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• The brighter side of the credit crisis
  <b>What do you do when you're being made redundant, seen the value of your property decrease and watched your pension investments go up in smoke? One BBC website reader is looking on the brighter side of life
  
  
• Police auction unclaimed property
  Youth charities across the UK are to benefit from the sale of unclaimed property recovered by Thames Valley Police.
  
  
• Power is restored to 3,000 homes
  Electricity is restored to more than 3,000 properties in Berkshire after contractors damage cabling.
  
  
• Iran celebrates global meltdown
  Iranian clerics have celebrated the West's economic turmoil, but rising prices could mean capitalism soon &#34;bites back&#34;, writes Jon Leyne in Tehran.
  
  
• Three charged after 'window fall'
  Two men and a woman are charged after being injured at an incident at a property in Aberdeen.
  
  
• Homes evacuated as fire spreads
  Firefighters evacuate seven properties as flames spread through a roof space to other homes.
  
  
• Flats 'see biggest price falls'
  City centre flats dominate a survey indicating the 10 areas in England and Wales with the biggest falls in property prices.
  
  
• Gulf states poised to weather financial crisis
  The oil-rich Gulf states have the deep pockets to outlast the crisis in the global financial system, says the BBC's Julia Wheeler in Dubai.
  
  
• Police warn landlords over drugs
  Landlords, suspicious that properties have been turned into illegal cannabis factories, are warned by police they may be booby-trapped
  
  
• Woman given £12k a month for home
  A woman is receiving more than £12,000 a month in housing benefits for living in a seven-bedroom house in west London.
  
  
• Three treated after 'window fall'
  Two men and a woman are taken to hospital for treatment after an incident at a property in Aberdeen.
  
  
• No more homes, says council chief
  A council leader from Shropshire warns plans for 10,000 new homes could swamp the area in addition to 26,500 properties already agreed.
  
  
• Banking on gold
  Four years ago, fearful of a property crash, David and Maureen Somers sold their house and bought gold. It's a tactic suddenly popular with those seeking a safe haven for their money.
  
  
• Flood protection moves encouraged
  Homeowners in the Borders are encouraged to take more responsibility for protecting their property from floods.
  
  
• Nine arrests follow police raids
  Nine people are arrested following Surrey Police raids on properties in three counties.
  
  
• Property group in administration
  A property company owned by a Leeds businessman falls into administration.
  
  
• Sandbags laid at flood risk homes
  Firefighters are laying sandbags at properties in the village of Dalrymple in Ayrshire at risk of flooding.
  
  
• Five novel ways to sell your house
  In the current credit crunch some home-owners are resorting to ever more desperate measures to sell their property. Here are five unusual approaches being tried by desperate sellers.
  
  
• Collapse alert for rain-hit homes
  Stone-built homes near a house in Gateshead which partially collapsed after rain could also be at risk, council bosses warn.
  
  
• Boost for NI housing co-ownership
  A funding boost for housing co-ownership will get hundreds more people onto the property ladder, says the housing minister.