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High street banks increase consumer credit and approve more new home loans as Funding for Lending scheme gains traction.

Nationwide House Price Index reports 1 percent fall in price of typical UK home across 2012.

According to Halifax Housing Market Confidence tracker, sentiments remain strongest since April 2011.

Falling house prices and increased availability of finance drive 12 per cent annual rise in first-time buyers.

Farmer’s home has been under threat of repossession since August, when the blockade was first put up.

Average cost of renting declines 0.4 percent in November as landlords try to fill vacant properties ahead of Christmas.

Government keen on preventing overheating of market as prices soar.

Increased competition among mortgage lenders and shrinking supply to drive prices.

House prices to go up 2 percent, while rents to rise about 4 percent.

Rate to be maintained till unemployment dips to 6.5% or lower.

Asian markets rise in the morning as traders wait for the conclusion of US Federal Reserve's policy meet.

US Treasury Department making public offer of 15.9% of AIG holding.

ONS data shows fuel and power only area of household spending to have gone up between 2006 and 2011.

We round-up the best five laptops of 2012, including laptops from Apple, Dell, Samsung and Lenovo.

Chancellor avoids paying back any gain from constituency home even though it was part-funded from public purse.

Rightmove's house price index suggests stability in UK property market despite recent recession.

Increase shows stabilisation of Chinese property market.

Companies to settle charges of misleading investors in residential mortgage-backed securities.

Report says £66bn invested in RBS and Lloyds may never be recovered, and taxpayers may lose £2bn from Northern Rock sale.

Every month commentators use headline figures to bash each other's head in, but they really need to look deeper at the UK economy data.

Housing demand seen rising with new buying enquiries up 18 percent in October.