‘This is ruining people’s lives’: homeowners hit by UK mortgage crisis speak out

Borrowers with expiring fixed-rate or tracker mortgages face difficulties, with some saying they will be forced to sell their homes

Let’s not pretend Labour has found a way to defuse the ‘mortgage timebomb’

Starmer and his party seem to have concluded direct support for homeowners cannot be justified – but it’s smart politics to be seen to take on the banks

Labour piles pressure on Sunak with plan to prevent ‘mortgage catastrophe’

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says party would force banks to take a range of steps to protect borrowers

The Guardian view on mortgages: the crunch is coming

Editorial: Westminster is forever blowing property bubbles. What happens when they burst?

1.4m UK mortgage holders face 20% hit to disposable income from rate hikes

Expected surge in costs by 2025 likely to hit people in 30s hardest, says Institute for Fiscal Studies report

There’s only one way to tackle Britain’s mortgage meltdown – get the banks to cough up

The big five owe the public for the 2008 bailout – and they are taking in enormous profits while many homeowners and renters struggle, says former chancellor John McDonnell

Wednesday briefing: How to solve the UK’s mortgage mess, as interest rates rise again

In today’s newsletter: Rising inflation and interest rates mean real pain for homeowners – with few signs of relief on the way

UK mortgage rates rollercoaster is the price to pay for cheap, short-term deals

Borrowers who made a short-term choice after the 2008 banking crisis were lucky – current borrowers have been equally unlucky

Tory MPs split on whether to intervene to help mortgage holders

Figures released on Wednesday expected to confirm UK stuck with highest inflation rate in G7

Mortgage cost rises: how other countries compare with the UK

Borrowers are protected from shocks by long-term loans in US and paternalistic approach in Europe

Mortgage ‘ticking timebomb’ I warned of has exploded, says Martin Lewis

Comments come as data shows average two-year fixed rate rises to 6.07%, and five-year to 5.72%

Safety checks run down and boom time for criminals: this is why the UK is becoming the ‘dustbin of Europe’

The officials who ensure our consumer goods are safe are being lost to Tory neglect, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Cost of living payments failing to help low-income households in UK

About 39% of households earning less than £26,000 a year are behind on bill payments

Fixing UK’s draughty homes could add £40bn to economy, says Citizens Advice

Report finds that raising minimum energy efficiency standards by 2030 could have huge impact beyond bills

Average two-year fixed rate mortgage deal hits 6% for first time this year, as Sunak rules out extra help – business live

Average mortgage rates hit highest level since December, as asking prices for British homes fall in June for the first time in six years