It's no wonder that prospective house buyers are getting the jitters. You only have to turn on the TV or open the newspaper to be confronted with headlines saying the property market is in free-fall...

http://www.independentmortgagenetwork.co.uk/articles/industry/uk-property-prices-falling.html

Hard times for Northern Rock borrowers. How apt the saying for many a Northern Rock borrower - coming to the end of a fixed rate deal and finding that the Standard Variable Rate (SVR) is uncomfortably high and in many cases that they have over extended themselves...

http://www.independentmortgagenetwork.co.uk/articles/industry/northern-rock-customer-support.html