Hilary Osborne 

Wimbledon debentures and Tesla cars: are they worth it?

Also, the London penthouse with a retractable glass ceiling and toll trouble in Dartford
  
  

The Tesla model 3 electric car costs £25,000.
The Tesla model 3 electric car costs £25,000. Photograph: Handout

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

Tenant evictions up in England and Wales

Barclays plans contactless payment app for Android phones

Average price of London home almost doubles to £600,625 since 2009

‘Women should not expect government help over pension changes’

Inflation rate three times higher for millennials than for pensioners

Former garage in south-west London fetches £466,000 at auction

Toll and trouble: Dartford cameras fine drivers for journeys they didn’t make

Feature

Net gains: why Wimbledon debentures could be worth their £31,000 price tag

In pictures

Surreal estate: a London penthouse where you can bring the outside in

In the spotlight

At £25,000 Tesla Model 3 is being hailed as an “affordable” electric car, and an astonishing 400,000 have been ordered. But is it worth the asking price? Miles Brignall looks under the bonnet.

Consumer champions

Targeted by fraudsters despite TalkTalk’s denials

Up a gumtree when I lost my £100 deposit on a bike

Hung out to dry by Indesit as I’m left to babysit a fire hazard

Money deals

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