Credit CrunchYou are in: Hampshire > Credit Crunch  As the economy officially falls into recession, how is the south coping with the downturn?  The fall in the value of the pound takes its toll on expats from the South living in Spain.  With money tight, more people are booking South Coast campsites and cottages.  Shoppers on Southampton's Shirley High Street mourn the passing of Woolworths.  Behind the image of affluence in the South lies a rather different reality.  New figures show a rise in people losing their homes accross most of southern England.  We call in on a Hampshire estate agency facing difficulties as the housing market slows.  Useful advice and information if you are struggling with debt and money concerns.  Work on a new 13-storey hotel - due to be the centrepiece of a marina complex - is put on hold.  How is the economic gloom affecting shopkeepers? We visited Shirley High Street.  Southampton graduate Steve Burford helps students save cash with his new website.  We visit Ashurst campsite to see if life under canvas can save you money.  How the credit crunch is affecting people's spending habits around the South.  Find out how the two drivers who took part in BBC South's summer motoring experiment got on.  The building of 300 new flats in Lymington is put on hold because of housing market concerns.  Video Nation teamed up with Panorama to take a look at how the credit crunch is affecting property.  Quentin Thatcher, an estate agent in Hampshire, faces the future after being made redundant.  The credit crunch doesn't affect those who can pay millions and millions for a yacht.  The availability of mortgages is shrinking - a situation made clear to Greg Crosby in Basingstoke.  Local help and advice on money management from the Hampshire branch of CAB (External site) You are in: Hampshire > Credit Crunch |
