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 Selling your home - should you accept the first offer? Recent News | Payplan | Tuesday, June 07, 2011 THE excitement and relief of getting that first offer on your house is immense. But after the initial jubilation there often comes an element of doubt. It's the first offer - should you accept it?While many sellers may be tempted to wait for a better offer, particularly if they have only rec... Fears that debt problems will spiral as advisors' funding cut Recent News | Payplan | Friday, February 04, 2011 Funding for 500 specialist advisors who give free advice to people in debt is to be stopped next month http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12330429The announcement comes on top of local authority budget cuts and escalating redundancies and at a time of year when the country is still getting back on... Spending Review backlash could ruin Christmas for many Recent News | Payplan | Thursday, November 04, 2010 Don't let the backlash of the Government's Spending Review ruin your Christmas - do something about it now.That is the urgent message from national free debt solutions provider Payplan which forecasts a rise in people running into debt problems in the lead up to Christmas.The Government's Sp... Bleak winter ahead as debt issues mount for pensioners, warns Payplan Press Release | Payplan | Monday, October 25, 2010 October 25 2010 - Badly performing final salary pension funds, this week's Government decision to cut tax relief on pension savings, and the prospect of frozen public sector pensions for the foreseeable future all add up to a bleak winter for the UK's older population, warns Payplan.The national... Rising credit card spend could escalate debt problems, warns Payplan Press Release | Payplan | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 October 11 2010 - The amount spent on credit cards increased in August, fuelling concern that consumers may be overspending and leaving themselves open to credit card debt.According to the Barclaycard Spending Index, 9.2 per cent more money was spent on credit cards in August compared with the s... Bankruptcy debts hit the headlines on UK coasts Press Release | Payplan | Wednesday, October 06, 2010 October 5th 2010 - THE UK's coastal towns and cities have the highest proportion of personal bankruptcies for the second year in a row.A table of the top 50 bankruptcy hotspots in the UK has been released by accounting firm Wilkins Kennedy this week and places Hull, Blackpool, Plymouth and Eastb... Fears that bad mortgage debt could rise this autumn Press Release | Payplan | Tuesday, September 07, 2010 September 7 2010 - The number of house repossessions continues to fall, according to latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) - but this could just be a smokescreen, warns national debt advisor Payplan.CML's forecast for 2010 repossessions has been revised from 53,000 to 39,000... Divorce rate slumps but divorce costs continue to rise Press Release | Payplan | Monday, August 16, 2010 August 16 2010 - Divorce is at its lowest level since 1979 but the number of costly divorce-related settlements in court has increased during the economic downturn, according to legal publisher Sweet and Maxwell.While only 136,026 divorces were granted in 2008, the lowest for 30 years, the leadi... Demand for help with debt problems likely to rise - thanks to the recession Press Release | Payplan | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 August 10 2010 - The recession has had a significant impact on how people manage their finances, according to a national debt report published recently.For some people it has been the wake-up call they needed, but for others it has simply made matters worse, according to Payplan, one of the UK's...
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