Friday afternoon conveyancing fraud, plus the merits of 10-year mortgages

An email scam dubbed ‘Friday afternoon fraud’ is the No 1 cybercrime in the legal sector. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

Hello and welcome to this week’s Money Talks – a roundup of the week’s biggest stories and some things you may have missed.

Money news

Royal Albert Hall called a ‘national disgrace’ over members’ ticket resales

Bleak trend of low, part-time wages in UK is revealed

UK housing market falters as estate agents become less optimistic

Grandparents miss out on tax credits that could boost state pension

Link cash machines may start charging because of row about network fees

Feature

Take the long view with a 10-year fixed-rate mortgage

Got the key … but the secret is to work out what ongoing fees and potential rate changes might cost. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

In pictures

Homes in which to sit out the perils of 2017

The basement of this six-bedroom house in Coombe Bissett, Wiltshire, was kitted out as a nuclear bunker during the cold war years of the 1980s. Photograph: Hamptons International

In the spotlight

‘Friday afternoon fraud’ is an email scam that is the No 1 cybercrime in the legal sector. Rupert Jones reports.

Charity worker Howard Mollett was cheated out of his life savings after hackers posed as the solicitor he was using to buy his first house. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Consumer champions

We planned a dream honeymoon, but Thomson turned it into a nightmare

Virgin season ticket means I can reserve a seat, so why am I forced to stand?

Debenhams fails to deliver Christmas flowers and ignores my complaint

Wrong information on Google flight card meant we missed our flight

Money deals

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