Archive for November, 2007
Online Auction Sites Will Improve Consumer Rights Information
Following talks held with the OFT, a number of internet auction sites have agreed to include and/or update information for consumers about their rights when buying through their sites. A study had found that some businesses trading through online auctions were failing to identify themselves as businesses despite 60 per cent of online auction shoppers [...]
Bank Rate To Remain At 5.75% – Again.
The Bank of England has announced, as was broadly expected, the official bank interest rate is to remain at 5.75% this month as it has for the last few months.
This comes at a time when the Halifax has announced a small drop in house prices in October of around a 0.5%. Meanwhile Nationwide found house [...]
Who Owns Your House?
It has been announced that the Land Registry is to stop displaying the deeds of properties online. This follows concerns being very publicly broadcast on the BBC Radio 4, You And Yours program last week and an investigation by the Land Registry themselves.
There had been cases of people, particularly tenants, visiting the Land Registry website [...]
