139,500 – The number of first-time buyers in the first 6 months of 2015, according to Halifax.
€50bn – The amount Greece needs over the next 3 years to stabilise its finances under existing bailout plans, says the International Monetary Fund.
£3.2m – The amount that the FCA has been forced to write off after failing to use software licenses that it had bought.
1st July – Direct Line has named 1st July “Clumsy Day” as the insurer says there is a 60 percent increase in accidental damage claims on this day, compared to the yearly average.
42% – The proportion of comprehensive policies that exclude mis-fuelling at the pumps, says gocompare.com
£1.34bn – National house-builder Persimmon’s revenue in the first half of 2015 – a 12 percent year-on-year increase.
37%- Over a third of cold-call scams reported to national charity Citizens Advice Bureau between April 2014 and March 2015 were for professional and financial services.
£116 – The average home insurance premium between March and May, compared with £159 during the same period of 2014, according to moneysupermarket.com.
