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FSA to tackle mortgage fraud

A crackdown on mortgage fraud, including the expansion of a scheme that encourages more lenders to report rogue brokers, was announced by the Financial Services Authority

Britons expect house prices to drop

Homeowners in Britain are more convinced that property prices will fall in the coming year than households in the US and other large European economies

Europeans optimistic on property prices

Europeans have high hopes that the value of their houses will rise over the next five years, even if the next 12 months see prices remaining stagnant or falling

Halifax cuts cost of home loan deals

The UK’s largest lender brings momentum to the trend of falling mortgage rates as it reduced its two- and five-year fixed rates by up to 15 basis points

House buyers hold off amid mixed signals

UK consumers are reluctant to venture into the uncertain housing market or to spend beyond essential purchases, reveal two surveys that suggest households are feeling the strain of tight credit conditions

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View from Europe: Chris Giles looks at the causes of the housing downturn and the effects on consumers

    UK Daily View: Gloomy outlook for house prices

    Delphine Strauss

    Delphine Strauss analyses the latest data showing weakness in London and a ray of hope in Scotland

      Comment and Analysis

      UK house prices

      For the TV property presenter who once promised to eat her hat if UK house prices crashed, Tuesday’s data from Nationwide will make chewy reading

      Falling over a cliff in slow motion

      Martin Wolf

      A big drop in British house prices is likely, partly because prices are extraordinarily high and partly because credit has dried up, says Martin Wolf

      Not the time to gamble on survivors of Armageddon

      Tony Jackson

      If you offer prognoses on the markets, as I do on occasion, you are bound to make the odd mistake. In this column four months ago I made a cracker

      Lessons for a housing downturn

      In commodity markets a sign that the bottom has been reached is a deluge of selling: that moment is less clear cut when the commodity is people’s homes, but we are not there yet

      Your property

      Brokers turn to the hard sell to survive

      Differing house price data

      House prices fall for fourth straight month

      Halifax says UK house prices fell 2%

      Mortgage market strains continue to grow

      Widespread alarm is rattling at castle gates

      Mortgage lending shows slight rise

      Property squeeze spreads to Europe, says Savills

      Housebuilders under threat from price falls

      Buyer gloom despite fall in prices

      Ministers to boost housing market

      Countrywide made approach for Halifax chain

      House prices fall for eighth straight month

      UK mortgage approvals slump

      Risk grows of painful economic correction

      Public has firmer faith in housing market

      Landlords told to lower unrealistic rents

      Further blow to first-time homebuyers

      Mortgage approvals fall to record low

      Another year of pain for property market