Your essential guides to money saving, spending and investing
MORTGAGE GUIDES
BUY-TO-LET GUIDES
Ten tips for buy-to-let: the essential advice for property investors
For many buy-to-let looks an attractive income investment in a time of low rates and stock market volatility. Read our top ten buy-to-let tips
PENSION GUIDES
What is a pension and why do you need one?
- How pensions work: Your essential guide to saving for a richer retirement
- How much money do I need to save for my pension? A quick guide to retirement saving...
- Why bother saving into a pension? Here's the advice I gave to my own sister, says SIMON LAMBERT
- Final salary pensions
- Defined contribution pensions
- Workplace pensions
- Personal pensions
- The state pension
- When and how to start saving for a pension
- What tax will you pay on your pension?
- What happens to your pension when you retire?
- Annuities
- Drawdown
- The Pension Protection Fund
DIY INVESTING GUIDES
Why you should stop letting cash burn a hole in your pocket and start investing
- What type of investor are you?
- DIY investing vs relying on the experts
- How to be a DIY investor
- How to invest in funds
- How to invest in investment trusts
- How to invest in shares
- How to invest in bonds
- How to build an investing portfolio
- How to pick the best & cheapest DIY investing Isa
- Investing strategies
- How to monitor your investment portfolio
- How to find a financial adviser
BEST BUYS TABLES
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Credit cards
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Cheapest loans
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Savings accounts
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Earn interest and rewards on your money -
Best mortgages
Expert advice on the right deal for you -
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Featuring low-cost dividend reinvestment
TOP MONEY TIPS
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The best balance transfer credit cards to help clear your debts
Now you can borrow interest-free for 27 months.
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Save on your supermarket shop: The best rewards cards for cashback and points.
Make sure you are getting the most from your weekly food spend.
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This is Money's five favourite best buy cash Isas for 2013
This is essential Isa reading and is kept up-to-date throughout the year
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This is Money's five of the best current accounts
Here's our pick of the best accounts to make your money work harder.
Most read guides
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How to build a buy-to-let empire
Thousands are doing it to prop up their pension, so should YOU be joining them?
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First-time buyers fees checklist
The costs you need to think about before buying
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How to save and why
Get into the habit of putting aside something every week
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How to apply for a credit card and get accepted
(And keep your credit rating intact)
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When and how you should start saving for a pension
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today
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Energy bills
Could you cut your bills by switching where are the best deals?
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How to complain about your finances, wrong bills, utilities or holidays - and get what you want
Fighting back
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Cheapest car insurance
How to choose the best policy and drive down your costs
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On the hunt for a home?
The first-time buyer's guide to getting a mortgage and climbing onto the property ladder
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How to get a mortgage if you are are a small business owner or self-employed
Blocked by the banks?
TOP CALCULATORS
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This is Money's calculators and tools
All our calculators in one place. See how they could help you
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Historic inflation: how the value of money has changed
The effects of inflation since 1900 and what past prices mean today
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True cost mortgage tool - rates AND fees
Compare the cost of rival fixed and tracker rate mortgages
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Mortgage affordability: How much you can borrow
Find out how much you can afford to borrow and the difference between repayment and interest-only
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Monthly or lump sum savings calculator
How much a regular monthly savings scheme could make or a lump sum could be worth.
