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Where has the best value property?

By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 23:10 GMT, 9 January 2018 | Updated: 23:10 GMT, 9 January 2018 Affordable: House prices in Wales have not r... read more

Pay zero interest on your Xmas spending

By Leah Milner For The Daily Mail Published: 22:22 GMT, 9 January 2018 | Updated: 22:23 GMT, 9 January 2018 Balance transfer deals are the cheapest they’ve be... read more

Postcode lottery if you release cash from your home 

Older borrowers releasing cash from their homes face a postcode lottery that could end up costing them as much as £2,600. Two major providers of loans to borro... read more

House prices rose just £2,400 in 2017, says Halifax

House prices rose by just £2,353 on average last year, as a slowdown in London and the South East dragged growth down, the Halifax index showed. And there were... read more

Card surcharges are gone but prices may rise as a result

From this Saturday it will be illegal for any business to add a surcharge to a customer’s credit or debit card payment. In theory, it will save shoppers as mu... read more

Metro and Atom founder Anthony Thomson on setting up banks

What is a bank and can anyone set one up? Founder of Metro and Atom Bank Anthony Thomson answers By Rachel Rickard Straus for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 08:47... read more

M&S Bank gives new credit card customers £45 to spend

M&S Bank is offering new customers £45 to spend in store or online when they open a credit card account and sign up to Reward Plus.  The incentive compr... read more

London sees first annual house price fall in eight years

House prices rose by just 2.6 per cent last year, the smallest rise in any year since 2012, new analysis shows.  The average price of a UK home stood at £211,... read more

Lenders cut mortgage rates back to start the year

Mortgage lenders have opened the year with a flurry of rate cuts, with borrowers now able to secure a two-year fixed rate from as low as 1.28 per cent.  Barcla... read more

Would you raffle off your home? 

Homeowners who try to sell their houses by handing out raffle tickets to potential buyers could face jail if they bungle the draw. Desperate sellers who are str... read more

What will happen to property prices in 2018?

Property prices have remained resilient this year in the face of economic uncertainty and the looming prospect of Brexit. Housing has been a hot topic in 2017, ... read more

The £8.5bn Xmas credit card debt burden

By Leah Milner For The Daily Mail Published: 21:51 GMT, 26 December 2017 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 27 December 2017 Plastic Christmas: One in four families will sta... read more

Slash £2k off your mortgage bills AND beat rate hikes

Homeowners could slash thousands of pounds from their mortgage costs by preparing now for the looming interest rate hikes. Rates could rise 0.5 percentage point... read more

Is Bitcoin a good substitute for gold in 2018?

What’s the outlook for gold in 2018, how can you buy it and is BITCOIN a good substitute? By Rachel Rickard Straus for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 07:46 ... read more

L&C launches online mortgage finder

Getting a mortgage can be a huge hassle but there are a few mortgage brokers out there trying to make the process easier and more convenient by taking it online... read more

Get AirBnB home insurance for £1.50 a day

Airbnb is one of the biggest successes of the sharing economy with more than four million homes currently listed to rent on the site.  But while letting out yo... read more

Top 10 UK property hotspots for 2017 revealed

Sudbury in Suffolk has been branded the top property hotspot of 2017, having seen asking prices jump over 13 per cent to £265,291. It led the way on house pric... read more

We reveal the UK’s Help to Buy hotspots

Helping first-time buyers get a leg up onto the property ladder is considered a priority but high house prices mean it remains a pipe dream for many. However, t... read more

When to opt for a variable or tracker rate mortgage

The number of homeowners opting for a variable rate when they remortgage has plummeted 75 per cent over the past year as the Bank of England was tipped to raise... read more

Now you can get a mortgage through Facebook

Getting a mortgage online is becoming increasingly easy with a number of digital mortgage brokers launching over the past year – but from next month you&#... read more

More than a third of homes have had their price slashed

More than one in three homes have seen their price slashed since they first came to the market – and by a slightly bigger amount than in the summer, new f... read more

House prices flat for first time in five years, Rics says

House prices were flat for the first time in nearly five years during the last three months, according to testate agents. The latest Royal Institution of Charte... read more

Warning over £260 fee to find mortgage errors

By Iona Bain For The Daily Mail Published: 23:18 GMT, 12 December 2017 | Updated: 23:18 GMT, 12 December 2017 Borrowers are being invited to pay £260 to find o... read more

ONS says house prices up £10k in year to October 2017

Property prices are up 4.5 per cent annually according to the latest monthly index from the Office for National Statistics. It means the typical UK home has gro... read more