The European Commission will use sweeping new powers backed by sanctions to impose controversial social and economic reforms on European countries later this week.

Nearly one in five Britons say they made a mistake buying their house and aren’t happy with the deal they have ended up with, a report shows. From buying next to a noisy airfield to paying too much or getting the wrong mortgage, almost 20 per cent of us have a significant regret about our homes, according to consumer watchdog Which? Money. on Facebook

The Cheating Vulnerability: Fred Harrison, the economist to accurately predicted the last two recessions, discusses his new book The Traumatised Society, delving into how the burden of economic & environmental malaise is stripping society of its rationale through high house prices and how this has happened thoughout history

Not looking good for proberdee investors in the US... Still, if things do start to look as though they'll move downwards, they could go back to the reckless lending of old, such as recommended by Osborne with his Help to Sell initiative.

Pull up yer chairs - this should be fun! Estate agents are appealing to the spirit of co-operation in a bid to topple Rightzoopla. Apparently they don't like the fact that "70% of Rightmove’s income is profit" ... Viva La Revolution!!!

Average Value of Loans £155,900 and many other interesting pieces of data. eg: Number of motgages offered MoM (dropped by 0.1%), New Household borrowing £16bn in April. Savings stats and a lot more. Offers a .pdf or Excel download.

The British Bankers Association (BBA) reports that mortgage approvals went up in April helped by government schemes that aim to help more first-time buyers get onto the property ladder.

"Three fraudsters have been jailed for what is believed to be the biggest ever plot to make fake pound coins - after 50,000 false coins were found". "Det Insp Bruce South said: "These three men are organised criminals who were intent on undermining the UK monetary system". Pity someone doesn't arrest the world's Central Bankers too.

"U.S. house prices rose 7.2 percent in the year through March, the biggest gain since May 2006, the Federal Housing Finance Agency said". "Prices jumped 16.1 percent from a year earlier in the Pacific area, which includes California, Washington and Oregon. In the Mountain region, including Arizona, Colorado and Nevada, the gain was 14.4 percent, the FHFA said. The Middle Atlantic area -- New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- had the smallest increase, at 1.6 percent".

We've seen some strange stuff on property details ... but is that what I think it is on the bedroom floor ... ??!! Yes. Yes. YES IT IS!!