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• Can't lend won't lend: Banks unrepentant as mortgage lending lowest for a decade
  

  Published 24th Sep 2010

  What’s happening

• Repossessions likely to rise as options run out for struggling homeowners
  

  Published 14th Sep 2010

  Support schemes are being cut just as mortgage lenders begin to lose patience with those in arrears

• House prices slide as banks reject first-time buyers
  

  Published 14th Sep 2010

  House prices fell to their lowest level for 15 months in August, a survey published today reveals, as the number of potential buyers continues to be limited by a shortage of mortgage finance

• House prices to fall by 10pc, economist says
  

  Published 14th Sep 2010

  House prices could fall by 10pc by the end of next year, a leading economist has said

• Bank to keep rates at record lows amid recovery doubts
  

  Published 09th Sep 2010

  The Bank of England looks set to keep interest rates at a record low on Thursday -- and probably well into next year -- to keep the recovery on track in the face of austerity measures and a weakening U.S

• Home loan squeeze leaves self-employed stranded
  

  Published 01st Sep 2010

  Millions of self-employed people could be shut out of the property market because banks are using their lowest annual income to decide if they can afford a mortgage

• EDF puts up electricity prices for 1 million customers
  

  Published 01st Sep 2010

  Electricity prices will go up for the first time in two years, after EDF said more than 1 million customers would see their bills increase