A few months ago, I blogged about six cheap ways to make your home more sellable.

These included steps like de-cluttering, painting the walls in neutral tones, cleaning, removing allergy risks, giving your front door a lick of paint, advertising online and getting down to weeding your garden.

If you still haven't managed to shift your property, don't despair. I'm going to pass on four more tips that should help your property fly off the metaphorical shelf...

The festive season brings with it a heck of a lot of spending pressure. And if you're already operating on a tight budget, it can be the straw that breaks the camel's back and pushes you into a spiral of debt.

Don't let that happen to you. Here are seven top tips on how to save money this Christmas...

Excessive alcohol consumption is an enormous problem all over the UK - and it seems to be getting worse.

A recent survey found that 1,000 people in Wales alone die each year from causes attributed to alcohol. Drink is thought to be a factor in 1 in every 25 male deaths in Wales.

Scottish ministers are currently preparing laws on the minimum pricing of alcohol; and they're being now being supported by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh, in at attempt to tackle Scotland's 'cheap bevvy' culture.

But who's really to blame for the boozy mess we're all in?...

Another week, another wave of restaurant deals hits the high street. Here's our round-up of the best offers and vouchers currently available in eateries near you.

Just bear in mind that most of these deals only last until the beginning of December. As Christmas approaches, the good offers are likely to become thinner on the ground.

Christmas parties and festive socialising will push many people into restaurants anyway, and the incentives used to draw in unwilling punters may begin to dry up.

So - stay one step ahead of the crowd and take advantage of these offers before they disappear!...

I've spent most of my life renting in two of the most expensive cities in the UK (Oxford and London). That means I'm used to spending an arm and a leg to live in tiny spaces that are tatty at best, and actually falling apart at worst.

Most 20-somethings I know are in the same boat. But imagine being offered the chance to live in huge place, in a location you love, for just a third of the rent you're currently paying!

I recently came across some schemes that help you do exactly that...

A few weeks ago, I received an email which made my stomach drop. It was from the Guardian Jobs website, telling me that its system had been the victim of a 'sophisticated and deliberate' hack and they had reason to believe my personal details may have been compromised.

Urgh. I've used the Guardian's website to apply for a few jobs, and of course it had my CV in its system - complete with full name, address, date of birth and loads of other details.

My bank details weren't on there; but with all the other information at their disposal, there was a fair chance that the hackers would be able to work out how to pose as me and apply for credit in my name.

Yesterday, many Britons faced more worries about ID theft, after it was revealed that a major credit card scam is thought to have taken place in Europe. So have you been affected, and what can we all do to protect ourselves against ID fraud?...

Airlines have been making the headlines a lot recently.

First, there was the announcement of a proposed merger between stricken British Airways and struggling Spanish airline Iberia; you can read all about what the BA merger will mean for you here.

Then came the news that budget giant easyJet has seen its full-year profits fall by a whopping 50% in the face of rising fuel costs.

I've been known to have very uncharitable thoughts towards airlines, particularly when enduring long delays and an endless run of baggage charges. But I'm beginning to think that perhaps we all expect far too much from them...

First came the supermarket 'value' ranges, then came the deep discounters. If we want to save money on our grocery shopping - but we don't have access to a good local food market - is there really anything else we can do?

Apparently, there is. I recently came across Approved Food - an online grocery store that specialises in selling short-dated or out-of-date 'best before' dry and tinned food products.

Most of the food items are on offer at well below their RRP. But is this sort of short-dated food really safe? And how can we all tell?...

Small businesses have had an exceptionally hard time of it lately.

First, of course, there's the recession, stifling everyone's spending abilities and threatening to squish any business not big or secure enough to ride it out.

And then there were the postal strikes. These made me feel particularly sorry for small firms, many of whom had survived the downturn by the skin of their teeth only to be threatened with bankruptcy by the postal service.

Anyway, we can all express sympathy for small businesses... but how many of us actually put our money where our mouth is? And does it always cost us more?...