Bank's action is unlikely to tame house prices The It is not the job of the Bank to decide what is an appropriate level for house prices.

BBC NEWS | Business | Further boost for US jobs market The weekly number of first-time claims for unemployment benefit in the US has fallen to its lowest level since October 2000.

BBC NEWS | Business | New estate agent code criticised
Many home buyers are unhappy with their estate agent
Fears have been raised that a new code of conduct for estate agents fails to combat rogue operators.

BBC NEWS | Business UK interest rates rise by a further quarter percentage point as the Bank of England seeks to cool house prices and consumer debt.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is widely expected to raise the UK base rate today by 0.25% to 4.25%.

Check www.housepricecrash.co.uk at 12:01 to find out if the economists were right.

BBC NEWS | Business | House price rise continues apace Britain's housing boom continued apace in April according to the Halifax, the UK's biggest mortgage lender.

BBC NEWS | Business | US interest rates remain on hold The Federal Reserve has - as expected - decided to keep US interest rates on hold at 1%.

BBC NEWS | Business | UK borrowing continues to surge Consumer borrowing is showing little sign of slowing despite the prospect of interest rate rises, figures have shown

BBC NEWS | Business | Firms' optimism signals rate rise UK business optimism and output are at their highest levels since the mid-1990s, a report has said.

Scotsman.com News - Scotland - New lease of life for soaring rental sector: HOME rentals are soaring as increasing numbers of young Scots put their dreams of property ownership on hold.

Reuters | Shortfalls to hit most mortgage schemes: More than three-quarters of endowment policies taken out to pay off mortgages are unlikely to meet their target, the Financial Times says