By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 11:58, 14 March 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. The cash Isa battle
An investor could have made almost £90,000 more than the average cash Isa saver since 1999 with the same amount of money – if they chose the right place to put their money, new data shows. Someone who invested £1,000 per year in the Investment Association North American sector for the last 25 years could
When Ruth Seloover recently opened her mail to find an unsolicited check for $488,000, she didn’t even flinch – she just threw it straight in the shredder. It was an offer to buy the three-bedroom home she shares with her husband Jack in Erie, Colorado. The couple had bought the property in 1969 for $15,250,
House sales are taking more than three months to complete once an offer has been accepted, according to analysis by property buying website OneDome. The research looked at almost 200,000 property listings over the course of 2024 and found that property transactions took an average of 108 days to complete. However, in some parts of the
The end of the tax year is looming large on the horizon, which means the mad scramble to use our annual Isa allowance before April 5 has begun in earnest. In the current tax year, you can use an Isa to save or invest a maximum of £20,000, with all subsequent gains – interest on
By DEAN DUNHAM Updated: 22:00, 25 February 2025 Can I get in trouble if I pay my builder in cash and he dodges tax? D. H., via email. Dean Dunham replies: While it is, of course, perfectly legal to pay your builder in cash, you are right to highlight the potential concern about the payment of
By SYLVIA MORRIS Updated: 09:24, 19 February 2025 If you are holding Premium Bonds, I think it is time for a rethink. Just as I predicted last week, National Savings and Investments (NS&I) said yesterday that the prize rate fund will drop from the April draw. It is cutting it from 4pc to 3.8pc. I
By CALUM MUIRHEAD Updated: 21:50, 22 February 2025 A property tycoon in the Home Reit scandal exposed by The Mail on Sunday is facing a bitter blame game with the former owner of Blyth Spartans. Irfan Liaquat, who briefly owned the famous Northumberland football club, said he believes Christopher Downing, a former business partner, is
By MIKE SHEEN Updated: 13:02, 21 February 2025 The price of gold is closing in on an unprecedented $3,000 per ounce, as geopolitical upheaval and fears of a full-blow global trade war continue to strengthen demand for the safe haven investment. Gold was on track for an eighth consecutive week of gains on Friday, despite
By ANGHARAD CARRICK Updated: 13:17, 21 February 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. The cash Isa battle