Countryside Properties, one of the UK's biggest housebuilders, is aiming to return to the Stock Exchange in 2016, only weeks after being bought by a US hedge fund.

Meanwhile, house prices climbed £1,355 in February

The number of private renters in England rose to 3.8 million in 2012, an increase of 23% since 2008, says new report

Home ownership in England overall fell from 68 per cent in 1992 to 64 per cent in 2012

Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins has hailed a recovery in the UK’s stagnant housing market but the recent snow has hit trading at its Wickes DIY chain.

Meanwhile, number of households with mortgage arrears falling as repossession figures drop

New figures suggest the biggest rise since January 2010

The Bank of England's Funding for Lending billions are unlocking the mortgage market but savers are getting their rawest deal for nearly four years as banks fatten margins, it has emerged.

Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey nearly went bust in 2009 but hailed thawing mortgage markets today as it flagged up profits at the top end of City hopes.

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2.8 million people have used an unauthorised overdraft to help with payments

Some optimism is returning to the UK's housing market according to a new survey showing that a rising number of Britons expect house prices to climb rather than fall over 2013.

Cautious households are paying back “virtually as much as they borrow”, despite a pick-up in people spending money on their credit cards and taking out mortgages, a high street banking report said today.