Frozen out of the property market

The housing market is booming again: houses are selling faster than they have for six years, and asking prices hit a record £262,594 in April - up 7.3% from a year ago. In London, Foxtons says it has seen a 20% surge in new buyers registering with the firm. It's officially boom time.

However, while a good portion of the country goes property-mad, there are significant sections of society who have been completely frozen out of the market.%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%