Tax relief cut doesn’t add up for landlords, plus Bank warns over consumer credit

Buy-to-let landlord Jamie Brewis says: ‘Because of these changes, I’ve got no choice but to sell up.’ Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

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

Leasehold ‘nightmare’ will cost homebuyers billions, report warns

A block of flats under construction in London, where nine out of 10 new-build homes are now leasehold. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian

Bank of England sounds new alarm over consumer credit binge

Few fathers can afford to take shared parental leave, say campaigners

Mortgage tax relief cut doesn’t add up for buy-to-let landlords

As demand rises, the reputation of new-build homes is crumbling

Feature

Will the new 12-sided £1 ever be worth a mint? Here’s how to coin it in

The new coin. Some cash rattling around in piggybanks can be worth a small fortune. Photograph: Jack Taylor/Getty Images

In pictures

Skyscraper homes

A flat for sale only a few blocks from Central Park, New York. Photograph: David Paler/Halstead

In the spotlight

Benefits paid out when a husband or wife dies are being slashed, meaning those who do suffer such heartache will miss out on tens of thousands of pounds, writes Donna Ferguson.

Helen Parker, pictured with her sons Elliot and Leon, lost her husband Philippe last year. If he had died 12 months later, she would have lost out on up to £74,000. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian

Consumer Champions

Network Rail’s knotweed policy is undermining my house sale

I have had two sales fall through because it would not provide details of how it planned to eradicate nearby weed. Photograph: Lynne Cameron/PA

A touch too difficult to get a refund from Motorola

Co-op airport lounge passes managed to escape us

All we want is to record terrestrial TV, but costs are now Sky high

The RAC has blown my chances of driving our super-reliable Toyota

Money deals

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