What's Your House Worth?
In London and the south east, if you own your home, you've made thousands of pounds just by living there. In some parts of Britain the property bubble has burst, and houses expected to go up in value are now going down. Billions are being lent in mortgages; and banks and building societies are falling over themselves to lend you more.
John Penycate asks where this spiral of house prices and domestic debt is leading and looks at the north-south divide and at the plight of those too poor to climb, or to stay, on the home-ownership bandwagon.
Producer JANA BENNETT Editor DAVID DICKINSON