Money talks: top deals on Black Friday

Carphone Warehouse is launching its Black Friday sale at 8am. Photograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

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

Television ads for paday loan companies, such as Wonga, could be banned before the 9pm watershed.

Black Friday in Britain: where are the best deals?

London house prices rise by more than a solicitor’s salary

Payday loan ads could be banned before 9pm

Smartphones top list of Christmas online scams

Fall in mortgage approvals points to cooling market

Energy suppliers to refund households after gas overcharging

Heartache as savings pots to pay off creditors go missing

Feature

Mortgage brokers can ease the strain of getting a home loan. Photograph: Alamy

Is it better to take out a mortgage via a broker, or go it alone?

Consumer champions

Out go the old clothes, but the cash fails to come in. Photograph: Alamy

We can’t bag the cash from our unwanted clothes

A classic case of ‘it’s all in the small print’

Humiliated and upset when trying to return a blender

In pictures

Lyall Mews, Belgravia Photograph: Strutt & Parker

Cellars market: homes with room for your wine

In the spotlight

Lela Lewis and her daughter Angelica face eviction from their London home. Photograph: Richard Saker/Observer

As MPs prepare to vote on a bill to outlaw revenge evictions, Tracy McVeigh meets a family being thrown out for complaining about an unsafe shower.

Work advice

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Money deals

• Win £100 of John Lewis vouchers with Guardian Money Deals. Enter here before 18 December 2014 for your chance to win.
• Save £10 on a Nokia 530 on pay-as-you-go with O2, now just £49.99 with a £10 top up. It’s an entry level smartphone so could make a great gift as a first mobile.