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Rapid Mortgage Pay Off Concludes As The New Chapter Begins

Over the last 10 months, we have demonstrated that for the vast majority of people borrowing has become a way of life to the point that personal debt levels are at the highest they have ever been. The “safety net” of ever increasing equity in the value of homes added to the greed of over [...]

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Week 32: “I Like Driving In My Car”

The pop group Madness got it absolutely right when they sang “I like driving in my car … it’s not quite a Jaguar” all those years ago and it is still a classic tune today. The car industry is in all sorts of trouble as the recession hits harder and harder not just in the [...]

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Week 26 : Cut Up ALL but one credit card

If you really want to be DEBT FREE in as little time as possible, the very first thing you need to do is STOP ADDING TO THE DEBT. Cut up all but one Credit Card and use it for emergencies only (*NB a new pair of shoes NEVER qualifies as an emergency!) It was Tony [...]

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Week 23: Borrow Your Way Out Of Debt ? Go Back to Square One

With repossession numbers climbing, house prices sliding and personal borrowings at record levels you can understand how consolidating your debts can SEEM to be the solution to your problems, however, when you begin to grasp the concept that it is actually making the situation WORSE not BETTER you will have at least begun the reverse [...]

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Week 18: Storecards Store Up Trouble for the Future

Here we are at the time of year when the sky is blue, (even in the UK), it’s July and it’s hot .. hot.. hot! So out comes the sunshine, and out comes the “summer clothes” you have been wearing for the last 5 years and realise that “Ra Ra” skirts are no longer in [...]

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