UK mortgage borrowers can expect competitive rates but higher fees

Offers for homeowners may look improved but deals are likely to come with huge percentage-based product fees

Labour says 630,000 will be hit by surge in mortgage costs before 2024 elections

Long period of high interest rates expected, meaning higher costs for homeowners whose fixed-rate deals are coming to an end

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

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

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?

‘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

UK house prices will not stop falling until 2025, Lloyds predicts

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender forecasts 5% drop over this year and another 2.4% decline in 2024

A property price rise in the UK could be the Tories’ last election trump card

With the market expected to improve this year, the Conservatives will doubtless seek to exploit the reliable vote-winning tool

Barratt warns of ‘uncertain’ year as buyers struggle with mortgages

UK housebuilder’s sales also dented by absence of government’s help-to-buy scheme

UK house prices rise at slowest post-summer rate since 2008 crash

Rightmove says 0.5% rise is smallest for time of year since financial crisis 15 years ago as higher interest rates hit home

Buyer’s market fuels fastest fall in UK house prices in 14 years

High mortgage costs result in sixth straight month of sellers being forced to reduce prices, says Halifax

Supply shortages and mortgage rate rises push UK rents to highest point ever

Average rental property receives three times more enquiries from prospective tenants than in 2019

UK house prices drop 5.3% with falls in every region, says Nationwide

High interest rates blamed for year-on-year fall with price of average home £14,500 lower than September 2022.