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PROPERTY developer room2 is seeking £250 million of new investment for a major UK expansion of its new affordable hometels that blend a hotel’s stylish comfort and services with the flexibility and safety of home. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

Bitcoin is now officially suffering one of its worst weeks in almost a year as the price of the cryptocurrency tumbled below $ 8,000 last night. The amount of trading value lost between Monday morning and Friday afternoon stands at a staggering $ 40 billion lopped off the entire crypto market cap. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

MARCUS BY GOLDMAN SACHS launched onto the UK savings scene last year offering a savings account paying 1.5 per cent, which included a 12-month bonus rate. On the one-year anniversary, how can a saver renew getting the bonus rate? Daily Express :: Finance Feed

FREE bus travel may allow a person to carry out errands and social plans during their later years. In England, a person can get a bus pass for free travel when they reach the state pension age for women – but the rules differ in certain areas of the UK. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

UNIVERSAL CREDIT advance loan applicants will now have an appointment with Jobcentre staff first, ahead of receiving the advanced payments, the Department for Work and Pensions has announced, in a Government crackdown on benefit scammers. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

HMRC has issued a tax refund scam warning. How can taxpayers differentiate between legitimate correspondence and that sent by a scammer? Daily Express :: Finance Feed

STATE PENSION age is the age at which a person is able to start claiming their state pension. The state pension age is currently rising; how can one check their state pension age? Daily Express :: Finance Feed

HMRC statistics released today revealed that more than 37,300 pension scheme members exceeded their annual allowance in 2017-2018. The total value of pension contributions exceeding the allowance has risen since the previous year. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

The pound euro exchange rate steadied today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.121 after October’s German GfK consumer confidence index unexpectedly rose from 9.7 to 9.9, buoying optimism in an otherwise struggling economy. Daily Express :: Finance Feed

MORTGAGES can be the key to becoming the owner of a home. However, homeowners who lapse onto their lender’s Standard Variate Rate mortgage are said to be facing the “ultimate loyalty penalty” – with the additional costs wracking up into the thousands each year. Daily Express :: Finance Feed