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Personal loans

May 2024

  • A man in checked shirt looking at plans on a table next to a laptop computer and hard hat. He is in a modern-looking white room with large windows and glass door opening on to a garden

    Nationwide doubles maximum personal loan to £50k amid rising building costs

    Previous £25,000 maximum no longer enough to fund some home improvements, says building society

December 2023

  • Woman holding a credit card and her phone

    Credit card and overdraft debt to rise by £5k a household by 2028, analysis shows

    Rise in unsecured debt which includes car loans and unpaid utility bills shows fragility of national economic health, Labour says

October 2023

  • Ramit Sethi shot for OM

    ‘Why everyone should be able to live their rich life’: Ramit Sethi on taking the fear out of personal finance

    For many of us, money is far too tight to mention. But Ramit Sethi is here to tell us otherwise. The bestselling author and presenter wants to get to the root of our worries and show us why we need to think differently about money

July 2023

  • A wallet with money and credit cards

    Squeezed UK households hit as cost of personal loan rate doubles

    Data shows increase from 3.3% to 6.6% since December 2021, which was before interest rate rises

June 2023

  • Tins and jars at a foodbank

    Cost of living payments failing to help low-income households in UK

    About 39% of households earning less than £26,000 a year are behind on bill payments

May 2023

  • monopoly red house figures on a stack of pound coins atop a bed of sterling bank notes

    UK interest rate rise: how will it affect you?

    The quarter-point rise to 4.5% hits mortgage holders, credit card users and people seeking loans, but savers could benefit

January 2023

  • For sale signs

    UK lenders fear spike in mortgage defaults as cost of living hits home

    Bank of England survey shows lenders expect steep rise in borrowers failing to make monthly repayments

December 2022

  • picture of pound coins and notes with monopoly property figures stacked on top

    Bank of England interest rate rise – what it means for borrowers and savers

    Rate rise to 3.5% affects everything from mortgages to credit cards, loans and savings. Here is all you need to know

November 2022

  • a for sale sign outside a block of flats

    How will the UK interest rate hike affect you?

    From loans to mortgages, house prices to credit cards – all you need to know about the biggest rate rise since 1989

October 2022

  • A branch of Lloyds bank, in London.

    Lloyds bank predicts 8% fall in house prices as its profits tumble

    Larger-than-expected drop in profits to £1.5bn in third quarter comes despite rising interest rates

August 2022

  • A food bank in Bristol

    Interest-free loans to be rolled out in UK to help with food bills

    Supermarket Iceland is part of scheme to offer sums of £25 to £100 to buy everyday items

July 2022

  • credit cards on a desk

    Consumer credit races ahead as UK households struggle to cope

    People borrowed an extra £1.8bn in June, up from £900m in May, Bank of England figures show
  • Nils Pratley

    Nils Pratley on finance
    Klarna’s road ahead looks a little harder this year

    Nils Pratley
    With Apple set to enter the market and shrinking appetite for tech stocks the future looks less rosy for buy now, pay later firm
  • A man looks at the Amigo Loans website on his iPad

    More UK households are turning to high-cost lenders, says charity

    Warning comes as Amigo plans lending comeback offering loan with annual interest rate of 49.9%

June 2022

  • Someone worries about due bills while sitting on a sofa. A large pile of invoices are on a coffee table in front of them.

    Interest-free loan scheme expanded to reach up to 20,000 Britons

  • Small plastic model houses on top of sterling coins and notes.

    What the Bank of England’s base rate rise to 1.25% means for you

  • pounds coins and notes

    UK banks must be more flexible to help struggling borrowers, says City watchdog

  • Girl concentrating on drawing in elementary school classroom

    Credit unions are helping Britons survive – but can they really rival banks?

May 2022

  • Bright House shop

    BrightHouse loan customers unlikely to get refunds, say administrators

    Creditor Greensill has received big sum but Grant Thornton decides cost of assessing other claims is too high

April 2022

  • UK banknotes and £1 coins.

    High street banks warn of rise in UK customers defaulting on loans

    Lenders expect wave of defaults this spring as cost of living soars, Bank of England survey finds
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