This is the regular UK mortgage interest update for March 2013.  The headline for this month is that the UK Government / Bank of England m...

Since 2009 UK savers have seen big falls in the interest rates being paid by the top savings accounts.  For a short time there was a little ...

This is the monthly UK House Affordability update which is the metric that I believe is the key driver of UK House Prices.  It is also the u...

For a long time I’ve been saying that houses are overpriced.  This statement keeps my family in rented accommodation as I refuse ...

The Retail Prices Index (RPI) is currently sitting at 4.8% while the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) is at 3.1%. It is highly likely that if you...

Today’s decision by the Bank of England to hold the Official Bank Rate at 0.5% for the 17th month in a row was so predictable that I nearly ...

If you’re a UK saver it remains pretty ugly out there. According to Money saving Expert the top clean rate account pays 2.6% AER however it ...

Today’s announcement that the Bank of England had held interest rates at 0.5% for the 16th month in a row plus decided to do no more quanti...

The Bank of England today held interest rates at 0.5% for the fifteenth month in a row and decided to do no more quantitative easing (QE). T...

I’ve been suggesting for many months now and most recently here that the Bank of England want inflation which they think they can control. ...

Today I present two regular charts that as with last month continue to give me little information on what could be occurring in the housing ...

The Bank of England today held interest rates at 0.5% for the fifteenth month in a row and decided to do no more quantitative easing (QE) f...

My chart today shows that for those that are looking to save it still isn’t getting any better out there. If you don’t want to lock your mon...

Last week saw Alan Greenspan interviewed as part of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. The Times reported that during this interview “...

The Bank of England this week held interest rates at 0.5% for the fourteenth month in a row. I’ve been speculating over the past few months ...

My chart today shows that for those that are looking to save it isn’t getting any better out there. Average interest rates on cash savings a...

Previously  I described how I was struggling to find a home for cash that could generate a real return after inflation and tax. The best ra...

Today’s chart must be the most boring I have ever posted. This is because the Bank of England held interest rates at 0.5% for the thirteenth...

On Thursday of this week the Bank of England makes another Bank Rate decision which I fear will be a repeat of the last year which is a hold...

UK Retail Prices Inflation (RPI) is currently running at 3.7%. This means that if you are a UK basic rate taxpayer that to just stand stil...