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post Category: funny, internet, search engines — dave so @ 10:46 pm — post Comments (1)

!!Gung Hei Fat Choi!!
Wishing everybody health, wealth and prosperity in the year of the OX

Another year another celebration. I love chinese new year; getting together with family, stuffing my face with delicious foods and getting red packets from all my older relatives.
From this year forth as I am now married me and Sally have [...]

post Category: mortgages, other investments, property investment — dave so @ 5:58 pm — post Comments (3)

The struggling bank may see as much as 10 billion pounds of cash from the government to ramp up mortgage lending. The Treasury has yet to make a final decision, which may also see the bank hiring new staff. Spokesmen for the Treasury and Northern Rock, which is due to unveil a new business plan [...]

post Category: other investments — dave so @ 1:16 pm — post Comments (2)

Official government figures have today confirmed the UK is now in recession for the first time since 1991.
The generally-used technical definition of a recession is two quarters running of negative economic growth. Gross domestic product fell by 1.5% in the last three months of 2008 after a 0.6% drop in the previous quarter. It [...]

post Category: mortgages, property investment — dave so @ 11:41 pm — post Comments (8)

The Government now has a £200m package of measures designed to prevent some of the most vulnerable families losing their homes due to repossession. The government scheme subject to a range of eligibility criteria is aimed at households who are eligible for homelessness assistance. In the scheme housing association will be able to buy part [...]