February 3, 2025
Financial Assets

Money pit motors: Expect to lose thousands on these new EVs and luxury cars that depreciate fastest

The 10 new cars on sale today predicted to lose most value over time has been revealed – and the list is dominated by electric vehicles. The worst offender – a popular battery model built in Britain – loses almost three quarters of its new price after just three years of ownership, new data from

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Operating Assets

Revealed: Britain’s 2025 house price hotspot map – and what Labour could do to the value of YOUR home

This was supposed to be the year that the property market finally got its mojo back. Things were looking up for 2025. A series of interest rate cuts were on the cards, set to bring relief to millions of mortgage holders. And the rising cost of living – which relentlessly pushed up prices on everything

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Operating Assets

Revealed: Britain’s 2025 property price hotspot map – and what Labour will do to the value of YOUR hom

This was supposed to be the year that the property market finally got its mojo back. Things were looking up for 2025. A series of interest rate cuts were on the cards, set to bring relief to millions of mortgage holders. And the rising cost of living – which relentlessly pushed up prices on everything

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Tangible Assets

New best buy easy-access cash Isa launched by Trading 212

By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 12:14, 14 January 2025 Products featured in this article are independently selected by This is Money’s specialist journalists. If you open an account using links which have an asterisk, This is Money will earn an affiliate commission. We do not allow this to affect our editorial independence. DIY investment platform Trading

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Tangible Assets

Cash Isa battle sees Trading 212 hike best rate TWICE in one week – how to bag 5.1%

By ANGHARAD CARRICK and SIMON LAMBERT Updated: 17:11, 20 January 2025 Products featured in this article are independently selected by This is Money’s specialist journalists. If you open an account using links which have an asterisk, This is Money will earn an affiliate commission. We do not allow this to affect our editorial independence. DIY

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Financial Assets

Banks could offer more large mortgages as Labour urges regulators to relax rules

Proposals could see more loans given at 4.5 times borrower’s income or more By ED MAGNUS Updated: 13:01, 17 January 2025 Banks could relax mortgage lending rules to allow homeowners to borrow more money relative to their income, according to reports.  Financial regulators are considering giving lenders greater freedoms to allow ‘responsible risk taking’ from

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Financial Assets

I’ve waited SEVEN months for DWP to pay my carer’s allowance: SALLY SORTS IT

I care for my husband who has multiple sclerosis and early onset dementia. He is only 59 years old and is deteriorating. I work part-time in a shop, mainly for respite but the money comes in useful, too.  From January 1, I had my hours cut from 15 to ten a week which meant I

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Gold Investing

Gold hits new record high above $2,500: What is driving the price and how do you invest?

Physical gold: Demand can be seasonal, such as for the festival of Diwali in India, and the Lunar New Year in China The gold price hit a record high of $2,531.60 an ounce on Tuesday on anticipation of a run of US interest rate cuts before the end of this year. The prospect has excited ‘goldbugs’,

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Gold Investing

What happens to children when cohabiting couples split up? Ex-judge STEPHEN GOLD explains

Stephen Gold:  The biological mother automatically has parental responsibility for the child, while the father can acquire it Stephen Gold is a retired judge and author who has written popular series for This is Money on topics including how to be a successful executor, consumer rights and divorce In part one of a new guide on

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Gold Investing

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Artemis Resources strikes gold in Australia

A gold bar heavier than a double Big Mac sent shares in Artemis Resources Ltd a walloping 66 per cent higher this week. In imperial measurement terms, Artemis was able to gather enough gold from a bumper discovery at its Titan prospect in Pilbara, Western Australia, to produce a 10.4-ounce bar of gold. ‘We remain

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