With a recession almost underway, love could be one of the casualties. MSN Money talks to Sarah Pennells - author of Divorce: How to help yourself and your finances - about the impact wider financial problems have on relationships, how to avoid trouble and what to do if you need to split up.

Repossessions are climbing fast, but are you at risk? Emma-Lou Montgomery talks to Frances Walker of the Consumer Credit Counselling Service and Martha Hannan from housing charity Shelter about what you can do to reduce the risks of repossession.

With a new US president in the offing and interest rates tumbling, we speak to Kate Warne - market analyst with investment giant Edward Jones. Kate looks at what's going on, where things are headed and when the right time to start buying again is.

Following the turmoil in the financial markets, we gather experts on property, finances and consumer policy to answer your questions, including: why aren't gas prices falling? Should you sell your shares now? And whether you should buy or rent?

The prime minister recently announced a new £1bn package of home energy saving measures. In this podcast, Emma-Lou talks to John McGowan from the consumer advisory service Energy Savings Trust, and Alison Morrison from Switch With Which? about how these new measures will affect us.

Emma-Lou talks to Ian Kernohan, economist at Royal London Asset Management and Michael Wilson, author and former Financial Times journalist who speciaises in macro-economics, about Lehman Brothers, AIG, and the US banking crisis.

In this podcast, Emma-Lou discusses the government's stamp duty changes with the Nationwide's chief economist Fionnuala Earley and James Rowlands from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

In the studio this week is Richard Swannell from WRAP (the Waste & Resources Action Programme) wand Andrew Hagger from Moneynet.co.uk. Emma-Lou speaks to them about easy ways to cut back on day-to-day costs, with a focus on food.

In this week's podcast Emma-Lou speaks to Ellen Cresswell, MSN Money's Content Manager, and Susan Marks, social policy adviser at the Citizens Advice Bureau, about consumer rights and how to combat high-pressure sales techniques.

Emma-Lou speaks to Chris Cummings, director general of the Association of Mortgage Intermediaries, and Darren Cook, mortgage expert from Moneyfacts.co.uk about how to find the best mortgage deals, and how to make sure you receive the best advice.

It seems like we're suddenly paying more everything - food, energy, rent. Emma-Lou speaks with Ann Robinson from uSwitch about the best and most practical ways to save on your daily expenses and beat the rising cost of living.

Daryl Bowman from Experian talks to Emma-Lou about the alarming rise of identity theft and how to protect yourself by using credit reports.

Phil Jones of Which? tells us why Which? magazine have been leading the campaign to make sure banks don’t overcharge.

Personal finance journalist and author Sarah Pennells talks about how money influences relationships, and how couples can develop good money habits.

Katie Tucker, mortgage expert from Charcoal, talks about the state of the current mortgage market and shares tips for first-time buyers and home owners coming off fixed-rate mortgage deals.