The Council of mortgage Lenders (CML) said, "The number of mortgages granted rose to 52,700, 29 percent more than in August 2008." It’s a sign the property market is stabilizing and today’s report adds to evidence that Britain is emerging from its worst recession in a generation. The number of people remortgaging their homes [...]

  A recent survey reveals that 20% of people think that the housing market will recover by the end of the year and a further 4% think that the end of 2010 is more likely. The research by uSwitch also reveals that 6 million consumers predict that that the UK economy will emerge from recession [...]