NEW Three in five shoppers are unaware that using their card to pay for purchases in a foreign currency is classed as an overseas transaction which carries extra fees from their credit or debit card provider. The fees can add up to more than£20 a year.

NEW Buyers typically pay an extra £101,880 to live in a property based in a National Park, with the New Forest being the least affordable in Britain and Snowdonia being the most affordable, according to the latest findings by Lloyds Bank.

Entrepreneur Lucy Burnford bought a car that ended up costing her a small fortune in repairs. It led her to co-create Automyze, a 'personal assistant' for your car,' which collates all of its history in one place. Her service now has 500,000 cars registered on the site, which is being rolled out to the AA's four million members.

Motorists will see car insurance costs accelerate by £30 next year as providers look to boost profits, a report warns. Hikes are expected to be the biggest since 2011. Premiums are predicted to jump 8% in 2016, according to figures crunched by experts at accountancy giant Ernst and Young.

Fears that millions of savers are being crippled by high charges for investing have prompted an investigation into the industry by the City watchdog. What will it mean for you? Anyone who invests money through fund managers is affected. However don't think you're not affected just because you're not someone with loads of cash in investments.

A decline in overseas buyers is being blamed on several factors, including higher stamp duty fees for those with luxury homes. The shortfall has seen domestic buyers return to the London property market. The percentage of property purchases by domestic buyers was 79 per cent during the third quarter, up from 75 per cent a year ago, says agent Marsh & Parsons.

Famed for getting stuck in where others fear to tread, Glencore is said to have signed a contract to buy as much as half of Libya's oil exports. Deal-making in trouble spots such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Colombia is at the heart of the modus operandi that made billionaires out of chief executive Ivan Glasenberg and his coterie. And this agreement has all the hallmarks of a Glencore coup of old, going into an area that frightens the life out of other companies and grabbing a piece of the action from a fragile government that need investors to help kick-start the economy.

Barclaycard will offer its customers free, regular access to their Experian credit score from Friday, This is Money can reveal. The credit card giant, which has 10.5million customers, will offer the service online and then roll it out to its mobile app from January.

Former business consultant and accountant Rachel Ray set up Bright and Beautiful after craving a housekeeping service when she worked full-time. Rather than just cleaning, her employees can iron and even organise kids' parties. Strong demand means she's expanded throughout the UK.

The UK's leading power firms are expected to introduce tariffs that charge more at peak times when they roll out new electronic meters which monitor how much energy you use by the second. It means electricity and gas costs could penalise everyone cooking family meals, watching popular TV shows and heating their homes on chilly winter evenings.

While the amount being borrowed for home loans is rising each month, the majority of buyers are ignoring a glut of ten-year fixed deals. With interest rates widely expected to go up next year, some providers are already pulling their best rates. Nationwide announced yesterday that the rates on its best ten-year mortgages were going up by 0.1 per cent.

On August 28, my grandson bought car insurance via Adrian Flux of King's Lynn. His car was off the road awaiting repairs. I paid and £623.25 was taken from my bank account. His car could not be repaired, so I rang Adrian Flux at 9am on September 7 to cancel. I have witnesses as workmen were replacing radiators in my house.

Last week, Metro Bank launched a new range of bonds - available in branches and online - paying 1.88 per cent after tax (2.37 per cent before) for those willing to tie up their money for 18 months. But that rate falls to 1.63 per cent (2.03 per cent) for savers taking out the bond from today. Or 1.54 per cent(1.93 per cent) for one year.

We bank with HSBC. We sent £2,297 to an account where we mistakenly typed 87 in the sort code when it was supposed to be 89. What can we do to retrieve the cash?

Holly Black, of Money Mail, replies: TalkTalk's share price took a hit long before its most recent security breach. Over the past five years, the price had risen from 134p a share to 403p before falling again in the summer. A panicked initial reaction by the market to the cyber-attack last week means that today the share price is around 242p. Whether that will bounce back is not yet clear.

The terrace house, in Burnley, Lancashire, has a price tag of only £9,000, meaning the entire cost of the three bedroom property is less than most buyers pay as a deposit. The property has recently been redecorated and boasts a lounge with gas fire and surround, a dining room and a fitted kitchen.

The average cost of a home in the UK reached a record high of £286,000 in September, official data reveals. Across the country, house prices increased by 6.1 per cent in the year to September, the Office for National Statistics said. Prices paid by first-time buyers in the last 12 months were 4.3 per cent higher than a year earlier, the figures suggest.

Derisory interest rates for savers could be cut further over the next 12 months, Scottish Friendly warned today. It came as state-backed National Savings and Investments has dropped the rate paid on its Direct Isa from 1.5% to 1.25%, the lowest rate since NS&I; launched the product in 2008.

To clear the average national household debt of £13,000 at 6% interest with a monthly repayment of £100 will take around 17 years. There are, however, plenty of simple ways to make significant savings on your regular spending that could clear your debt - or boost your savings - in less than a year. This is Money's top 50 - updated - money-saving tips may appear light-hearted but are deadly serious.

Choosing the right DIY platform is crucial but a wealth of choice and changes to charges have left many investors scratching their heads. We pick some of the best. We also highlight why investing in an Isa makes sense, as it should protect your hopefully growing investments from tax forever.

Interest rates will not move until mid-2016 and may not even rise for the whole of next year, economists have suggested following the latest Bank of England inflation report. A big shift back in the markets outlook for rates had preceded the second Super Thursday combination of an MPC verdict, minutes and Inflation Report.

For many buy-to-let looks an attractive income investment in a time of low rates and stock market volatility. Climbing house prices, rising rents and improving mortgage deals are tempting investors - although they will need a big deposit. Read This is Money's top ten buy-to-let tips

The influence of financial services on the economy is spelled out again as City brokers steal top spot in this year's official list of highest earners. According to the detailed 2014 annual salaries survey, brokers pocketed around 40 times more this year than those at the bottom of the list - the people responsible for keeping children safe on the way to school. Lollipop crossing patrols earned around £3,400.