Finance
One million families borrow on credit cards to cover housing costs
At least one million families have resorted to using credit cards to pay their mortgage or rent during the past year.
Allsop Residential's £50m Christmas Sale brings its 2009 to £325m
Allsop's final two day last auction brought some Christmas cheer to the market.
Nationwide Building Society has introduced a mortgage allowing borrowers to take loans worth 125% of the value of the home they are buying.
LIBOR drops to below 1.3 per cent
So why are we not seeing current buy-to-let mortgages at a fraction of the cost of what they were last year?
Home values drop 28 per cent from peak
UK property prices will have fallen by 28% from their peak before the market downturn ends.
House price decline accelerates
House prices are falling even faster than before in England and Wales, according to the Land Registry.
Mortgage shortage key to property market
The key fact in the market's slump has been the lack of buyers because of the shortage of mortgage funds.