Mortgage holders and wannabe first-time buyers have been warned by the Bank of England that the cost of home loans could rise due to the eurozone crisis.
Banks have lifted their unilateral hold on complaints about the mis-selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) following their crushing defeat in the key judicial review.
Lobby group Consumer Focus has written to Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks calling on them to stop demanding cash from mortgage holders as a result of their gaffes.
Many Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank mortgage holders have reported getting payment demands written off after a computer error meant 18,000 were undercharged for up to two years.