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Archive for July, 2007

all about mortgages: advice

When is it a good idea to go to a mortgage advisor for help in choosing a mortgage?
Although I’m a big believer in DIY finance, probably� lots of� people should go to a mortgage advisor. Not just any sort of mortgage advisor though, what you need is a mortgage advisor that looks at the whole [...]

OT rant on getting things delivered

Apologies for this, I’m going to rant about delivery companies and internet service providers.
I’m setting up broadband in my new house, and am supposed to be receiving a free wireless router and two microfilters from my new ISP. I’ve got one microfilter, but not the other filter or the router. After a couple of emails [...]

personal finance education for England

So the government has announced plans to put personal finance into the national curriculum, covering such things as debt, pensions, bank accounts and savings. I’m strangely ambivalent as to whether or not this is a good idea. I think that there are several reasons for my antipathy. Firstly I’m pretty certain (and it turns out [...]

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