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October 2008
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185% increase in online fraud
01.10.2008
Online fraud reaches record high -
Card fraud losses exceed £300m in six months
01.10.2008
Plastic card fraud increases by 14% in first half of 2008 -
FSA increases savings guarantee to £50,000
03.10.2008
Old limit of £35,000 is increased by £15,000 -
Buy-to-let lenders withdraw products
06.10.2008
Landlords are running out of options -
Third of graduates not earning enough to repay student loans
07.10.2008
Almost 400,000 graduates not earning above ?15,000 threshold -
Icesave likely to be declared insolvent
07.10.2008
Customers warned they will ?probably have to claim compensation? -
UK savers may not be covered by unlimited German guarantee
07.10.2008
UK savers would be ?unwise? to start thinking about opening German accounts -
Plan to stop fraudsters stealing identities of the deceased
07.10.2008
Death records released for the first time -
Government announces UK bank rescue plan
08.10.2008
Banking system will benefit from ?50bn rescue package -
Icesave customers to receive extra help from government
08.10.2008
Chancellor tells UK savers they ?will get their money back? -
Interest rates reduced by central banks
08.10.2008
Six central banks cut interest rates by 0.5% -
House prices drop further in September
09.10.2008
Property prices have dropped for eight consecutive months say Halifax -
Abbey increases mortgage rates
10.10.2008
0.5% rise will cancel out base rate cut -
Government reveals £37bn UK bank bail-out
14.10.2008
Taxpayer cash goes to RBS, Lloyds TSB and HBOS -
Interest rate cut will not be passed onto Rock customers
14.10.2008
Nationalised bank cuts its mortgage rates by just 0.15% -
Over 1m homeowners use credit card cash for bills
15.10.2008
Homeowners struggle to pay mortgage and energy bills -
Mortgage lending drops to record low in August
15.10.2008
£10bn less lending in August 2008 than in August 2007 -
5m credit applications turned down in six months
17.10.2008
Lenders reject almost five million credit card and loan applications -
Reduction in mortgages rates from Nationwide
17.10.2008
Lender cuts SVR by 0.3% -
Inflation reaches 16-year high of 5.2%
17.10.2008
Decrease in oil prices should benefit consumers soon -
Less than one UK home sold a week
17.10.2008
Estate agents struggle with plunging property sales -
Energy companies fail to pass on cuts in wholesale gas prices
17.10.2008
UK energy companies accused of profiteering -
1 in 7 Britons have never purchased travel insurance
17.10.2008
But 81% of Britons become ill while on holiday -
42% annual drop in mortgage lending
21.10.2008
Lending at its lowest level in over three-and-a-half years -
53% decrease in UK house sales
21.10.2008
Housing market in ?its sharpest slowdown for many years? -
Average annual UK motor insurance premium hits £725
21.10.2008
Insurance premiums go up by £50 in a year -
Unanimous vote in Bank rate decision
22.10.2008
9-0 vote to make 0.5% cut to UK interest rates -
57% annual drop in mortgage approvals
23.10.2008
BBA releases September's mortgage approval figures -
UK broadband users can't stick to limits
24.10.2008
1m exceed or come close to exceeding broadband usage limits -
Compensation by 30/11 for Icesave customers
27.10.2008
230,000 customers to receive details of process to get savings back -
Mortgage approvals see slight increase
29.10.2008
Number of home loans approved rises for first time in a year -
Record drop in September house prices
29.10.2008
Average property now costs ?168,814 -
15% annual drop in house prices
30.10.2008
House price drops continued in October -
Talks of another cut to UK interest rates
31.10.2008
US central bank cuts rates to halt drop into recession
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