http://www.moneysupermarket.com News from Moneysupermarket.com 15 en-us /newsandcommunity/img/news/ms-logo.gif http://www.moneysupermarket.com <![CDATA[The Bank of England base rate may have been held at 0.5% for the 25th consecutive month this week, but there was some good news for savers this week following the launch of a new market-leading individual savings account (ISA).]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/focus-on-new-market-leading-cash-ISA-paying-three-point-zero-seven-per-cent/0012339/ Thu, 06, Oct 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/focus-on-new-market-leading-cash-ISA-paying-three-point-zero-seven-per-cent_0012339.aspx <![CDATA[The loan war continues to rage, with HSBC announcing that it is slashing the representative APR on personal loans of between &pound;7,000 and &pound;15,000 from 6.9% to 6.4%.]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/focus-on-hsbc-personal-loans/0012335/ Thu, 06, Oct 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/focus-on-hsbc-personal-loans_0012335.aspx <![CDATA[Thousands of savers with fixed rate bonds could lose out on hundreds of pounds in interest if they fail to act when their accounts expire. ]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/savings-returns-about-to-plummet/0012332/ Wed, 05, Oct 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/savings-returns-about-to-plummet_0012332.aspx <![CDATA[Financial pressures mean that increasing numbers of people are struggling to save every month, and risk leaving themselves with a savings time bomb later on in life.]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/beware-the-savings-time-bomb/0012325/ Wed, 05, Oct 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/beware-the-savings-time-bomb_0012325.aspx <![CDATA[The cost of fixing your mortgage for two years has fallen to an all time low and Leeds Building Society is offering the chance to fix your mortgage payments at en eye-wateringly low rate of just 1.99%. ]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/should-you-fix-your-mortgage-at-one-point-nine-nine-per-cent/0012326/ Wed, 05, Oct 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/should-you-fix-your-mortgage-at-one-point-nine-nine-per-cent_0012326.aspx <![CDATA[The number of gadgets we have in our homes has shot up by three and a half times in the last 40 years, and our addiction to mobile phones, MP3 players and games consoles shows no signs of abating.]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/make-money-from-unwanted-gadgets/0012328/ Wed, 05, Oct 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/make-money-from-unwanted-gadgets_0012328.aspx <![CDATA[Why does your postcode matter? It can affect where your children go to school; which doctor you can sign up for; what direct mail marketing literature you receive; the amount you pay for Council Tax...]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/what-is-your-postcode-doing-to-insurance-costs/0012324/ Tue, 04, Oct 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/what-is-your-postcode-doing-to-insurance-costs_0012324.aspx <![CDATA[Just when savers though things couldn't get any worse, recent days have seen a number of the leading fixed rate bonds pulled from the market and replaced with new deals offering lower rates of interest.]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/theres-bad-and-good-news-for-savers/0012317/ Thu, 29, Sep 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/theres-bad-and-good-news-for-savers_0012317.aspx <![CDATA[Smart phone sales continue to surge and, with the launch of the iPhone 5 just around the corner, Three this week threw down the gauntlet to other networks by offering 'all you can eat' data to all its customers for an extra &pound;3 a month.]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/focus-on-three-extends-all-you-can-eat-data-offer/0012318/ Thu, 29, Sep 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/focus-on-three-extends-all-you-can-eat-data-offer_0012318.aspx <![CDATA[Ever-increasing financial pressures mean that one in four of us are now scared about opening our monthly bills, according to MoneySupermarket research. ]]> http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/news/do-you-suffer-from-bill-phobia/0012313/ Wed, 28, Sep 2011 00:00:00GMT http://www.moneysupermarket.com/newsandcommunity/news/do-you-suffer-from-bill-phobia_0012313.aspx