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The negative effects of higher mortgage rates on affordability were overestimated throughout 2023 with house prices having dropped one one to...

A poll of leading economists for London-focussed business newspaper City AM reveals that some believe a Bank of England base cut...

Britain’s macroeconomic policy framework needs an overhaul to tackle the risk of an unsustainable ratcheting up of debt. That’s the view of...

The Bank of England’s latest base rate rise - up 0.25 per cent to 5.25 per cent - has been poorly...

The Bank of England’s latest stress test of the financial system suggests that UK's eight largest lenders could survive a worst...

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

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee does not meet until June 22 but that doesn’t mean there’s any let up...

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

THE increase in growth announced is a “very welcome” tonic for the housing sector, according to a leading property association. The National...

During these uncertain economic times, people are extra careful with their money, and to this end, new research reveals that 48%...

New research by property development optimisation platform, Unlatch, has discovered that some areas of the UK are still feeling the effects...

The majority (83%) of first-time buyers in the UK currently house-hunting have had no financial support from their parents, new research...

More than twice as many principals, advisers and administrators worry about the impact of a second coronavirus lockdown than about Brexit,...

Mortgage applications will soon be as simple as buying car insurance for many borrowers, as technology begins to revolutionise the housing...

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

New evidence suggests that only high-earning first-time buyers are able to afford their first properties, leaving the rest behind. The gap between...

Interest rate cuts following the financial crisis have reduced annual mortgage costs by more than £22 billion, new figures show. The 4.5 percentage...

The number of 95% LTV mortgages rose by 84% in the last year after a surge of product launches over the...

The number of home repossessions fell 45% across England and Wales over the last year as the economy recovered. The gap between...

Buy-to-let lending continued to race ahead of the mortgage market in September as investors ignore Chancellor George Osborne's forthcoming tax crackdown. Investors drove large quarterly and...

First-time buyers enjoy their strongest summer on record as sales picked up 25% in the aftermath of the general election. There were...

The number of first-time buyer sales rose nearly 5% in July to hit the highest figure since the recession. There were 29,700...

Brokers are buzzing with confidence after new figures showed the mortgage market enjoyed its best July for seven years. Gross mortgage lending...

The number of home movers has fallen sharply over the past 12 months and is still far lower than before the financial crisis. But the...

Mortgage borrowing jumped to a six-year high in May and average deposits also hit a new post-recession peak, new figures show. Deposits have...

Scotland has voted to stay in the union – at least for now – and one question that investors will have...