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UPDATE: House Prices 2008
In the four months since our last report about house price predictions, the property market has been turned on its head. So what's the latest?

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First Time Buyers:
How To Afford Your Home
Buying your first home? There’s nothing guaranteed to take the edge off the excitement more than a slowdown in house prices, a credit crunch and mortgage lenders playing hard to get, is there? But don’t let that put you off…there are schemes and stratagems aplenty if you know where to look.

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Which Home Improvements Will Maximise Your Home's Value?
Anxious about moving with the current house market conditions? Then why not improve your home to maximise its potential? That way, you can enjoy it while you live there, and make the most of its future value. We tell you which improvements could make your home worth more.

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