Oakland Banks

With the explosion of online financial services and the uptake of more people being willing to use them, loan applications ‘in principle’ can often be reached in a matter of a few minutes and, these days, borrowers can complete an online application form just as quickly and this can be done 24/7, 365 days of the year even from the comfort of your own home. The term ‘in principle’ basically means that when an application is submitted, this immediately gets automatically cross-checked with the credit reference agencies which can then also automatically trigger a response back to the lender whose systems can then, in turn, inform a prospective borrower whether or n (continue reading…)

The Bank of England has already made four quarter-point interest-rate rises since August 2006, leaving many homeowners hoping that fears of further rises this year would prove unfounded. After all, last month the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by a small majority to freeze interest rates at 5.5%. This week, however, the more monetarily aggressive members of the Committee pushed the vote the other way, with interest rates now (continue reading…)