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Spike in debt repayments as costs continue to hit household budgets
- Nationwide’s Spending Report shows rise in essential costs (+1%) and non-essential costs (+2%) in April
- Spend on repaying debt rose 25% while the number of transactions for debt repayment jumped 14%
- Sharp rise in housing costs partially offset by falls in spending on utilities and supermarket shopping
- Spending on catalogues increase 12% as Brits look to spread the cost of purchases
Nationwide Announces New Benefits As It Reports Record Member Value
- Launch of Member Exclusive Bond for all existing members, with competitive rate of 5.5 per cent
- New Fairer Share Payment sees £385m shared among eligible current account members with a savings account or a mortgage
- £200 member exclusive online current account switching incentive
Household bills fall and discretionary spend rises as spring gives Brits fresh hope
- Nationwide’s Spending Report shows essential costs fell 4% in March despite overall spending remaining flat
- But increase offset by 4% rise in non-essential spending, from gardening and eating out to holidays
- Warmer weather, combined with stabilising costs, likely contributed to respective rise and fall in spend
- Despite some optimism, costs still higher across essential areas such as supermarkets, rent and mortgages
Nationwide Launches British Sign Language Service As It Increases Access to Financial Services for Deaf People
- Website translation service comes as Sign Language Week begins in the UK
- Enhances support Nationwide offers Deaf customers in branch and contact centres
- Just 6% of financial services firms1 offer websites in British Sign Language (BSL)
- Deaf charities call for greater awareness of BSL as a recognised UK language
- BSL is the primary language of 87,000 of UK’s Deaf population
Nationwide Urges Government To Boost Homeownership Ahead of Spring Budget
- Asks include a market-wide review, reintroduction of Help to Buy ISA, stamp duty reform and an increase in higher loan to income lending
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29 May 2024
Spike in debt repayments as costs continue to hit household budgets
- Nationwide’s Spending Report shows rise in essential costs (+1%) and non-essential costs (+2%) in April
- Spend on repaying debt rose 25% while the number of transactions for debt repayment jumped 14%
- Sharp rise in housing costs partially offset by falls in spending on utilities and supermarket shopping
- Spending on catalogues increase 12% as Brits look to spread the cost of purchases
29 May 2024
Parents say personal finance is a more important life skill than maths for schoolchildren
- 59% of parents place personal finance above maths and digital skills – second only to literacy
- Despite 96% saying personal finance education is important, 84% say their child hasn’t received any
- Comes as Nationwide reaches 100,000 schoolchildren with its Money Lessons programme
23 May 2024
Nationwide Announces New Benefits As It Reports Record Member Value
- Launch of Member Exclusive Bond for all existing members, with competitive rate of 5.5 per cent
- New Fairer Share Payment sees £385m shared among eligible current account members with a savings account or a mortgage
- £200 member exclusive online current account switching incentive
17 May 2024
Nationwide doubles maximum personal loan to £50k as rising building costs impact home improvement plans
- Doubling of loan size reflects impact of inflation and external pressures on rising costs impacting consumers
- Construction industry figures point to a further 15 per cent rise in costs over next 5 years, from materials to labour
- Nationwide research reveals 44% of people plan to make home improvements over the Bank Holiday weekend
- More than one in three customers taking out a Nationwide personal loan over £20,000 do so for home improvements
17 May 2024
Half of young people left frustrated after finding their local branch has closed
- All age groups concerned by rate of branch closures, new Nationwide research reveals
- Half (50%) of 16-24s frustrated to find branches closed when they needed them
- Further proof branches are needed - seven in ten consumers value branches (70%)
- Nationwide recently extended its Branch Promise until at least the start of 2028
25 Apr 2024
The Mortgage Works Widens Choice For Limited Company Landlords
From today The Mortgage Works (TMW) will be changing its mortgage criteria for incorporated landlords.
It will accept Limited Company purchase applications to use as a buy to let where the company is purchasing a property that is currently owned and lived in by one of its directors.
