UK house prices rise for first time in more than a year as mortgage costs drop

Average cost of a home increased to £260,420 in February, up by 1.2% on a year earlier, says Nationwide

UK property sales forecast to rise by 10% as buyers and sellers return

Data from online property company Zoopla showed the housing market is on track to reach 1.1m transactions across this year

Millennials on course to become ‘richest generation in history’

Generational transfer of wealth largely built up in property will amount to $90tn in US alone, report says

UK housebuilders investigated over possible sharing of price information

Watchdog says it has ‘fundamental concerns’ about market including supply of new homes

Like many of us, Jeremy Hunt has dreams that his budget won’t stretch to

As the budget looms, the chancellor has very little scope to deliver the sort of measures that might make people vote Tory

Signs of UK housing market recovery as price falls ease

Price of average property decreased by 1.4% in 12 months to December, says ONS

‘It’s literally giving somebody money for nothing’: the battle to reform property leaseholds

Flat buyers across England and Wales have been shocked at the ‘feudal’ nature of the ground rent system. Even Michael Gove says it must change. But landowners are fighting back

UK lender offers long-term mortgages that cut rates over time

April Mortgages’ Dutch-style loans attract attention but are currently only for remortgaging

UK property prices have rebounded quickly but talk of a boom is premature

The scope for a near-term surge is limited by the market only having just avoided a crash, say analysts

UK house prices rise at fastest rate since January 2023

Lower mortgage rates lead to increased buyer and seller confidence, says Halifax

Bank agrees payout over mortgages that ‘ruined lives’

Out-of-court settlement reached with law firm acting for customers who have been left owing big sums

UK house prices rise at strongest rate in a year

Though rapid rebound is unlikely, outlook for property market ‘is a little more positive’, says Nationwide

Foxtons boss Guy Gittins: ‘We absolutely don’t welcome 20% rent increases’

The chief executive who cut his teeth in the estate agency’s sharp-suited, hard-pushing heyday worries today’s letting market is ‘terrible for tenants’

UK homeowners with mental health problems ‘spend less on essentials to pay mortgage’

Charity set up by Martin Lewis says up to 1.3m people forced to cut back on food, energy and even medicine

Private rents in Great Britain hit record high, data shows

Rightmove says average advertised price outside London is up 9.2% on a year ago despite fall in some regions