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Mortgage approvals for house purchases fell slightly from 60,800 in April to 60,000 in May, says the Bank of England. Approvals for...

Overall, the total value of the UK housing market contracted by 21% in the year to March 2024, on the back...

Official Bank of England figures shows that net mortgage approvals for house purchases totalled 61,100 in April, little changed from 61,300...

New Financial Conduct Authority statistics display housing market turbulence over the past two years, raising concerns about buyers and lenders in...

The research chief at lettings agency Hamptons says it’s likely that landlords have been hit harder by high interest rates than...

There’s been an alarming set of figures in the Bank of England’s latest Money and Credit report, which relates to September. Net...

UK mortgage holders are repaying record amounts of mortgage debt, according to the  Equity Release Council. But the ERC claims high levels...

Britain’s macroeconomic policy framework needs an overhaul to tackle the risk of an unsustainable ratcheting up of debt. That’s the view of...

Landlords in the UK are paying 40 per cent more mortgage interest than in August 2022, which equates to an extra...

Mortgage arrears in the UK jumped by almost a third between April and June compared with the same period last year,...

Equifax data has found that 41 per cent of live mortgages in the UK are held by customers who will be...

Mortgage approvals rose by just over three per cent from 49,000 in April to 50,500 in May according to new Bank...

Savings made during lockdown have allowed some borrowers to reduce their debt commitments, with a record £17.6 billion of mortgages repaid...

A fifth of current mortgage holders believe they will still be paying off their mortgage beyond the age of 65 –...

Homeowners are ageing at a faster rate than the UK population as developments in post-retirement lending put a strain on the...

The mortgage market will reach its highest level of gross lending since the financial crisis during 2017, the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders...

Mortgage arrears and repossessions hit a new low in the third quarter but brokers have warned against borrower complacency. They fear borrowers...

More than 600,000 Britons intend to use all or part of their pension to help repay their mortgage balance, new research...