‘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

UK house prices will not stop falling until 2025, Lloyds predicts

Britain’s biggest mortgage lender forecasts 5% drop over this year and another 2.4% decline in 2024

With the market expected to improve this year, the Conservatives will doubtless seek to exploit the reliable vote-winning tool

UK housebuilder’s sales also dented by absence of government’s help-to-buy scheme

Rightmove says 0.5% rise is smallest for time of year since financial crisis 15 years ago as higher interest rates hit home

High mortgage costs result in sixth straight month of sellers being forced to reduce prices, says Halifax

Average rental property receives three times more enquiries from prospective tenants than in 2019

High interest rates blamed for year-on-year fall with price of average home £14,500 lower than September 2022.

Buyers under 29 choosing at least 35-year repayment terms to bridge gap between rising living costs and high asking prices, says Experian

Number of house sales also fell in August compared with a year earlier, says HMRC

First time since early July that average rate has been below 6%, with some deals now under 5%

Britons are raiding savings or cutting pension contributions, KPMG study finds

Lender says homes needing renovation are most in demand as people seek cheaper properties

Mounting optimism that home-loan costs have peaked after Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold

People who lost money for care home fees and others facing rocketing mortgage costs after Truss’s gambit share their stories