Most popular money news and advice: October 2007

Fears surrounding the credit crisis helped us to a record month in October with house price stories the clear winners in the top 50 reports. This is Money readers looked at 8.3 million pages in October, up 44% on a year ago.

The other big themes were the inheritance tax threshold increase to £600,000 (7) and the CGT change (6) in the Pre-Budget Report, while reclaiming bank charges - which is currently on hold - remains a big issue for many.

There were some notable risers - reclaiming PPI or payment protection insurance, an issue TiM has campaigned on for the past 18 months, and also the disaster in waiting surrounding sale-and-rent-back, another area in which This is Money led the way.

Here are the top 50 news stories, guides and features on This is Money in October 2007...

1. House prices set to fall by thousands
2. Ten steps to reclaim unfair bank charges
3. Shock report shows steep house price fall
4. Bank charge letter templates
5. UK house-price bubble about to burst - IMF
6. Second home and buy-to-let tax gift
7. IHT threshold doubled to £600,000
8. Britain on brink of credit crunch slump
9. Are house prices falling or rising?
10. Fixed-rate borrowers in for a big shock
11. The Postcode Breaker: Home insurance
12. Does anyone live in buy-to-let flats?
13. Interest rates: News, analysis, advice
14. Time to buy Northern Rock shares?
15. Northern Rock crisis: How it will affect you
16. Property vulnerable, warns Bank guru
17. Reclaim your PPI premiums
18. Pre-Budget Report: How it will affect you
19. 50 ways to save money...
20. How to pick the best Isa
21. Premium Bonds winning numbers
22. Flaw at heart of fraud-proof chip and Pin
23. Newspaper share tips: Northern Rock
24. Buy-to-let lending soars despite warnings
25. The buy-to-let timebomb
26. The most consistent savings accounts
27. House prices fall for first time in two years
28. What to do with savings after the storm
29. Fixed-rate bonds offer best rates for years
30. Top funds 20 years on from Black Monday
31. Ten steps to reclaim credit card charges
32. Sale-and-rent-back a disaster in waiting
33. UK house prices fall 0.6%
34. Best paid jobs revealed
35. Can the UK avoid a house price crash?
36. How to make your child richer
37. How to cut the taxman out of your will
38. Lenders pulling mortgages at last minute
39. Inheritance tax: Beware new trust trap
40. How thieves bypass bank card Pins
41. 1m using plastic to pay their mortgage
42. Pre-Budget 2007 - the winners and losers
43. Your pension at risk if you change jobs
44. Facebook users warned on ID fraud threat
45. Savers Q&A: Northern Rock
46. Cheapest foreign currency rates
47. Pre-Budget Report: Main points at a glance
48. The best investment I have ever made
49. What are the best broadband deals
50. Eight steps to fix all your finances

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- Andrew Oxlade, Editor, This is Money

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Comments

[Kate]

The best advice is the basics, people get too caught up in schemes to manage your money.