Mortgage approvals shrank again in January to the lowest level since February 2009, reveals the e.surv mortgage monitor.

House prices fell marginally by 0.1% in January, recveal Nationwide.

UK house prices have risen by 91% over the past ten years, according to new research by Halifax.

The growing view among the home-moving public is that there will be an element of stability in house prices running into 2012, say Rightmove.

House prices in Scotland have increased by 83% over the past ten years, according to research by Bank of Scotland.

December house prices down 0.2 percent since November : Average house price in England and Wales now £163,814, reveal Land Registry.

Hometrack's Monthly National Housing Survey shows a sluggish start for the housing market in 2011.

Figures by the BBA for December 2010 high street banking showed that demand for overall unsecured credit remained weak, contracting by 2.2% over the past year.

2010 saw the bounceback of part exchange house purchases.

Nick Carlile, Founding Partner of Platinum Portfolio Builder states that he believes annuities are the biggest con of the modern age