Not that difficult to buy a home in UK, claims NatWest chair

Howard Davies criticised as being ‘out of touch’ with number of first-time buyers at lowest level in a decade

UK house prices rise again but Halifax forecasts up to 4% drop in 2024

Growth rates driven by shortage of properties on market, says mortgage lender, with typical home worth £287,105

Up to 1.5m households expected to face sharp increase this year, with inflation and tax rises also denting spending power

Some of those whose lower fixed deals will end tell of their fears at having to find hundreds of pounds extra each month

Five- and 10-year fixed-rate remortgage offers announced as lenders big and small reduce rates

Centrally located apartments rather than houses popular with buyers from US, Middle East and China

With their employers limiting the hours they can work, many people have to take two jobs to make end meet

Average annual household bill to jump by £94 to £1,928 in some of the coldest months of the year

As the cost of living crisis drags on, here are some dates that could make an improvement to your pocket

UK’s pension regime makes investment nigh-on impossible. A radical reform under Labour would turbo-charge the economy

If enacted in Jeremy Hunt’s spring budget, the move would provide a windfall for the richest at the expense of less affluent people

As new year looms, there’s one last job for households in Great Britain on standard variable tariffs

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as house prices defy fears of a crash, on the final trading day of 2023

From a suburb of Dover in Kent to the outskirts of Glasgow, here’s where estate agents say buyers are searching

Property market weak, says Nationwide, which expects prices to remain flat or drop slightly in 2024