Business news for Mon, 24 Dec 2007 & with words amid+property. 2 news.

Grandparents, flush with cash earned in the property boom, are helping with their grandchildren's school fees that have risen sharply amid the rise in teachers' pay

The slide in house prices is gathering pace, a survey suggests today, amid signs that housebuilders are digging in for a prolonged residential property freeze. Tulloch Homes, a medium-sized Scottish housebuilder, pulled plans yesterday for a £200 million flotation, and Taylor Wimpey is understood to have ordered a halt to any new land acquisitions.