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AA Mortgages is giving first-time buyers a helping hand on the property ladder with a range of fee-free fixed products. Deals include a 3.82% two-year fixed and 3.99% five-year for those with 5% deposits and 2.38% two-year and 2.88% five-year on 10% deposits.

Current renters are at risk of losing a whopping £1billion in withheld deposits when they next move home. Almost a third of tenants didn’t get their security deposit back when they last moved and lost an average £825 for broken furniture, marks on walls and carpet stains, according to interiors specialists hilarys.co.uk.

Savers need to move quick to bag two market-leading accounts from Charter Savings Bank – an easy access at 1.11% and 120-day notice account at 1.35%.