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In October 2020, I bought a secondhand Peugeot 508 from the lease company that had leased it out as a company car. It was just over four years old with a high mileage of 93,000 miles but with a full Peugeot service history. In early May, my wife was driving the car (with the mileage …

The rise of digital currencies could lead to a flood of withdrawals from high-street banks, risking financial stability and the wider economy, the Bank of England has warned. Threadneedle Street said that stablecoins – a new form of digital asset usually pegged to the value of a traditional currency – would need to be regulated …

After more than a year of lockdown, furloughs and working from home, the idea of buying a coffee and a sandwich on the way to work, plus occasional top-ups during the day, seems like a thing of the past. Or does it? As lockdown eases, some of us are already popping into Pret, Starbucks, Greggs …

House prices are likely to continue rising for some time despite hitting a new record high in May, one of Britain’s biggest mortgage lenders has said. The monthly snapshot of the property market from Halifax showed a 1.3% jump in the cost of a home in May, taking the average selling price to a record …

Q I bought my flat with a mortgage about six years ago, scraping my way in as a first-time buyer just before any of the government’s help-to-buy schemes were available. I chose fairly low repayments and a long mortgage term, reflective of my financial circumstances at the time. Last year, I secured an amazing job …