    That is correct. The one I have is Issue 1. When I opened it in Dec 2022, The interest was just 2.95%.

    adindas said:
    adindas said:
    I just consolidate my RSA, and I found out that actually Coventry First Home Saver is a very good Easy access RSA.
    - Unlimited withdrawal
    - You could add £1000 monthly
    -  It pays 5.60% for 36 months (variable). But because it is unlimited withdrawal, easy access if you find a better alternative, just withdraw it to a minimum balance.
    Have I miss something here ?? is there any better alternative out there for easy access ?? How easy it is to withdraws your money for the balance of £10k+?
    Any opinion suggestion will be very much appreciated.
    This is Issue 1 @ 5.6% which is NLA.
    Issue 2 is 5.05%.

    That is correct. The one I have is Issue 1. When I opened it in Dec 2022, The interest was just 2.95%.

    Mine was May 2021 @ 0.85%!
  • adindas said:
    adindas said:
    I just consolidate my RSA, and I found out that actually Coventry First Home Saver is a very good Easy access RSA.
    - Unlimited withdrawal
    - You could add £1000 monthly
    -  It pays 5.60% for 36 months (variable). But because it is unlimited withdrawal, easy access if you find a better alternative, just withdraw it to a minimum balance.
    Have I miss something here ?? is there any better alternative out there for easy access ?? How easy it is to withdraws your money for the balance of £10k+?
    Any opinion suggestion will be very much appreciated.
    This is Issue 1 @ 5.6% which is NLA.
    Issue 2 is 5.05%.

    That is correct. The one I have is Issue 1. When I opened it in Dec 2022, The interest was just 2.95%.

    adindas said:
    adindas said:
    I just consolidate my RSA, and I found out that actually Coventry First Home Saver is a very good Easy access RSA.
    - Unlimited withdrawal
    - You could add £1000 monthly
    -  It pays 5.60% for 36 months (variable). But because it is unlimited withdrawal, easy access if you find a better alternative, just withdraw it to a minimum balance.
    Have I miss something here ?? is there any better alternative out there for easy access ?? How easy it is to withdraws your money for the balance of £10k+?
    Any opinion suggestion will be very much appreciated.
    This is Issue 1 @ 5.6% which is NLA.
    Issue 2 is 5.05%.

    That is correct. The one I have is Issue 1. When I opened it in Dec 2022, The interest was just 2.95%.

    Mine was May 2021 @ 0.85%!
    It a good easy access account just now but being variable and looking at other accounts it could very easy start to drop. But for the time being I'm happy to put my left over cash in to it.
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  • Nick_C
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    A reminder of the topic of this thread:-

    Regular Savings Accounts: The Best Currently Available List!

  • Kim_13
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    Cambridge BS - going backwards?

    Applied for the Extra Reward Regular Saver by post last week and received a passbook in the post. There was no passbook with the Reward Regular Saver I opened two years ago. The information in the back of the passbook also states that withdrawals are by cheque with the passbook. Previously I received matured funds via Faster Payment.
  • wmb194
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    Kim_13 said:
    Cambridge BS - going backwards?

    Applied for the Extra Reward Regular Saver by post last week and received a passbook in the post. There was no passbook with the Reward Regular Saver I opened two years ago. The information in the back of the passbook also states that withdrawals are by cheque with the passbook. Previously I received matured funds via Faster Payment.
    I doubt it'll be a problem: "Upon maturity the balance including any accrued interest will transfer to an appropriate instant access account available at the time and provide instant access to your money."

    https://www.cambridgebs.co.uk/savings/regular-savings/extra-reward-regular-saver

  • OneUser1
    OneUser1 Posts: 105 Forumite
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    Hi Folks,

    I cannot see anything that needs to be changed for the first page of this thread.

    I will do the next update in the next 1-2 weeks.

    SS2
    For those new to this thread, the first few posts are regularly updated and are on the first page
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6106986/regular-savings-accounts-the-best-currently-available-list/p1

    You have the Melton Mowbray Building Society Regular Saver listed but it’s no longer available.
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