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Insurers have dramatically hiked the maximum amount they can set as an excess for their car insurance, raising the possibility that some customers risk being unable to pay and make a claim. This new data comes at a time when many drivers may be feeling pretty good about the amount …

Homebuyers are curbing their desire to move up the notorious property ladder in the face of unrelenting economic and political no man’s land, ​the latest figures from the banking world show.  Despite the ultra-low cost of borrowing and steady, if not falling, property prices across the country, homeowners are staying put …

It’s no good. You’ve watched the (reasonably) warm weather from your office window too much this summer. You’ve tormented yourself with ideas of going it alone so you too can ditch the 9-to-5 and live life flexibly, pursuing your passion with passion. You’re not alone. There are now almost 5 …

Parents should consider moving on to a credit card only after the teenager demonstrates responsible management of cash-based accounts, said Paul Golden, spokesman for the National Endowment for Financial Education and the father of two teenagers. “I believe in using a stair-step process,” he said. Here are some questions and …

A whole new crop of soon-to-be undergraduates will spend this weekend either celebrating their exam success or working their way through the clearance system to find a place. The day the results came out, UCAS announced that a total of 408,960 people already had a place on an undergraduate course …

The fact that a quarter of under-34s still living at home made primetime national news should tell you a lot.  First, the property market is shot. We knew that. Second, there are clearly a lot of overgrown kids out there whose folks still iron their pants. We’ll tell you what’s true. …

There’s no doubt we’re in a golden era… at least when it comes to the cost of borrowing money for property. Enjoying some of the lowest interest rates for generations, there are whole swathes of the home-owning population who have no sense of the chaos that could be unleashed on their …

Unless you’re a really unpleasant person you probably don’t enjoy complaining. But sometimes a complaint is just necessary. Like when, I don’t know, you’ve spent a chunk of this week in an airport going nowhere fast. It could be something need fixing, perhaps it has to be resolved so future customers …

There’s a reason one particular travel advert works so well. It taps into everything we hope for from a holiday – reconnection, relaxation and rest. All good things. Very good things. And yet, if something goes wrong while we’re enjoying the institution that is the summer holiday, more than one in …

We’ve all heard the accusations that the boom in short-term holiday property rentals is causing chaos.  Blamed for everything from an increase in dodgy surveillance to the death of entire towns, the growing popularity of forums that help owners of couches to castles rent them out to the rest of …