Complaining about your mortgage or endowment can be a drawn out affair of phone calls, letter writing and waiting. But if there is a problem with your policy which can be linked to unsuitable advice given by the provider, the matter should be addressed.

A major obstacle to addressing the problem of financial auditing fraud is related to the difficulty in identifying the fraud soon after it occurred.

The newspapers might be full of doom and gloom but the credit crunch and general economic downturn has to be good news for someone. Despite the stories about first time buyers being forced out of the market by banks refusing them large mortgages, the housing recession poses a great opportunity for those wishing to get their first foot on the ladder.

You have made the decision to sell your house for whatever reason it may be, you have found a house you want to purchase and someone has decided your house is just perfect for them; they have a buyer for their house and so on.

Proposals for the National Pensions Saving Scheme, or Personal Accounts scheme as it has been dubbed, have received popularity and support since their emergence in the 2007 Pensions Bill.

In 2004, the New Economics Foundation (NEF) published a report about 'Clone Town Britain' denouncing the "destruction of our high streets, local shops and independent retailers". So who is destroying our town centres and how can we stop them?

The news this week that an 11.6 million pound mansion has been repossessed and forcibly put on the property market may please some, to see someone at the higher end of the market suffer, but repossession is no laughing matter.

Property appears to be a great way to make a lot of money, here are some tips on how to get your property rented out as quickly as possible.

Finally a small bit of good new for home owners, house prices went up a little bit. According to figures released by the Department of Local Communities and Local Government (DCLG), the average price of a property rose by one percent to 217, 171 in July from June's 215, 029 average. It is welcome news for home owners after month on month losses since the beginning of the year.

It is predicted that a single person's state pension will be worth just 106 per week by 2012, which will not be adequate considering inflation and an increased cost of living. Now more than ever, it is recommended that you save for your own retirement, since state pensions will become so small they will be insignificant. But how does a personal pension compare with other financial investments?