Rupert Jones

London

Deputy Editor at The Guardian

I'm a personal finance correspondent for the Guardian, and an obsessive gig, cinema and theatre goer

Articles

HSBC and Co-op Bank cut mortgage rates as Halifax and Lloyds ease rules

5 days ago | msn.com | Rupert Jones

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
HSBC and Co-op Bank cut mortgage rates as Halifax and Lloyds ease rules

5 days ago | theguardian.com | Rupert Jones

UK lenders are stepping up a mortgage price war, with HSBC and the Co-operative Bank announcing fresh rate cuts, and Halifax and Lloyds Bank loosening their affordability rules to enable homebuyers to borrow more. The number of low-deposit mortgages that let buyers borrow up to 95% of a property’s value has hit a 17-year high.
HSBC and Co-op Bank cut mortgage rates as Halifax and Lloyds ease rules

5 days ago | msn.com | Rupert Jones

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Eggs or bunnies? The best UK deals on Easter chocolate treats

1 week ago | msn.com | Rupert Jones |Hilary Osborne

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Eggs or bunnies? The best UK deals on Easter chocolate treats

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Rupert Jones |Hilary Osborne

Are you going to be handing over more cash for less Easter egg this year? You’ll need to have your wits about you to bag a bargain – or at least not get ripped off – as the surging cost of cocoa has pushed up the price of popular Easter eggs from many big brands, and some have shrunk, too. But the consumer group Which? says there are still plenty of ways to get a good deal on Easter chocolate.
Barclays cuts rates on some mortgages to below 4% amid US tariffs turmoil

1 week ago | msn.com | Rupert Jones

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
Barclays cuts rates on some mortgages to below 4% amid US tariffs turmoil

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Rupert Jones

Barclays has become the largest UK lender so far to cut its mortgage rates in apparent response to the financial turmoil sparked by the US trade tariffs, with some deals now priced at below 4%. It is the first “big six” lender to enter the sub-4% fixed-rate market after similar announcements by some smaller lenders earlier this week, leaving brokers wondering whether this was a one-off move or the start of a new home loans price war.
Pandemic-fuelled shift to coast and country has gone into reverse

1 week ago | theguardian.com | Rupert Jones

Back in the early months of Covid lockdowns, all the talk in property circles was of would-be housebuyers plotting a move to coastal and rural areas as city dwellers prioritised a bigger garden, access to nature and more room for home working. But, five years on, the reshaping of the housing market sparked by the pandemic has gone into reverse, with homes by the sea seemingly losing some of their lustre and fewer people looking to escape from cities, data shows.
One in four Britons victim of ticket scams for in-demand events, says Nationwide

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Rupert Jones

Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
One in four Britons victim of ticket scams for in-demand events, says Nationwide

2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Rupert Jones

One in four Britons say they have fallen victim to a ticket scam involving an in-demand event and lost £82 each on average, according to research issued ahead of the official Glastonbury festival ticket resale. High demand and low availability, fuelled by “fomo” (fear of missing out), were creating a “perfect storm” for scammers, said Nationwide building society, which commissioned the analysis.