How to get yourself mortgage ready

From checking how much you are likely to be able to borrow, to planning ahead of an application

Homebuyers could struggle with mortgages as UK banks tighten affordability tests

Brokers warn soaring bills, tax rises and big hike in cost of household basics have forced lenders to recalculate models

Ng, 49, found guilty of helping to embezzle money earmarked for development in one of biggest frauds in financial history

A reader says the lender is almost impossible to contact and it doesn’t accept emails or messages

Jamie Dimon says bank could lose $1bn from crisis and calls for new ‘Marshall plan’ to ensure energy supply

A reader writes that when they added their Nectar card number to an insurance quote, the price went up

It’s hard to fathom why airline and IAG didn’t throw kitchen sink at deep-rooted problems years ago

Concerns that low-income households are turning to expensive forms of lending as inflation soars

It’s hard to see why the supermarkets have resisted real living wage accreditation for so long

UK government sells more of stake in group formerly known as Royal Bank of Scotland at a loss over 2008 price

Bank has softened language in research documents, according to report, amid pressure to exit Russia

Union says 124 jobs across UK will be lost, with affected branches closing by end of 2022

Leaked documents raise questions over financial relations between relatives of billionaire ex-Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov

First UK high street bank moves into lucrative yet unregulated payment sector

(Slightly) higher rates are on offer for tying up your cash for longer but in fact you’ll often do better with a non-Isa