According to a report on This is Money, the average value of new build properties has plunged by as much as twenty-six percent in the last year alone. This has created debt management problems for the thousands of homeowners in new build properties and many are experiencing difficulties in making end meet each month after the full force of the credit crunch really began to hit home. As such, many are expected to seek out sell house rent back schemes in order to unlock the equity from their homes and avoid the risk of the value of their homes falling any further. Sell house rent back schemes are becoming increasingly popular in the current climate as they represent a guaranteed cash offer with no chance of chain collapse which is nigh on unheard of in the present housing market as buyers are becoming increasingly reticent to make offers on properties.