Property prices flat in June amid signs UK job market may be ‘softening’

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

First-time buyers turn from rural areas to Britain’s regional cities

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

FCA boss says mortgage charter up for review amid pressure from the chancellor to remove red tape for firms

Financial Conduct Authority looks at whether the product it once called a ‘ticking timebomb’ can support home ownership

Rightmove says prices dropping as more properties are available and after stamp duty increases in England

FCA has sounded alarm over growing conspiracy theory that uses arguments dating back to Magna Carta

More than 53,000 mortgages completed using scheme, which encourages lenders to offer up to 95% loans

The controversial loan has returned. We look at the deals and explain why it’s worth saving up a 5% deposit or more

Average property price drops 0.4% month on month in May to £296,648, Halifax says

Housing associations want chancellor to class social housing as critical infrastructure to allow for extra spending

Campaigners say secretive ownership structures are becoming the ‘go-to vehicle for kleptocrats’

Rightmove says figure has risen in May by 0.6% compared with April despite lower demand from new buyers

US inquiries at eight-year high with Glasgow also in top 10, estate agents say