Vicky Shaw
Finance experts suggest ways to teach children good money habits over the summer
The skills and knowledge gained will carry children into adulthood, experts said.
Average UK home sale ‘being agreed at £16,000 below asking price’
This month has been the busiest for home sales since the pandemic stamp duty
Jump in unauthorised fraud cases last year – UK Finance
Mysterious keys and stale food ‘among most ridiculous items home movers find’
Record £1.23bn paid out in pet insurance claims in 2024, says ABI
Some first-time buyers accessing bumper Lifetime Isa deposits of £50,000-plus
Savings app Plum found that the top 25 withdrawals made to buy a home in the financial year 2022-23 averaged £51,000.
Lloyds account ‘will help empower affluent customers to reach financial goals’
House price growth soared as buyers rushed to beat stamp duty deadline
The average UK house price increased by 6.4 per cent in the year to March
29% of wedding guests say ‘I don’t’ to ceremonies overseas, survey finds
Experian, which commissioned the research, estimated that the average cost of attending a wedding abroad is nearly £2,000.
Around 1m pensioners paying income tax at 40% or above
The number of people at state pension age or older who are paying the tax at 40% or above has doubled in four years, according to HMRC figures.
Wonder wallets: Oasis fans ‘set to spend £1bn on UK reunion tour concerts’
Spending on the Oasis tour is part of a broader shift towards the ‘experience economy’, Barclays said.
Rachel Reeves says £20,000 annual Isa limit will stay
Ms Reeves said she is ‘not going to reduce the limit of what people can put into an Isa but I do want people to get better returns on their savings’.
Personal insolvencies jumped by 8% month on month in April in England and Wales
Among businesses, compulsory liquidations reached the highest levels since September 2014, the Insolvency Service said.
Overlooking one key thing when finding home insurance could be costly, says firm
Financial information business Defaqto is urging households to look beyond just the headline prices when weighing up home insurance.
Survey reveals what dads really want this Father’s Day – and what they will get
Average price tag on a home reaches new record of nearly £380,000 – Rightmove
It marks the second month in a row that the average asking price has reached a record high in Rightmove’s index.
‘Off-plan’ hotspots where new flats are being snapped up before they are built
The North West of England is attracting new-build flat buyers who are keen to lock in sales early, property firm Hamptons said.
Eurovision partygoers ‘plan to spend £76 celebrating the big night on average’
US house hunter inquiries about UK homes jump – here is where buyers are looking
Rightmove highlighted global economic uncertainty following recent announcements about US tariffs.
Millions ‘walking financial tightrope’ as one in four adults have low resilience
The Financial Conduct Authority estimates that 24% of UK adults have low financial resilience and one in 10 has no cash savings.
‘High proportion’ of APP scam victims getting their money back under new rules
The policy launched last October has been successfully implemented and more consumers have been protected, a Payments Systems Regulator boss said.