Is it worth playing the waiting game in the hope of a better mortgage deal?

As costs rose yet again last week, with a warning to expect 5%-plus fixed rates, we look at the options for homebuyers

‘I’m very fortunate’: meet the Londoner who lives among billionaires for £200 a week

Key workers join overseas ultra-rich in Millbank Quarter in central London, close to Big Ben

Lenders forced to raise fixed-term deals after latest inflation figure pushed swap rates upwards

Charity says stronger protections are needed or people will be left vulnerable to ‘hair-trigger evictions’

Average SVR at highest level for more than 15 years as number of home loan products available jump

David Miles says working from home, stalling population growth and higher interest rates will shape market

Charles Dunstone-backed Strike to cut costs at troubled firm that was once valued at more than £1.3bn

Tenants in Great Britain typically paying 25% on top of what they were paying at start of pandemic, according to Hamptons

Families who have remortgaged or are about to do so tell of a precarious position after rate raised to 4.5%

Bank of England aware that impact of most rates rises has yet to be felt, meaning a pause is now probable

The quarter-point rise to 4.5% hits mortgage holders, credit card users and people seeking loans, but savers could benefit

Rising numbers of adult children are living with their parents compared with a decade ago

Poll of City analysts shows unanimous expectation of Bank of England raising interest rates to 4.5%

Much depends on the housing market and there’s no agreement on how that’s faring right now

UK house prices rose in annual terms by just 0.1% in April, the smallest increase since December 2012, mortgage lender Halifax reports