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Almost a quarter of people feel they have been ripped off at some point in their lives by letting agent charges, research has found.

House prices have recorded their biggest monthly rebound in more than two-and-a-half years, Nationwide Building Society says today.

MPs want RBS and Lloyds TSB to drop restrictions on customers with basic bank accounts using cash machines run by their rivals.

Nearly half of the UK's major hotel chains are breaching regulations by not including VAT in headline prices online, according to Which? Travel magazine.

Nick Clegg has called on Britain's wealthiest to make an "extra contribution" to the "national effort" of economic recovery.

Britain's double-dip recession is not as deep as previously feared after revised figures showed a smaller contraction in the second quarter of the year.

House sellers dropped asking prices by the biggest percentage recorded for August as would-be buyers became engrossed in the Olympics.

Rents soared to a new high last month, with "fierce competition" from frustrated would-be home buyers continuing as the market enters its summer peak, a study said today.

The stigma of buying discounted groceries is dwindling, with almost 60% of shoppers now saying they look for cheap deals, according to a survey.

Most mobile phone stores are misleading customers about the possibility of price increases on so-called fixed contracts, according to a watchdog.

Unemployment has fallen to its lowest level for a year after a big jump in the number of people who have found work, new figures show.

Home buyers are still likely to make decent returns on their investment in the longer term despite the weakness of the current market, a study has found.

The number of home repossessions has fallen to its lowest level in a year and-a-half despite the toughening economy, but they could rise again.

Millions of young Britons are more likely to understand a foreign language than pensions jargon, a study suggests.

The Government should give struggling mortgage borrowers more help to avoid repossession by keeping some temporary benefit arrangements in place for at least another year, lenders have urged.

House prices fell in July following two months of increases but are expected to remain largely flat for the rest of the year, a survey says today.