Nationwide increases amount it will lend to first-time buyers

UK’s biggest building society says it will allow new buyers to take out loans worth up to 5.5 times their earnings

Home ownership unaffordable despite 95% mortgages, analysis shows

Many single thirtysomethings will still find large parts of England and Wales too expensive to buy

UK house prices surge as high demand meets record shortage of homes for sale

Government to unveil new 95% mortgage guarantee scheme as Rightmove says average asking price rose 2.1% in April

Landlord power is not just bad for tenants. It harms homeowners, too

Buy-to-let landlords hoarding properties harms the whole system. Labour would benefit from explaining this to voters, says housing barrister David Renton

Average price of UK home jumps to record high of £254,606 in March

Figures suggest government measures to support property market are continuing to drive interest

High street shops are closing in the Covid crisis – could that hit savings?

UK small investors have invested billions of pounds in property funds but Covid has affected them

London is worst-performing region as UK house prices fall

North-west England shows strongest annual price growth of 8.2%, turning north-south divide on its head

UK economy poised to recover after Covid-19 second wave

Our latest snapshot of key economic indicators shows the deficit soaring but unemployment holding steady

Covid frontline workers priced out of homeowning in 98% of Great Britain

Exclusive: Years of rising prices, pay freeze and high private rents has prevented many from saving for deposit

Lifelong Tory voters abandoning party over cladding crisis

Conservative supporters say party is placing interests of developers and freeholders above homeowners

Help-to-buy Isas: how to make the most of a forgotten account

After a late rush before the scheme closed, hundreds of thousands of savers have not deposited money

Taylor Wimpey and Countryside told to remove ‘unacceptable’ leasehold terms

CMA acts over contracts that mean leaseholders have to pay ground rents that double every 10 to 15 years

Yorkshire Building Society first to bring back 95% mortgages

Riskier product not available for newbuild houses or flats and follows budget offer to back part of the loans

Family faces £250,000 bill after insurer rejects claim for wrecked home

James Hobby was left homeless and with a massive bill when a loft renovation went wrong

UK homebuyers offered first 40-year fixed-rate mortgage

Habito will let borrowers with a 10% deposit pay loan back at 5.35% over up to four decades