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Nationwide reports falls and predicts flatlining

easyswitch wrote 12 hours ago: The mini revival in house prices is set to come to a juddering halt, Britain’s biggest buildin … more →

Tags: Mortgage News, Britain, Building Societies, Business, Business and Economy, financial services, Great Britain, Mortgages, Nationwide

Why is life so complicated?

Granny Anne wrote 1 month ago: This week I have heard several programmes on TV and radio giving tips on how to spend/save money wis … more →

Tags: Current Affairs, Memories, Banks, Electric Companies, Financial Advice, Gas Companies, Prices, train tickets

Massive fraud at building society1 comment

nathanblakeley wrote 3 months ago: The Chelsea building society has revealed it has lost £41m as a result of mortgage frauds by some of … more →

Tags: recession, BBC, News, Banking Sector, British Goverment, Business, Downturn, High Street, Britain

Banks and Building Societies

bankaccountguru wrote 3 months ago: How are building societies different to banks? Originally building societies were co-operative savin … more →

Tags: Banks, Building Societies, uk banks

House Prices on the Up1 comment

bankaccountguru wrote 3 months ago: House prices have risen again for the third consecutive month and according to a Nationwide report w … more →

Tags: Building Societies, Nationwide, Mortgages, house prices, House Price Index

Underperforming Pensions

bankaccountguru wrote 3 months ago: There is great concern amongst many people that when they get to retirement age their private pensio … more →

Tags: Banks, Building Societies, Pensions, Underperforming Pensions

Email Scams and Phishing

pcdoctoronline wrote 6 months ago: It ought to go without saying that one should never believe anything at face value. Especially on th … more →

Tags: News, bank, eMail, Help, Hoax, Insurance Company, Internet, Links, PayPal

dunfermline no more1 comment

markgorman wrote 7 months ago: This credit crunch seems to drive people to very strange decisions. Clearly the Dunfermline has had … more →

Tags: rants, Independence, Life, Stories, Business, The dunfermline Building society, the dunfermline

Darling's halfway house needs repossessing

patrickgaley wrote 7 months ago: Why, why, has the botch of the Dunfermline cost the taxpayer a potential £1.5bn? The chancellor Alis … more →

Tags: Politics, credit crunch, Money, Finance and Business, Employment, darling, Banks, national insurance, Dunfermline

Shocked Dunfermline Building Society customers condemn Westminster Government1 comment

oliverfarrimond wrote 7 months ago: By Oliver Farrimond TROUBLED Dunfermline Building Society customers spoke about their shock and ange … more →

Tags: 1, Alistair Darling, Banking, credit crunch, deadline, Dunfermline Building Society, Edinburgh, Finance, gordon brown

Dunfermline seeks to quell speculation as bailout talks continue

mutualmoney wrote 8 months ago: The chief executive of the troubled Dunfermline Building Society (DBS), has today released a stateme … more →

Tags: General, Cheshire, Credit Unions, Dunfermline Building Society, financial crisis, FT, HM Treasury, mutual, mutual solutions

Stroud & Swindon results highlight inequity of FSCS levy

mutualmoney wrote 8 months ago: Not the most catchy headline, I admit. However the annual results of the Stroud & Swindon Buildi … more →

Tags: General, credit crunch, financial crisis, Financial Services Compensation Scheme, FSA, FSCS, Lévy, mutual, Stroud & Swindon

Speculation grows on future of Dunfermline Building Society

mutualmoney wrote 8 months ago: Speculation is mounting in the Scottish press and in political circles about the future of the Dunfe … more →

Tags: General, britannia building society, Commercial Lending, credit crunch, Dunfermline Building Society, mutual, Nationwide, The Co-operative Bank, The Herald

Bank of England cuts rates to 1.5%

mutualmoney wrote 10 months ago: In a further sign of economic weakness the Bank of England (BoE) has cut interest rates to 1.5% the … more →

Tags: General, Nationwide, Base Rate, Bank of England, BOE, HSBC, LLoyds, lloydstsb, HBOS

Building Society Lending Up!

mutualmoney wrote 1 year ago: The mainstream press has chosen to reflect only the negative news from the BSA’s latest press … more →

Tags: General, mutual, mortgage lending, credit crunch, financial crisis, Best Buys, the guardian

Failing Building Societies?

mutualmoney wrote 1 year ago: Alan O’Sullivan in an article yesterday on thisismoney.co.uk speculates about which societies … more →

Tags: General, icelandic banks, Alan O'Sullivan, thisismoney.co.uk, Chelsea Building Society, Barnsley Building Society, mutual solutions

Barnsley to be taken over by Yorkshire

mutualmoney wrote 1 year ago: Today the Barnsley Building Society announced that it had lost £10m in the collapse of the Icelandic … more →

Tags: Barnsley, Yorkshire, mutual, Nationwide, Cheshire, derbyshire, icelandic banks, safe place to save

Socialism has Two Faces: Destroyer1 comment

jaycan wrote 1 year ago: In the graphic novel, V for Vendetta, the character V gives a short discourse to the character of Ev … more →

Tags: Politics, capitalism, Socialism, Marxism, communism, Violence, Government, Communist, socialist

Are your savings safer in building societies than banks?

Chris wrote 1 year ago: With all the turmoil in the banking world, the disgrace of Iceland and a host of British savers gett … more →

Tags: financial services, Market Crash, Business, northern rock, Savings, Icesave, Banks, Egg savings, Bradford & Bingley


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