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If you're fortunate enough to own a rare Ferrari, a limited edition Lamborghini or an Aston Martin used in a Bond film you're guaranteed to be quids in. But what about the unlikely treasure troves? The Wheeler Dealer hosts - Ant Anstead (left) and Mike Brewer (right) - tell us what to look out for ahead of their new series premiering on New Year's Day. Cars clockwise from top right: Ford Sierra RS Cosworth, Series 1 Land Rover, Peugeot 205 GTI, Audi Quattro.

Nearly a fifth of workers in their 50s and 60s are going through a 'mid-life savings crisis' in the run up to their retirement. Eighteen per cent of workers in this age group are unable to save anything for their retirement, as the cost of living continues to rise and wage growth stumbles. While some can't save anything at all for their older years, 64 per cent of people in their 50s are not seeing their pension savings rise during these crucial years.

A lot has been written about passive investing, its simplicity and its merits but just how simple can you make it? The problem is that while it likes to promote its simplicity, passive investing can be confusing and acronym heavy. It's no wonder people prefer active funds that describe better what they do.

My mum sadly passed away last December and my dad now needs to go into a residential care home. My dad has no savings but owns his own house. Will we have to sell the house to pay for his care or does my sister have any rights as she will be homeless if we would have to sell?

Would it actually make any difference to my retirement if I upped my pension contributions now? William Burrows of Better Retirement Group, pictured, explains how much you can expect to have in your pension pot at retirement based on different ages and contributions.

House prices were flat for the first time in nearly five years during the last three months, according to the latest influential monthly Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors survey. Falling values in London dragged down the national average the survey suggests with a net balance of 54% of surveyors seeing prices fall rather than rise, as tax changes and concerns about Brexit dented demand within the capital in particular.

From warn clothing, spare boots, a road atlas and snacks - these are the things you need to keep in the boot or the back seat of your vehicle to make sure you're ready for a snowed-in situation. How many of the must-haves do you keep in your car now that temperatures have plummeted?

The Fiat Punto, a new car you can buy from a UK showroom today, has been awarded the lowest crash test rating of all time, according to new assessments. Not a single model has received a zero-star rating since Euro NCAP started crash testing cars in 1997 - and the Punto has fallen foul of safety measures improving over the many years it has been on sale.

I was paying mobile phone network provider O2 £19 a month for a contract, which included unlimited minutes. I was told I could reduce the cost to £17 a month for 1,000 minutes, which, it estimated, would be adequate for our use. But we ended up with huge bills. O2 offered me another agreement with unlimited minutes for £20 per month.

On reaching 65 in May 2015, I had a meeting with my financial adviser with a view to investing my private pension which amounted to just under £200,000. During our meeting I was advised the annual management charge would be 1.54% which sounded reasonable but after adding it up, it amounted to nearly £3,000 a year. Could you please advise if the management charges sound fair and if not are you able to suggest any alternatives.

Challenger banks are more than giving their more established high street rivals a run for their money when it comes to offering table-topping savings rates. New saving account providers are currently offering the highest or among the highest rates available across a wide variety of product categories.

In the biggest tie-up in Tinseltown for almost a century, Disney will take control of all of Fox's film franchises from Avatar to the X-Men, as well as TV networks. Disney will also be given Fox's stake in Sky, which has 23m European viewers - and includes the Sky News channel.

After profit warnings, clashes with regulators and criticisms over awful broadband, the telecoms giant was last night on course for a fresh bust-up over pensions. The latest row leaves Gavin Patterson, BT's beleaguered chief executive, fighting battles both inside and outside his company.

Friday 22 and Saturday 23 December could be the busiest supermarket shopping days in history, according to consumer panel Kantar Worldpanel. Christmas Day falls on a Monday this year and the last time that happened, in 2006, the Friday before was the most popular day for grocery shopping that year.

Alpine is back! After more than two decades on the shelf, Renault has relaunched the French sports car name, and the first new model to feature the badge is a peppy little sports car looking to going head-to-head with the Porsche Cayman. So is it the most enjoyable compact two-seater on the market today?

The McLaren Senna has been named after the late three-time Formula One champion Ayrton Senna (inset) with some of the proceeds of its £750,000 price tag going to his charity to support underprivileged children. in his home nation, Brazil. It gets McLaren's own designed dihedral doors, though this time with an additional feature. If you're happy to pay extra for it, the British-based car maker will fit the lower parts of the door panels with glass inserts so you can see the apex of the corner. It should also help when trying not to kerb a wheel when parallel parking and squeezing through width restrictions in town.

Many income investors are guilty of relying too heavily on the so called dividend stalwarts in the FTSE 100, but there are plenty of opportunities away from the big guns. We look at why investors should look to small and mid-cap companies for income, get some top fund managers' tips and find four investments to consider.

Tens of thousands of homeowners have become accidental landlords in the last year, as homes in the notoriously expensive South East and London struggle to sell. The decision by owners to keep hold of properties and let them in order to move has come despite a tax crackdown on buy-to-let - and Countrywide said one in 12 homes available in the rental market has previously been up for sale.

A living room is generally the hub of the home where households come together to relax at the end of a long working day, as well as being a prime spot for entertaining guests. We take a look at how to get living room to sell your home and get some tips from an estate agent on what buyers want.

Contactless cards are the impatient shopper's best friend and now account for a fifth of all purchases in shops by plastic. But beware - they are also proving popular with fraudsters. A recent survey found that more than a third of contactless cardholders have had direct or indirect experience of fraud or identify theft in the past year.

Warpaint is one of the fastest-growing beauty businesses, valued on the stock market at more than £170 million.The shares are 222½p and should move higher over the next few years. Appealing primarily to 16 to 30-year-olds, Warpaint uses colourful packaging, quirky terminology and cheap prices to distinguish W7 products from the rest of the industry.

Rather than waste money on the latest fad this year, why not buy your little ones a gift that teaches them about the value of money and instils some good financial habits? Putting a tax-friendly Junior Isa in your child's stocking may not be as exciting when it comes to unwrapping presents on Christmas morning, but it could grow into a welcome nest egg.

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.

The amount you can save into a pension ultimately depends on what you can afford - but the longer you leave it the more you will need to save. We tend to put ambitious targets on our hoped-for income in retirement and then underestimate how much we will need to set aside to achieve that. So how much should you save?

The Bank of England has raised the base rate back to 0.5 per cent. The move up from 0.25 per cent is accompanied by an Inflation Report, which will outline where the bank sees things moving next. Expectations are that rates will not move up swiftly after this first rise, This is Money will bring you the details of the Inflation report and analysis imminently.

Compare your pay to the national average and see whether your employer treated you to a pay rise in line with the the rest of your profession. Farmers, care and air travel assistants were big winners on the pay scales in 2016. Travel agents, careers advisers and probation officers lost out.