P Green

The credit crunch is affecting how ordinary people get mortgages, forcing them to continue to rent property That's a conclusion that can be drawn from two separate pieces of research which have been published this week

Even though the world of property is a buyer's market right now, that doesn't mean it easier to find the home of your dreams In fact, if anything your property search may just have got harder

Thanks to the credit crunch and the general lack of confidence in the property market, it's an interesting time to sell or buy a house at the moment It's certainly a buyer's market

If you live in a busy city or town and dream of an idyllic life in the country, this could be bad news for you The price of rural property is rising so fast there's a danger the British countryside could become a property playground for the rich

Could it be that the dream of owning property to rent may not be as stress free as the TV property shows suggest it might be That's the story that seems to be shown in new figures just released by the National Landlords Association (NLA)