UK house prices rose unexpectedly in October, index shows

Nationwide records monthly increase of 0.9% but average property value down 3.3% year on year

A fifth of Britons start planning for Christmas in November, John Lewis says

Retailer’s research also says outdoor lights are becoming the norm and a third of homes decorate more than one tree

Early retirement in England increasingly preserve of wealthy, report shows

IFS study shows change in employment pattern for those in 50s and 60s between 2002-03 and 2018-19

TSB reimbursed 15 times more customers’ fraud losses than Monzo in 2022

Regulator figures show huge differences in banks’ treatment of fraud victims, from 94% of claims refunded by TSB to 6% at Monzo

Britons’ holidays abroad ‘could hit record’ in 2024 despite this year’s woes

Inflation, wildfires and air traffic control chaos have not put people off travelling, Abta finds

Ulez expansion: 45% fewer ‘dirty’ vehicles now on London’s roads, says TfL

Sadiq Khan hails ‘huge progress’ as progress report finds more than 95% of vehicles are now compliant

FCA acts against PayPal and QVC as more Britons turn to buy now, pay later

Payments group and TV shopping channel change small print after financial regulator steps in

Rihanna’s former London rental mansion sells for £27.5m

Chinese buyer snaps up St John’s Wood house that often featured in singer’s Instagram posts

UK mortgage approvals slump before interest rates decision

Remortgaging at lowest level since January 1999 as borrowers face higher repayments

Interest rate rises caused sharp drop in UK household wealth, report finds

Resolution Foundation says higher interest rates have led to a fall in house prices and pension pots

Huge ethnicity pension gap revealed in UK figures

Shortfalls fuelled by misconceptions and distrust of employers, as well as lack of spare income, figures show

Fuel poverty in UK ‘hit one in four in social housing last winter’

Households that switch off heating create conditions that could be unhealthy or even fatal, says charity

From right to buy to housing crisis: how home ownership killed Britain’s property dream

Margaret Thatcher’s ‘property-owning democracy’ project drove a mass sell-off of social housing. After more than 40 years of soaring prices and growing inequality, is it time to change course?

‘Cost of children crisis’: UK parents on coping with half-term on a shoestring

As food and heating costs rise with children at home, compromises range from washing less to cancelling holidays

‘Every night is sleepless’: the people falling behind on mortgage repayments

With interest rates still high and mortgage arrears at highest levels since 2016, we hear from three people struggling to pay