The Welsh government has announced it will launch its £170m Help to Buy equity loan scheme in January.
The UK economy is heading in the right direction but there are a "number of years to go" before a full-blown recovery can be called, Bank of England (BoE) chief economist Spencer Dale has said.
The government is undermining its own Help to Buy scheme by imposing a large tax burden on first-time buyers, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has argued.
UK house prices are now 5.8% higher than this time a year ago, according to Nationwide, but are still 7% off their 2007 peak.
UK lenders have steadily increased lending since March this year to hit a 66-month high of 15,621 in September.
More than half of consumers believe they would benefit from seeking financial advice, according to a report out today.
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