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BoE data point to slowdown in property market even before mini-Budget and households building cash buffers
Fastest rise in borrowing since 2005 suggests households are ‘battening down the hatches’ ahead of winter
Millions wedded to high spending levels despite the worsening economic climate
Sector also boosted by crackdown on high-interest lenders
‘Significant increase’ from May to June comes as inflation heads towards double digits
Experts bust the myths
Queen’s Speech should have contained measures to tackle worsening living standards
‘By the time I got to the checkout I was presented with a bill for £210. How on earth did that happen?’
Chancellor backs consumer rights campaigner’s call to ensure more borrowers get the advertised rate of interest
Bank of England stats out Monday show the use of credit cards is soaring.
Consumers borrowed £1.5bn net in February — the highest monthly figure since statistics began in 1993
Some consumers raid their savings to cope with big jumps in fuel and food bills
But poor families remain under acute pressure
Some economists warn that inflation increase is driving growth in household borrowing
Ex-banker wins teaching prize with novel lessons on the cost of consumer credit
Buy-to-let landlords are subjecting renters to new levels of financial scrutiny
Britons’ love affair with their ‘flexible friend’ appears to be on the rocks, as buy now, pay later deals emerge
Launch of FLIC draws hundreds of messages of support — and strong opinions about the best way forward
Innovators have made online shopping easier but created new risks
Those at university have struggled in lockdown and their money problems are likely to persist beyond graduation day
Thousands of consumers have been left dissatisfied and the backlog of cases is growing
Human behaviour is much less predictable — or rational — than the finance industry likes to think
Missed mortgage payments now appear on credit references in the UK
Innovative credit is clever and useful but in urgent need of proper regulation
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