‘Sorry, no one is in’: few are at home for Margaret Hodge’s ‘kleptocracy walking tour’

Campaigning Labour MP knocks on doors of wealthy London homes bought by foreign leaders who are subject to sanctions

Labour will aim to reveal new town sites within first year in power

Angela Rayner to promise party will build homes on sites by end of its first term and support private developers

Nationwide doubles maximum personal loan to £50k amid rising building costs

Previous £25,000 maximum no longer enough to fund some home improvements, says building society

China to cut mortgage rates as part of plan to prop up property market

Local authorities will be allowed to turn unsold homes from developers into affordable housing

Three UK banks announce cuts to cost of fixed-rate mortgages

Barclays Bank, HSBC and TSB reveal changes, reversing some of price rises seen in recent weeks

‘It will take two decades to fix the housing crisis’: The developer reshaping south London

Rick de Blaby is at the forefront of the UK’s nascent build-to-rent sector. But can he calm nerves over the transformation of bustling Elephant & Castle?

Are 25-year UK mortgages a thing of the past?

Younger homebuyers are turning to ultra-long loans, prompting fears over the risk to their finances and the wider economy

Rise in ultra-long mortgages ‘poses risk to UK retirement prospects’

Former pensions minister says data shows buyers increasingly forced to accept terms that stretch into state pension age

UK house prices steady in April as higher mortgage rates bite

First-time buyers targeting smaller properties, with flats closing ‘growth gap’ on houses, says Halifax

Savills says UK house prices will rise this year in U-turn on earlier forecast

Lower mortgage rates prompt property firm to change its outlook from 3% drop to a 2.5% increase

UK house prices fall unexpectedly for second month in a row

Nationwide blames April slowdown on ‘affordability pressures’ on back of high mortgage rates

Nationwide stops lending on some flood-risk properties

Banks may follow suit after UK weather-related claims on home insurance reach new high

Average rents in Great Britain climb to record high

Tenants typically asked to pay £1,291 a month outside London and £2,633 in capital but pace of growth is slowing, say analysts

Thursday briefing: How Michael Gove’s ‘new deal’ for renters went sour

In today’s newsletter: The renters reform bill was meant to address a spiralling housing crisis, but as a watered-down version finally passes, we look at the ways a great hope has become a crushing disappointment

Leading UK lenders raise fixed-rate mortgage deals amid ‘market uncertainty’

Borrowers urged not to panic as banks including Barclays, NatWest and HSBC readjust cost of loans