UK mortgage rate crisis driving record rent squeeze as landlords pass higher costs on to tenants

Homelessness charity says hundreds of thousands of people could be left unable to cover their rent and at risk of losing homesBusiness live – latest updates

Mortgage pressures will not tip UK into wave of repossessions, FCA says

After a meeting between Jeremy Hunt and bankers at No 10, Nikhil Rathi says there will be ‘no repeat’ of 2008

Mortgage crisis: UK lenders agree to 12-month grace period on repossessions

Measure among three agreed at meeting with chancellor to help struggling households after sharp rate hike

Markets predict 6% UK interest rate by end of year

Rates will remain at level until summer 2024 after Bank of England hikes benchmark rate by half a percentage point

‘This is ruining people’s lives’: homeowners hit by UK mortgage crisis speak out

Borrowers with expiring fixed-rate or tracker mortgages face difficulties, with some saying they will be forced to sell their homes

Let’s not pretend Labour has found a way to defuse the ‘mortgage timebomb’

Starmer and his party seem to have concluded direct support for homeowners cannot be justified – but it’s smart politics to be seen to take on the banks

The Guardian view on mortgages: the crunch is coming

Editorial: Westminster is forever blowing property bubbles. What happens when they burst?

Wednesday briefing: How to solve the UK’s mortgage mess, as interest rates rise again

In today’s newsletter: Rising inflation and interest rates mean real pain for homeowners – with few signs of relief on the way

UK mortgage rates rollercoaster is the price to pay for cheap, short-term deals

Borrowers who made a short-term choice after the 2008 banking crisis were lucky – current borrowers have been equally unlucky

Tory MPs split on whether to intervene to help mortgage holders

Figures released on Wednesday expected to confirm UK stuck with highest inflation rate in G7

Hunt rules out mortgage support or food price caps; Mortgage ticking time bomb is ‘now exploding’ – as it happened

Jeremy Hunt faces calls to introduce mortgage interest tax relielf from Conservative MPs at Treasury Questions, and rules out price caps on food

Mortgage cost rises: how other countries compare with the UK

Borrowers are protected from shocks by long-term loans in US and paternalistic approach in Europe

Fixing UK’s draughty homes could add £40bn to economy, says Citizens Advice

Report finds that raising minimum energy efficiency standards by 2030 could have huge impact beyond bills

Average two-year fixed rate mortgage deal hits 6% for first time this year, as Sunak rules out extra help – business live

Average mortgage rates hit highest level since December, as asking prices for British homes fall in June for the first time in six years

Sunak says no extra help with mortgages as fixed rates climb to 6%

Prime minister says no new support available for households struggling to pay loans