Well.....amongst all the doom and gloom, i'll add my tuppence worth:-
On the house front - just remortgaged and valuation has risen 15% in the last 7 months.
On the job front(im a low hour fatpl) - a year of nothing and low and behold 2regional TP interviews in the last 10 days. 2 mates in a similar position, one started TR last week, the other has had 2 offers in the last 3 weeks.
Theres still plenty jobs out there just now.