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  • For example I have a setup thus:

    Each payday I put a grand into a Nationwide account (Flexsomething) that gets 5% interest on 2,500
    The next day I take the grand out and put it into a Santander 1-2-3 account, which gets 3% interest on a maximum of 20,000. This is also my current account.

    Does the Nationwide money not have to sit in the account? Or do you mean you have already maxed out £2.5k and just flow the money thought to meet the terms of the account?

  • You have to pay in a grand per month, so you can take it out again the next day, along with the interest earned from the previous month.

    There are a lot of accounts like this, but the problem is if you've already got a lot saved, there aren’t enough accounts available. This is why having three Santander 123s is so useful, even with the new crappy interest rate.

    I guess savings accounts are only useful if you need instant access e.g. house deposit. I am thinking of putting some money in a 1-year fixed bond since I think rates are more likely to fall than rise in my expected house-buying timescale. Not sure though.

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