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• Banks repossessed record 1m homes in the U.S. last year... and this year could be even worse
  

  Published 14th Jan 2011

  Banks repossessed more than a million U.S

• Home owners face repossession amid struggle to sell properties
  

  Published 06th Jan 2011

  Home owners are falling behind with their monthly mortgage payments at an alarming rate, charities warn, as estate agents reveal the struggle to sell properties

• First-time buyers offered help in housing market
  

  Published 05th Jan 2011

  Mortgage providers are heralding the arrival of better conditions for first-time buyers alongside the launch of several new mortgage products designed to help those struggling to get a foothold on the housing ladder

• UK housing market still driven by location
  

  Published 03rd Jan 2011

  Property in Conwy, north Wales, increased in value by an average of 13% during the past year, the biggest rise in house prices experienced by any UK county, according to the annual Halifax county house price survey

• Eleven ways to make money in 2011. #7: speculate on property - by Henry Pryor
  

  Published 03rd Jan 2011

  The housing market will be driven this year by the three Ds: death, debt and divorce

• Self-employed? Make extra money from the VAT rise
  

  Published 02nd Jan 2011

  Many workers can opt to pay the taxman a lower rate of VAT but still charge 20pc

• Why going to a gym may scupper your chances of getting a mortgage
  

  Published 01st Jan 2011

  Mortgage applicants could be penalised for taking out a gym membership or making too many shopping trips, it emerged last night