Drop in new properties for rent is steepest since Covid, says Rics

Monthly report from surveyors’ body sees ‘firmly negative trend’ that is expected to push up rental prices

Santander mortgage cap jumps by as much as 24% as bank eases lending rules

Some higher-earning couples with smaller deposits could borrow extra £130,000 as a result of overnight changes

Lower mortgage rates have helped cool rental sector after years of above-inflation increases in rent, data shows

Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she removed tenants before rent rise of almost £700 a month

Cheaper mortgage rates and rising wages helped to push monthly growth to 0.4%, according to Halifax

Average price of property rises 0.6% in July to £272,664, says Nationwide

Record number of homes for sale has created ‘buyer’s market’ and kept price rises in check, Zoopla report says

Rightmove blames the 1.2% fall in new sellers’ prices on the end of stamp duty discounts and more homes coming on to the market

Call for asset freezes after figures under investigation in Dhaka employed services of UK law firms and consultants

Deals for homes worth more than £750,000 are up 7% in June over last year with more properties on market

Move hopes to push lenders to offer more high loan-to-income mortgages and help 36,000 buyers on to housing ladder

Expected interest rate cuts could support growth after fall in first-time buyers since end of stamp duty cut

Number looking to move to urban centres up 16% in first five months of 2025 compared with same period in 2015

Increase in stamp duty has helped weaken demand, as average price drops by 0.8% in June, says Nationwide

Investors in the Dolphin/GPG ponzi scheme run by Charles Smethurst are angry that more is not being done to recover the €1bn owed to them