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MoneySavingExpert.com is urging consumers to protect themselves from bank fees, following news that customers who replenish their accounts on the same day a direct debit or other payment is due should be spared some charges.

Bank customers who replenish their accounts on the same day a direct debit or other payment is due should be spared some charges, after an agreement was reached between the regulator and major banks.

An extra 4,000 people are poised to buy new homes following the launch of the Government's Help to Buy mortgage scheme two months ago, house builders say.

House prices have recorded their largest year-on-year increase in 18 months, Nationwide has reported today.

House prices are continuing to rise, with prices increasing by 1.1% last month, Halifax has said today.

Just over one million Cheshire, Derbyshire and Dunfermline customers are to be moved to Nationwide, after the building society announced plans to scrap the three brands.

House prices recorded their largest annual increase in more than a year in April, according to Nationwide.

A retired headteacher makes hundreds of pounds each year by switching his savings between four accounts and using cashback credit cards.

Nationwide says a glitch that meant customers were unable to log into their accounts or carry out transactions today has been fixed.

New Nationwide banking customers who've been abroad in the past month should check their statements now to make sure they haven't been charged a non-sterling fee for purchases made in the UK.