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Companies which buy your home and rent it back to you might not be the solution you hoped for.
Staff at Birmingham Dogs Home say increasing numbers of pets are being abandoned.
A young couple living in rented accommodation fear they will never be able to afford a mortgage.
An estimated nine million motorists will have to pay more road tax under Government reforms.
Financial guru Alvin Hall gives his opinions on the credit crunch.
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