Asking price of properties popular with UK first-time buyers hits record

Average of £224,963 for homes with one or two bedrooms is 2% higher than a year ago, says Rightmove

Marathon mortgages of up to 40 years on rise among UK first-time buyers

More opt for longer loan deals and lower monthly payments as rents soar in cost of living crisis

Instead of caving in to the building lobby, he is trying to return power to the people, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Denham Place in Buckinghamshire being sold by multimillionaire Mike Jatania

Up to 2.6 million people aged 18-34 in damp, draughty and cramped living conditions, says thinktank

Replacing the council tax would be popular and the vast majority of UK households would gain

By kicking retirement reforms down the road again, vote-hungry politicians are allowing a wealthy generation to prosper at the expense of the young

Halifax says market has been helped by easing of borrowing costs

It admits it made an error but we lost our buyer and had to go to auction

Experts say developers deterred by changes to planning system brought in by successive Tory governments

Average property drops 3.1% to £257,122 over year to March, says Nationwide

Collapse in demand for property may be bottoming out but no return to boom conditions, analysts say

Latest Rightmove survey concludes market on ‘much more stable footing’ than many had thought

Average monthly cost of owning 3-bed home is £500 a year less than renting, but the gap is narrowing

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