AJB, PBEE, XPS: Stocks to watch as cost-of-living payments nears

UK’s poorest households will begin receiving the first of two cost-of-living payments totalling £650 from Thursday.

LLOY, OSB, HSBA: Mortgage stocks to consider amid rising interest ra...

To counter the impact of rising inflation, BoE’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has been consistently increasing the interest rates.

BARC, NWG, OSB: Mortgage-related stocks that investors can look at r...

Highlights:,Amid the high cost of living, one in three Brits building a deposit to buy a house has either reduced or completely stopped saving for it....

BoE hints at bigger rate hikes: Which stocks should you look at now?

Highlights:,The Bank of England may announce bigger interest rate hikes if required to control high prices.,Inflation may exceed 11% in the autumn thi...

AV., DLG, PRU: Are these insurance stocks good bets right now?

Highlights:,Four in ten travel insurance policies do not offer cover for flight cancellations due to strikes.,The research by Which? comes when airpor...

LLOY, OSB, NWG: Stocks to watch amid possible hike in mortgage amoun...

Highlights,Property site Zoopla revealed that rising interest rate will add to the cost of mortgage repayments by £2,500 a year.,The average time take...

LLOY: Is it a good time to enter the stock?

Highlights:,Halifax Bank, a part of Lloyds Banking Group, has halved the deposit rates for new build homes.,This comes as housing rates in the UK have...

AV., AJB, XPS: Should you go for these pension services stocks?

Highlights:,About 20 million employees participated in a workplace pension in 2021, according to the latest numbers.,The real test remains to be seen...

Barclays (LON: BARC) to acquire Kensington Mortgage: Should you buy...

Highlights:,Barclays has announced that it will buy Kensington Mortgage Company Ltd. for about £2.3 billion.,With the acquisition, Barclays is aiming...

HSBA, NWG, LLOY: Stocks to eye as Sunak asks banks to fund the oil &...

The windfall tax was implemented on the oil and gas companies last month, aiming to raise £5bn, and channelising these funds towards offsetting the so...

LLOY, NWG, HSBA: Mortgage stocks to eye amid rising house prices

Highlights:,House prices in the UK rose by 12.4% in April, according to the latest figures from the ONS.,Combined with rising mortgage rates, this has...

STAN, BIRG, HSBA: Stocks to watch as experts call for more rate hike...

Highlights,Amid rising concerns over the UK economy marching towards recession and worse days ahead, the Bank of England (BoE) needs to raise interest...

HSBA, NWG: Banking stocks in focus after BoE's interest rate hike

Highlights The Bank of England hiked the interest rates on Thursday by 0.25 percentage points, taking it to a 13-year high of 1.25%. Several lende...

Which UK banks are closing branches this year?

Several banks and building societies in the UK have shut down a number of branches and ATMs across the country. The lenders claim that people are now...

HSBA, NWG, LLOY: Should you invest in these FTSE-listed banks now?

Under the new proposals of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), banks and building societies will have to increase their efforts to look at how the...

NWG, OSB, MAB1: Should you consider these mortgage-related stocks?

Despite the high cost of living and skyrocketing prices of houses, new mortgage commitments in the country saw an uptick during the first quarter of 2...

Lloyds (LON: LLOY) to pay £1,000 bonus to staff: Right time to buy s...

The cost-of-living crisis is hitting UK households hard. Especially as offices reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic, employees who have been working fro...

Can HSBC (LON: HSBA) benefit from Asian spin-off?

Highlights HSBC's biggest investor Ping An is pushing for an Asian spin-off of the lender to boost its profits. A new analysis has suggested that...

BNC, VMUK, NBS: Should you eye these financial stocks now?

Highlights: The UK's largest lenders are no longer 'too big to fail', the Bank of England has said after an assessment to review their preparedness...

NWG, STAN: Two banking stocks you can check out right now

Highlights Not all European lenders will see equal effects of the interest rate hikes by the central banks, a new survey has claimed. Italy and UK...