Weekend Newspaper Headlines - 17th August 2008Weekend Newspaper Headlines - 17th August 2008
SATURDAY
Financial Times
More mortgage possession orders rise by 24% according to ministry of justice. CML figures showed actual repossession numbers have risen much more rapidly than court orders, p4
The Times
Surge in repossessions clog up the courts, p15
Money
Five step plan to boost the PM’s waning popularity, including stamp duty, p3
Daily Telegraph
400 families threatened with losing home due to repossessions, p8
Money
Repossession threat can’t be ignored, p7
Daily Express
Numbers losing homes soars, p4
Daily Mail
Repossession crisis, p1&6
The Independent
Decline of the pound, p45
Repossessions, p45
The Guardian
Repossessions, p39
Britons shun foreign holidays as UK destinations pick up, p41
Money
Tenants sitting pretty as rents fall, p3
SUNDAY
Daily Telegraph
Couples cancelling costly divorces because of credit crunch, p.10
Sunday Times
Eco-town is the pits, former miners tell minister, Sunday Times , p.7
Stamp duty holiday, Sunday Times - Home, p.2
Where to find your buy-to-let bargains, Money p.5
Lenders launch price war to lure new borrowers, Money p10
Observer
Things will get worse: the property crash will be with us for a long time, p.B6
Property glut drives down rents, p.23
Independent on Sunday
Inflation set to reach 7%, warns Chelsea, p.B1
Buy-to-let landlords in mortgage arrears, p.B19
Sunday Express
Tenants rule property world - p.B6
News of the World
Inflation at 7%, News of the World - p.2
Stamp duty fiasco drives down house sales 20% in a fortnight, - p.24