BBC NEWS | Business | UK High Street sales hold steady UK retail sales held steady in February with a rise in food sales cancelling out a drop in non-food items.
BBC NEWS | England | Devon | Villagers facing mass evictions: "angry villagers say they cannot afford to buy and claim the way they have been treated is feudal."
BBC NEWS | Business | Mortgage lending hits year lows Lending to property buyers also dipped £200m to £9.8bn, but the CML said it was too early to say if this signalled that consumer debt was cooling.
Great budget Mr Brown.
We think Mr Howard got it right when he said that it was "...a credit card budget from a credit card chancellor"
It's Budget Day. What will the chancellor do to help first time buyers? It is widely predicted that the 0% stamp duty threshold will be raised from £60,000 to £120,000 but as this figure is below the average house price it won't do a lot of good!
We think that the chancellor should tax the Buy-To-Let market heavily which will take the steam out of the housing market without using interest rates.
BBC NEWS | Business | Fed keeps interest rates on hold: "As expected, the US Federal Reserve has voted to keep interest rates on hold for the eighth time in succession. "
Times Online - Latest news: "Inflation fell unexpectedly last month as clothing stores, facing weak market conditions, extended their seasonal sales."
NEWS.com.au | Get ready for bubble to burst It's not just the UK that has house price crash worries.
House prices jump in March: "the average asking price in the expensive London borough of Kensington and Chelsea is now down nearly 21 percent year-on-year."
BBC NEWS | Business | House price rise as buyers return "Prices in the capital were up by 2%, following the previous month's increase of 4.1%. The average cost of a home in London is now £275,459."
Moneywise - Britain's best-selling personal finance magazine: "'We are pretty confident we're entering a new property bubble, and something has to give soon.'"
