As a busy and at times turbulent year for the consumer finance sector draws to a close, we have rounded up the most read news stories on MoneyAge over the last 12 months. Our top 10 stories were as follows…
10. LSL Property Services completes TenetLime acquisition (05/02)
9. Sainsbury’s sells banking business to NatWest (20/06)
8. Mortgage borrowing drops in Q1, UK Finance reveals (03/06)
7. House prices continue resurgence with year-on-year increase (31/05)
6. Tenet Group enters administration leaving advisers without approval (06/06)
5. Mortgage approvals remain at 61,000 in April – BoE (31/05)
4. Chancellor announces raft of tax changes to raise £40bn (30/10)
3. Bank of England keeps interest rates at 5.25% (20/06)
2. Comfortable retirement requires over £700k in new calculations (07/02)
1. IHT threshold freeze extended by two years to 2030 (30/10)
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The UK housing market in 2024
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Intergenerational lending
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