Don't worry about those last minute gifts
PERSONAL FINANCE
Ten funds to pep up your portfolio in the new year
Five unit and investment trust experts give their fund tips, home and away, to Jenne Mannion and David Prosser
Review of the year: Pensions
Be ready to work at 70
No-cover drivers are heading for the scrapheap
As Operation Takeaway gathers pace, Britain's uninsured motorists face a crushing blow. By Esther Shaw
ING tightens its savings belt another notch
ING Direct customers have been left wondering whether to carry on clinging to the bank's iconic orange and white lifebelt after it announced a second savings rate cut inside five months.
From A-Day to 'Brics' - greet the financial new year
Pension reform, cuts in the cost of borrowing, compensation battles... the big events to watch in 2006
Money News: Credit for the 'financially excluded'
'Shocking' interest rates will gift £37m to doorstep lenders
More For Your Money: Winchmore Hill, N21
PROPERTY
Property market 'to remain subdued'
The property market will remain subdued during 2006, with prices edging ahead by just 3 per cent, Britain's biggest mortgage lender predicted today.
A little of the family fortune and your child won't be frozen out of housing
Joint mortgages, 'guarantor' deals... how parental support can counter the problem of high prices
Buy Of The Week: Suffolk
You can enjoy bird's-eye views of the countryside from the top of a 18th-century mill
Cream Of The Country: Barnard Castle
Reasonable house prices are luring new buyers to this ancient and historic town
Diary Of An Eco-Builder
Tree house is nearly finished, I'm feeling optimistic and our 'SAP' is running high
Investing in gardens
If you want to cash in on a garden, do your homework first
Victoria Summerley: Town Life
Our central heating had its annual tantrum during a mild week in October. I suppose you could say it did a bit of a Gazza
