The self-storage boom: lifestyle choice or indictment of UK housing crisis?

Lock-ups are being reinvented and marketed as more than just storage amid overcrowding and record rent rises

Alarm at growing number of working people in UK ‘struggling to make ends meet’

UK debt advice charity warns that cost of living crisis and higher rents are pushing younger full-time workers into difficulties

Charity says households in England have approached councils 84,650 times for support after facing eviction in last five years

Poll indicates prices stabilised in March as new property listings and buyer interest increased

Risk of declining consumption, house price falls and defaults as tighter policy finally has impact

Average 13% increase by 2027 will put millions of households under further pressure, says thinktank

Insurers have banked huge hidden payments for buildings cover over many years, experts say

Drop in March leaves average price of home at £288,430, says Halifax

Average price of home down 0.2% from February to March, to £261,142, says Nationwide

Julian Richer, a landlord himself, says markets have created only disaster and the nation must shift from its focus on ownership

Wealthy second home owners who can afford to allow them to sit empty will carry on, say those with small holiday lettings

Wales led the way in tackling the problem of empty properties and priced-out locals – and now Jeremy Hunt has weighed in

Subsidiary of Lazari Investments fined £67,000 for breaches of HMO licence conditions on Camden flats

Trying to choose between a fixed rate and a tracker, or thinking about getting help from family? Here are the options

Data from property website Rightmove finds average asking price has reached almost £370,000