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Personal finance news including expert tips on how to make money and save money.

Repossessions: 10 tips for worried home owners

Repossessions are set to double this year with more than 200,000 home owners already three month in arrears.

Home repossessions rise 54pc to 40,000

Buy-to-let repossessions double

Brown claims new measures will stem repossessions

Buy-to-let repossessions: advice and reaction

Pensioner inflation: How the elderly can spend less and boost their income

Real Cost of Living Index table Feb 21 2009 (detail)

Inflation – 0.1pc for the population as a whole – is as high as 9pc for pensioners. Here's how they can combat rising prices.

Inflation 'will cost pensioners £245 next year'

Workers see value of pensions fall by 25pc

Who are the losers when deflation looms?

Gold demand surges by a third to $100bn

Want ex-banker's £10m pension? Here's how

How to cut the cost of your mobile phone

NS&I cuts rates for savers by up to 0.75 percentage points

Workers' savings hit as Government cuts SAYE bonuses

consumer tips

Discount codes to save you money on fashions

Go online for fashion bargains – and get money off with our discount voucher codes.

Rate Alert: 10pc on your savings – with strings attached

In order to offer top savings rates some providers insist that you invest money in another investment product at the same time.

Make £500 this week

Companies are falling over themselves to lure customers. We reveal how to turn this to your advantage.

How to claim forgotten prizes

Unclaimed prizes and ancient bank accounts still hold millions. But it's simple to track down and claim back your money.

Cover up for the piste

Three hundred thousand people injure themselves skiing every year.

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Investing

Domino's Pizza box: Domino's Pizza has made bumper profits as families stay in rather than eat out

Shares to beat a recession

Which companies can deliver even in the deepest of recessions?

consumer tips

Confessions of a saveaholic

How our reporter saved more than £1,000 by shopping around.

Investing

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Find the right fund

Our new Fund Centre has a wealth of information and research tools.

Video interview

What next for Europe?

Video: BlackRock's Nigel Bolton looks at European shares.

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savings

Comment: The only rate of inflation that really matters is your own

Cash is only worth what it will buy; the number of noughts on a note may have nothing to do with its real value or purchasing power.

Rate Alert: Notice accounts can pay you more

Rate Alert: Beat 3pc if you go online

Pay freezes for workers as inflation hits low

One in five now using current accounts as best deal for savings

Borrowing

Repossessions set to soar during 2009

Property repossessions in the UK are likely to reach more than 200 a day during 2009, mortgage lenders have warned.

Brown claims new measures will stem repossessions

Buy-to-let repossessions double

Home repossessions rise 54pc to 40,000

Public borrowing: questions and answers

Investing

Buy-to-let repossessions: advice and reaction

Up to 40pc of buy-to-let borrowers face negative equity

The number of landlords that are in difficulty with their buy-to-let mortgages has increased sharply. We asked some experts what advice they would give buy-to-let property landlords facing arrears:

Buy-to-let repossessions double

Ten stocks to profit from the recession

Think twice about wasting your ISA despite the FTSE's dire performance

Don't be a fund fashion victim

'Cash' funds: Investigation launched

Gold soars on fears of a debasement of currencies

Insurance

50 ways to save cash: Insurance

In hard times, it's more important than ever to ensure that you pay no more than necessary for the essentials of life. In our list of 50 ways to get the most from your money, here are eight tips on insurance.

Pet owners 'can't afford vet bills'

Equitable group challenges Chadwick's appointment

How to make a flood claim

Pensioner wins life insurance battle after three-day protest

Jessica investigates

Jessica gets to the bottom of eBay sax scam

This week's letters to our financial troubleshooter include one from an eBay seller conned out of £2,000 by a sophisticated scam.

Jessica, the readers' Good Samaritan

Jessica recovers £400,000 left in limbo

pensions

Inflation will cost pensioners' hundreds of pounds next year, Tories say

The poorest pensioners could be left £245 worse off next year because state pensions and benefits fail to reflect increases in their cost of living, the Conservatives have said.