Reuters | House prices extend gains House prices rose by 0.7 percent in April, matching the rise in March and extending a series of strong increases this year, research company Hometrack says.

Bloomberg.com: UK May Be Unable to Prevent House-Price Slump A UK house-price slump is becoming increasingly likely, and there's little that policy makers can do to prevent it, the National Institute of Economic & Social Research said.

BBC NEWS | Business | UK housing boom in renewed surge The UK's housing boom showed no sign of slowing down in April, with house prices rising by more than £100 a day.

BBC NEWS | UK | 'More extended families' in homes Rising housing costs mean the number of homes containing three generations of a family will treble in the next 20 years, a building society claims.

BBC NEWS | Business | Brown 'to hint at rate increase' Chancellor Gordon Brown is expected on Wednesday to say economic stability and discipline in monetary policy are his top priorities.

BBC NEWS | Business | Britons get mortgage risk warning Britons could be at risk of losing their homes because too few have adequate savings or insurance, an official report has warned.

ThisisLondon: Brown warned: don't hide £100bn GORDON Brown faces an embarrassing high-profile clash with the International Monetary Fund over £100 billion of borrowing that he has managed to keep off the Government's books.

BBC NEWS | Business | Two years of UK growth predicted Economic growth in the UK will return to rates not seen for five years, an influential group of economists says.

BBC NEWS | Business | Brown dismisses house price crash Britain will not see a housing crash while the cost of servicing debt in relation to incomes remains low, Gordon Brown has said.