The credit crunch affects mortgages, home buyers, banks and building societies as the global economy heads for recession

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Illustration to describe saving the pennies and also the Housing market at last rising out of the doldrums it has been in. The house rises above the sea of Red

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Size: 5535px × 3331px
Location: UK
Photo credit: © Pat Savage / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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