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• Repossessions of homes up by 12%
  The number of properties repossessed by mortgage lenders rose by 12% to 11,300 in the third quarter of the year.
  
  
• Pair jailed for running brothel
  A Newcastle man and his Thai partner are jailed for running a massage parlour offering "extra services".
  
  
• Report criticises housing group
  An inspection finds 'considerable scope for improvement' at a housing association with over 700 properties.
  
  
• Three men arrested over body find
  Three men are arrested after the body of a man is discovered at a property in south-east London.
  
  
• Tax relief cut generates millions
  A cut in the council tax reduction on second homes and empty properties brings in £4.8m.
  
  
• House sales rise as prices fall
  Property sales rose slightly in October, for the second month in a row, the National Association of Estate Agents says.
  
  
• People return home after gas leak
  Residents evacuated from about 140 properties in Dorset due to a serious gas leak are allowed home.
  
  
• Woman died from ligature injury
  A woman found dead at a property in Hampshire died of a ligature to the neck, a post-mortem finds.
  
  
• Home owners fight Edgbaston plan
  The owners of four homes may be forced to leave to make way for a £30m redevelopment of Edgbaston cricket ground.
  
  
• Evacuation after 'large' gas leak
  About 140 properties are evacuated following a "serious and large" gas leak in a Dorset town.
  
  
• £2.4m cost of housing 16 families
  The government spends more than £2.4m every year on housing for 16 families in London, an inquiry finds.
  
  
• Rock arrears driven by 125% loans
  Arrears on controversial home loans of up to 125% of the value of a property are driving Northern Rock's repossession rate.
  
  
• Rents fall after market 'flooded'
  The increasing numbers of rental properties in Wales pushes down rents across the country, say surveyors.
  
  
• Property sales slump hits council
  The sale of surplus council land and property in south west Scotland falls short of targets.
  
  
• Glut of unsold homes hits rents
  A glut of unsold homes has flooded the home rental market, driving down rents at the fastest rate on record, surveyors say.
  
  
• Man quizzed as woman's body found
  A man is being questioned after a woman's body is recovered from a property in a Hampshire town.
  
  
• Council homes in £243m revamp bid
  Government cash may pay for a multi-million pound renovation of thousands of properties in Nottingham.
  
  
• Investigation into death of man
  A man who was taken to hospital from a property on the Isle of Man has died in hospital, police say.
  
  
• Focus put on empty homes problem
  A strategy to get empty homes back into use is approved by officials in Leicestershire.
  
  
• Surviving the property turmoil
  As Britain's housing market crisis continues, the downturn is taking its toll on the once-booming rental market on both landlord and tenants alike.