Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Can a crash be averted? It's not the unprecedented increase in house prices but the associated build-up of personal debt that poses the greatest economic danger
Bank warns of big drop in house prices Fears of a housing crash grew today after another big name in the City predicted a major fall in the price of homes.
BBC NEWS | Business | Credit card debt 'still soaring' Credit card debt has risen by nearly two thirds over the last four years - in 1999, the average debt was £719.
BBC NEWS | Business | US inflation rise worries markets US inflation is rising faster than expected, increasing the possibility of a rise in interest rates.
BBC NEWS | Business | US retail sales growth speeds up How long US interest rates will remain at 1% is uncertain, however, with the Federal Reserve warning on a number of occasions over the last few months that rates will have to start rising sooner or later.
Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Official data show house prices falling House prices fell 1% in February, lopping £1,600 off the value of an average home, according to government figures that contradict upbeat data from mortgage lenders.
BBC NEWS | Business | House prices stumble in February House prices fell 1% during February, according to the latest figures from the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
FT.com Home UK House prices are set for a dramatic crash, according to the prominent City fund manager who earned the nickname "Dr Doom" when he prematurely forecast the end of the dotcom bubble.
BBC NEWS | Business | Wales tops house price rise list Four of the top 10 counties which experienced the biggest gains were in Wales, Halifax mortgage lenders found.
BBC NEWS | Programmes | Moneybox | First-time buyer blues The programme will be repeated on Sunday, 11 April, 2004, at 2102 BST. Economists keep warning us it cannot go on. But it does. Prices rose by 15.4% in 2003 alone.
