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Five major lenders - NatWest, Barclays, Accord, Leeds Building Society and HSBC - have all announced rate increases so far this...

Fall throughs are costing sellers some £909m a year - and that’s even on recent muted sales figures. Home Sale Pack has...

Recent economic data was reassuringly predictable. We learned that core inflation fell by fractionally more than expected while services inflation proved slightly...

Fewer people are concerned about paying their mortgage and fewer believe mortgage affordability is a barrier to home buying.  That’s the verdict...

New data from Zoopla suggests that the housing market is becoming buoyant despite widespread uncertainty over the exact direction of mortgage...

The number of mortgages offered to home buyers went up from 49,300 in November to 50,500 in December, against the normal...

There’s no prospect of a rapid recovery for the housing market in 2024 despite some green shoots appearing. The warning comes from...

A warning has been given to borrowers and the home owning public by Paul Broadhead, head of mortgage and housing policy...

Knight Frank says a reduction in mortgage costs as early as February - or perhaps more likely in Q2 next year...

The Nationwide says high interest rates are helping to redefine the housing market in terms of transaction volumes and choices of...

Is the mortgage price war really over? On the one hand there are good signs for the housing market - no substantial...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee is warning that inflation - which is effectively determining base rate and interest rates...

The latest house price index - this one from the Halifax - has triggered a huge wave of concern about the...

Trade body UK Finance has issued a timely reminder to the mortgage lending sector of its obligations to borrowers struggling following...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England meets on Thursday with the market expecting them to announce 0.5% raise...

With a raft of new schemes coming to market ahead of the end of Help to Buy, questions are being asked...

With the interest rate rising from 0.25% to 0.5%, Brian Murphy, head of lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, shares his top tips homeowners...

With the Bank of England raising interest rates for the first time in more than three years, Brian Murphy, head of lending...

Borrowers are still opting for variable mortgages despite the Bank of England base rate increase, new figures from Yorkshire Building Society...

Back in 1980 I took out my first mortgage to buy a flat in Birmingham. The flat was very affordable and...

The prospect of an interest rate hike in the UK may be closer than markets realise, according to a Bank of...

Brokers and analysts don't expect base rates to rise until at least 2016 after the Bank of England held base rates...