Nationwide News Articles

Report calls for two new council tax bands - Published:04/01/08

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Greater financial services accessibility promised by Yorkshire Building Society expansion - Published:03/01/08

Travel InsuranceGreater financial services convenience promised by Yorkshire Building Society expansionBanking clientele in the north-west have been alerted to the prospect of greater accessibility to financial services next a Yorkshire Building Soc...

Base rate stays level - Published:02/01/08

As a number of fee and speed increases hits the credit card market, it is "more important than ever" that people supermarket around for a good deal, according to WhichInternet shoppers have been advised to use their credit cards for online purchases...

Nationwide credit card protection updated - Published:01/01/08

Card Protection is available for both credit and withdrawal cards and comes at a price of £29 per yearThe product ensures that all of a household's cards - counting credit, debit and amass cards - are protected against loss or theftSome of the featu...

Next three months to be turbulent for fixed rate customers - Published:28/12/07

The next three months are set to be very turbulent ones for hundreds of thousands of UK consumers that signed up to fixed rate deals on their mortgages two or three existence agoIn the past year interest rates have rocketed from 45% to 575%, with fi...

Nationwide leaves other current accounts standing - Published:22/12/07

Nationwide structure Society has announced that it will be offering a rate of 425 per cent on its FlexAccount present account from April 6thThe hike will raise the FlexAccount head and shoulders above its competitors' products and ensure that it is ...

Nationwide bond launched - Published:21/12/07

Nationwide is launching a new variety of fixed-rate Isa bonds paying an interest rate of 605 per centundulating out today, the Nationwide bonds are available for one and two years and can be purchased by both new and existing clienteleCompared to a ...

Beware the mortgage best before date trap - Published:20/12/07

Borrowers could lose hundreds of pounds by signing up to a near to the ground rate mortgage deal with a 'skinny' end dateThe twilight Standard tries to draw a clearer picture of the UK property market: > Are house prices fallingLenders have been pre...

Brokers are pushing thought unaffordable home loans - Published:19/12/07

According to a recent report released by the UK's monetary regulator the Financial Services Authority many brokers are approaching through house loans that are simply unaffordableThis is despite the credit crunch that has swept across the UK and oth...

Nationwide: House prices falling - Published:18/12/07

Britain's housing marketplace is cooling, figures from Nationwide's latest house cost report have suggestedPrices have fallen by 08 per cent this month, whereas home buy approvals and additional market drivers have also weakened, commented Fionnuala...

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Mortgage holders facing "significant jumps" in payments - Published:17/12/07

Borrowers with changeable rate mortgages are expected to see their mortgage repayments increase significantly following new interest rate rises, it has been claimedHowever, according to L &C, even those with fixed-rate mortgages are likely to see th...

Nationwide account access via iPhone and iPod touch - Published:16/12/07

Personal finance management on the move is now available to members of building society Nationwide, it has emergedThe group has announced that customers will be able to access their accounts via Apple's iPhone and iPod TouchWith the majority of cons...

First-time buyers should be realistic, says expert - Published:15/12/07

unparalleled buyers have been advised by a mortgage expert that they need to be sensible about their chances of buying their own possessions Managing director of FirstRungNow Helen Adams notes that unparalleled buyers can have high expectations, wan...

Buy-to-let is not dead - just much tougher - Published:14/12/07

When the dotcom boom fell separately at the beginning of the millennium, a flood of cash from private investors poured into property'It has become a buyers' market again and that is high-quality news,' says long-term landlord Jeremy Kent-BaguleyIn a...

Mortgage crisis hits Britannia members - Published:13/12/07

Savers and borrowers with Britannia Building civilization could see the value of their annual member reward - the joint's equivalent of a dividend - drop next year as a result of the credit crisis surrounding the mortgage industrycontent: Mike Fowke...

Mortgage rates cut by top lenders - Published:12/12/07

Following the Bank of England decision to slash interest rates the past lunchtime, two of the largest mortgage lenders in the UK determined to also reduce their interest rates The information was announced within minutes of the cut, and the alter f...

New 25-year mortgage from Nationwide - Published:08/12/07

Nationwide Building Society has launched a new 25day mortgage that guarantees "stability of expenditure " for the termThe mortgage, which features a caption rate of 639 per cent, allows borrowers to make extra payments and skin no early repayment ch...

Student loans may be sold to private sector - Published:07/12/07

Bankruptcy is "becoming more and more palatable" to those in serious money owing, according to Thomas CharlesThree-quarters of people in the UK do not understand how a one per cent dissimilarity in mortgage rates would affect their loan, according t...

Lloyds TSB launch Muslim business account - Published:06/12/07

As a number of fee and speed increases hits the credit card market, it is "more important than ever" that people shop around for a high-quality deal, according to WhichInternet shoppers have been advised to use their credit cards for online purchase...

Nationwide home insurance offer launched - Published:05/12/07

Nationwide is promising to beat populace's current home insurance package with a new contract launching on MondayThe building society guarantees that it will weaken the current premium paid by anyone switching to its repair, or else refund the diffe...

Housing Market Will "Grind To A Halt" Next Year - Published:04/12/07

UK house cost growth will sink to zero in 2008 in the face of a important economic slowdown, according to NationwideAs we revealed in The Future Of House Prices, the building society predicts that "economic tailwinds are rotating into headwinds" and...

Nationwide: Look out for bank fees abroad - Published:03/12/07

Holidaymakers are being advised by Nationwide Building Society to make themselves conscious of bank charges relating to using their bank cards abroad this winterAccording to the building society, in surplus of £70 million was spent by Britons last c...

Extend your home - without permission - Published:02/12/07

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Mortgage Lending Dives Again! - Published:01/12/07

Yesterday, in The hard to believe Shrinking Mortgage Market, I warned that mortgage lenders have reserved over 6,400 different mortgage products in now three months The global credit crunch has left mortgage lenders wary of taking on too much danger...

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Nationwide sets overdraft rate - Published:30/11/07

Nationwide Building Society has set the authorised speed on all of its overdrafts at 99 per cent AERThe rate compares favourably with others obtainable by high street competitors and is available without having to disburse an arrangement fee from No...

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Homes rise £22,000 in a year - Published:28/11/07

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Nationwide equity bond introduced - Published:27/11/07

Nationwide has announced that it will open a new tranche of its certain equity bond (GEB)From October 1st, the five-year bond provides guaranteed return on the original asset plus ten per cent, or up to 60 per cent of any increase in the worth of FT...

Buy to let will support mortgage market - Published:25/11/07

pay money for to let mortgages may continue to support the overall mortgage market, according to experts at Nationwide Buy to let continues to be buoyant, and this continuing strength could underpin a mortgage loan marketplace that slipped somewhat...

Nationwide house price forecast given - Published:24/11/07

Nationwide has delivered its home price forecast for 2008, predicting that property cost inflation will fall within the next yearFionnuala Earley, chief economist at Nationwide, said that although 2007 has been a "physically powerful year" in the ho...