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• Fresh fears of housing market 'double dip' as mortgage lending crashes to new low
  

  Published 31st Aug 2010

  There were new fears for the state of the UK housing market today after mortgage lending dived to the second lowest figure ever recorded

• The party's over in Spain - Let the bargaining begin
  

  Published 27th Aug 2010

  After a decade of runaway demand and floods of cheap money in Spain, Spanish real estate developers took their eye off the ball - they took on more debt and risk than they should have, overpaid for land and over built - it was quite the party on Spain's costas, but today there is the mother of all hangovers and there are serious bargains to be had..

• How to use your home to dodge the top rate of tax
  

  Published 25th Aug 2010

  Top-rate tax payers are increasingly taking out offset mortgages to repay their home loans more quickly

• Student spend £12k on renting
  

  Published 23rd Aug 2010

  The thousands of students heading off to university in September are unlikely to base their final decision of where to study on the cost of accommodation - but with student debt at an all-time high, maybe they should..

• Mortgage rate alert: a two-year fix for 2.85pc
  

  Published 23rd Aug 2010

  Lenders are making record profit margins, but there are competitive deals around

• Victory for private property in Balfour inheritance case
  

  Published 19th Aug 2010

  Property used for business purposes is exempt from inheritance tax, after a precedent was set in a victory for Lord Balfour’s descendents against HM Revenue & Customs

• Mortgage lending climbs for third month in a row to highest level for a year
  

  Published 19th Aug 2010

  Mortgage lending rose for the third consecutive month during July to reach its highest level for a year, figures showed today