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		<title>Credit card market returns</title>
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The UK&#8217;s credit card market is &#34;open for business&#34; once more as providers are actively pursuing new customers with a range of competitive deals. Analysis from Moneyfacts.co.uk shows that over the course of the past year, the number of cards offering zero interest on new purchases for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Savings deals disappear</title>
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Savers already struggling to generate returns due to record low interest rates have been dealt another blow with the news that at least 12 best buy deals were recently withdrawn or altered in a single week. Andrew Hagger of Moneynet.co.uk said that in the seven days from May [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tigertom.net/blog/savings-and-investments/savings-deals-disappear-3/</link>
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		<title>ISA sales up</title>
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ISA sales recorded their best April since 2001 this year, according to the latest statistics from the Investment Management Association (IMA). Net inflows into the accounts stood at £1.2 billion during the month, up 63 per cent from the £700 million in sales seen during the corresponding period [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tigertom.net/blog/savings-and-investments/isa-sales-up-3/</link>
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		<title>Savings suffer</title>
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Savings were a &#34;major victim&#34; of the credit crunch, according to a new report. The study by Unbiased.co.uk found that the amount consumers were putting away each quarter dropped from around £38.7 billion between April and June of 2008 to £19.9 billion between July and September &#8211; and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tigertom.net/blog/savings-and-investments/savings-suffer-3/</link>
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		<title>Men hit by recession</title>
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Men have been hit hardest by the recession and over the past three years, a combination of higher unemployment, slowing income growth and rising household expenditure has led to a &#34;massive increase&#34; in the number seeking debt advice, a charity has claimed. Figures compiled by the Consumer Credit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tigertom.net/blog/debt/men-hit-by-recession-3/</link>
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		<title>Energy price lottery</title>
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Home owners face a postcode lottery when it comes to energy prices, with some charged up to £189 more for their gas and electricity purely because of where they live, a new report has claimed. Research carried out by uSwitch.com found that ScottishPower customers in Cardiff using the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tigertom.net/blog/debt/energy-price-lottery-3/</link>
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		<title>£s wasted on finance items</title>
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Consumers could be wasting thousands of pounds and risking being stuck with a bad credit rating by purchasing financial products &#34;they simply don&#8217;t need&#34;, Which? Money Quarterly has warned. The magazine named mobile phone insurance, extended warranties and payment protection insurance among its top ten &#34;useless&#34; items. It [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tigertom.net/blog/debt/s-wasted-on-finance-items-3/</link>
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		<title>House prices rise in May</title>
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House prices rose for the third consecutive month during May, according to the latest figures from Nationwide. The mortgage lender said the typical value of a UK property climbed by 0.5 per cent during the month to stand at £169,162. Quarterly price inflation, which is seen as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tigertom.net/blog/mortgages/house-prices-rise-in-may-3/</link>
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		<title>House prices rise again</title>
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House prices in England and Wales recorded an annual rise for the sixth consecutive month during April, according to the latest figures from the Land Registry.The value of the average property was 8.5 per cent higher year-on-year at around £165,000, according to the figures. Every region of England and Wales [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.tigertom.net/blog/mortgages/house-prices-rise-again-3/</link>
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		<title>86% to review savings</title>
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Some 86 per cent of savers believe it is important to review their savings given the low interest rates currently on offer, a new survey has found.This is up from 67 per cent in October 2009, according to the poll by the Fair Investment Company (FIC). Among those looking to [...]]]></description>
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