Top 10 most read stories on MoneyAge in 2024

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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