UK house prices forecast to fall by up to 4% in 2024

High rates hit mortgage affordability and sales completions but Halifax expects part recovery in market

What UK’s interest rate freeze means for mortgage borrowers

Home loans could be unlikely to fall by much in short term as Bank of England keeps fighting inflation

Average asking price for home in UK drops by £7,000 in December

Prices usually decrease at this time of year but fall is greater than 20-year average owing to high mortgage rates, says Rightmove

Tenants in Britain ‘hit by highest increase in rent for a decade’ last month

Estate agent Hamptons estimates rise of 10.2% year-on-year means people paid record £85bn in rent this year

Average UK two-year fixed mortgage rate drops below 6% to six-month low

Data shows cost of borrowing still falling from highs of summer, with five-year fix also down

UK house prices rise again as easing of mortgage rates tempts more buyers

Monthly increase of 0.5% in November comes as average price of property goes up to £283,615, says Halifax

London borough of Richmond is ‘happiest place to live in Great Britain’

Access to huge parks, restaurants and transport links plus a Ted Lasso-factor lead area to top Rightmove’s ‘happy at home’ index

UK house prices likely to fall by 1% next year, says Rightmove

Competition among sellers will increase as mortgage rates settle at ‘elevated’ level, website predicts

If taxing the rich is so fraught, maybe we need a rethink

The cost of government is rising, yet raising taxes is bad politics. From productivity to ‘degrowth’, the left ought to get behind the more radical approaches

UK house prices rise for third straight month as mortgage rates fall

Nationwide says average property price was £258,557 in November, £5,231 down on same month last year

Average rent in Great Britain up by more than a quarter since start of Covid

Rise due to shortage of properties has been worsened by soaring interest rates, Savills finds

‘A buyer’s market’: average £18,000 knocked off UK property asking price, says Zoopla

Average discount stands at five-year high despite ongoing long-term shortage of homes for sale

Cashing in? The mortgage-free landlords who are raising the rent anyway

Majority of letters with no exposure to rising interest rates are demanding more money in new tenancy agreements

Average UK house sale price suffers first annual fall for 11 years

ONS says average price dropped 0.1% year on year in September, with those in London decreasing 1.1%

Rising interest rates wipe £200m off British Land’s property portfolio

Underlying profits, however, up 3.4% to £142m in half year to end of September, driven by higher market rents