Taylor Wimpey drops costly leasehold terms after investigation

Thousands will be freed from contracts where ground rent charges doubled every 10 years

Oscar Wilde’s former street named the most expensive in England

The average house price on Chelsea’s Tite Street is £28.9m, says mortgage lender Halifax

Resolution Foundation says biggest rise for decade of 4.1% will coincide with higher taxes, rising inflation and soaring energy bills

The lowdown on how the Bank of England decision will affect borrowers and savers

Bank wants to scrap rule that borrowers must be able to afford rate rise of three percentage points

Online estate agency delays half-year results after failing to follow law protecting tenants’ deposits

Rightmove says strong buyer demand will carry into new year but ‘frenzied’ market of Covid pandemic to ease as more owners look to sell

Thinktank says capital gains tax should be applied so poorer households are spared from paying more in tax

End of Covid stamp duty break and reopening of some offices tip demand towards flats, say experts

Average property price rises £20,000 in a year, with biggest increases in Wales and Northern Ireland

Figures from trade body UK Finance show prediction of Covid-era sales slump were wildly inaccurate

Kleptocrats love this country, knowing full well they’ll be free from proper scrutiny

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

Annual price growth hit 10% in November, up from 9.9% in October, according to Nationwide index

Regulator asks banks and building societies to offer support to borrowers unable to switch