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

Landlords sell up in Great Britain as buy-to-let market sours

Owners sell to offset losses from tax changes and rate hikes, meaning fewer homes to rent and thus higher rents

New mortgage deal falls below 5% in ‘watershed moment’ for UK homeowners

Nationwide’s two-year fixed rate deal offered at 4.99% as lenders jostle for customers

UK housing market is past its ‘peak pain’, declares Savills

Upmarket estate agent says prices will start to bottom out in 2024 as interest rates fall and will return to growth in 2025

UK house prices rise for first time since March amid supply shortages

Market likely to fall in short term amid high interest rates and living cost pressures, says Halifax

Luxury London tower near remains of Shakespearean theatre opens

Find from 16th century uncovered in building of £750m complex of 412 apartments now renamed the Stage

‘Property porn’ estate agent The Modern House cuts staff amid downturn

Aspirational website and Instagram feed joins firms laying off workers as market slowdown hits

UK mortgage borrowers can expect competitive rates but higher fees

Offers for homeowners may look improved but deals are likely to come with huge percentage-based product fees

Labour says 630,000 will be hit by surge in mortgage costs before 2024 elections

Long period of high interest rates expected, meaning higher costs for homeowners whose fixed-rate deals are coming to an end

UK house prices rose unexpectedly in October, index shows

Nationwide records monthly increase of 0.9% but average property value down 3.3% year on year

Rihanna’s former London rental mansion sells for £27.5m

Chinese buyer snaps up St John’s Wood house that often featured in singer’s Instagram posts

UK mortgage approvals slump before interest rates decision

Remortgaging at lowest level since January 1999 as borrowers face higher repayments

Interest rate rises caused sharp drop in UK household wealth, report finds

Resolution Foundation says higher interest rates have led to a fall in house prices and pension pots

From right to buy to housing crisis: how home ownership killed Britain’s property dream

Margaret Thatcher’s ‘property-owning democracy’ project drove a mass sell-off of social housing. After more than 40 years of soaring prices and growing inequality, is it time to change course?

‘Every night is sleepless’: the people falling behind on mortgage repayments

With interest rates still high and mortgage arrears at highest levels since 2016, we hear from three people struggling to pay