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Half of students fail to get full deposits back from landlords as money gets illegally withhold

Rogue landlords are routinely and illegally withholding deposits and subjecting tenants to surprise evictions. Often it is students and young adults early in th... read more

60% of second-time buyers say moving up the housing ladder is harder than getting on it

Buying a second home and moving up the property ladder is more difficult than buying a home for the first time, 60 per cent of ‘second steppers’ cla... read more

Local councils fall SIX YEARS behind their own house building targets

Local councils have fallen over six years behind their own house building targets as Britain continues to struggle to deal with its housing crisis, research has... read more

Rics reports weakest reading on its house price growth measure since September 2012

A net ten per cent of surveyors said house prices fell last month, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has reported today. It says that it has doubts s... read more

Does the 18 year property cycle predict a house price boom?

Are house prices preparing to go on something of a run? Regular readers of my column will know that I’m not a prime candidate for answering such a questio... read more

House prices rise at slowest pace since April 2013, says Halifax

House prices are rising at the slowest pace for five-and-a-half years, reported Halifax, as buyers watch from the sidelines ahead of Brexit. Britain’s biggest... read more

Our downsizing dream RUINED… by soaring service charges no one warned us about 

Retired engineer Walter Wright and his wife Peggy thought they had found the perfect place to downsize. The three-bedroom detached home was only a couple of ye... read more

Our downsizing dream RUINED… by soaring service charges

Retired engineer Walter Wright and his wife Peggy thought they had found the perfect place to downsize. The three-bedroom detached home was only a couple of ye... read more

Nationwide slices 95% mortgage rates

Nationwide has sliced half a per cent off a range of its 95 per cent loan-to-value mortgages in a bid to attract the growing range of first-time buyers.  Despi... read more

Halifax to announce the chance for borrowers to take part in a one-off £1m prize draw

Halifax to announce the chance for borrowers to take part in a one-off £1m prize draw By Sally Hamilton, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:57 GMT, 3 Novem... read more

Leaseholders are still stuck in unsaleable houses despite Government reforms

Homeowners stuck in the leasehold trap are furious that Government is yet to help them after it committed to capping ground rents on new leaseholds at just £1... read more

Mortgage rates below 1% are BACK: Leeds BS’ new cheapest mortgage

Leeds Building Society has launched the cheapest mortgage deal since the Bank of England hiked the base rate to 0.75 per cent in August. The society has launche... read more

I had a mortgage application rejected, so how can I get one accepted?

I’m looking to buy my first home but I’ve been turned down for a mortgage before.  I’ve heard that applying too many times can look back on y... read more

House prices rise at the slowest pace for five years, says Nationwide

House prices across Britain are rising at the slowest pace since May 2013, as worries over Brexit, the economy and squeezed household finances take their toll. ... read more

House price growth in UK top 20 cities slows down

Property price growth across Britain’s 20 biggest cities has slowed, with London recording falls across nearly two thirds of its districts, new research s... read more

Boss of Nationwide warns ‘lost generation’ of house hunters may never get on property ladder

A ‘lost generation’ of house hunters may never get on the property ladder, the boss of Nationwide has warned. Rock-bottom interest rates have fuelle... read more

Help to Buy extended another two years but ONLY for first-time buyers

The Government has confirmed it will extend its Help to Buy equity loan scheme past 2021 to 2023 but restrict it to first-time buyers purchasing newly built hom... read more

London house prices slide to put it 38th out of 43 major world cities

House prices for luxury properties in London have slipped 2.9 per cent in the last year due to Brexit uncertainty and landlord tax changes, according to a new r... read more

Pensioners in retirement property will have to keep paying up to £600 a year under new proposals

Government has proposed a string of reforms to help end the leasehold scandal that has infected Britain’s housebuilding industry – but says the rule... read more

What next for mortgage rates?

There’s been a lot of negative news circulating about Britain’s property market, with the governor of the Bank of England himself recently suggestin... read more

Brits borrowed a record £10.7billion on their credit cards last month, industry figures show 

Brits borrowed a record £10.7billion on their credit cards last month, industry figures show Consumers borrowed record amounts on credit cards while savings pl... read more

First Direct offers new credit card customers boutique hotel stays to sign up

First Direct is giving away a night at a boutique hotel for two, to existing current account customers who open one of its credit cards.  Some of the hotels on... read more

Cathay Pacific warns 9.4 MILLION passengers have had their details stolen

Cathay Pacific warns 9.4 MILLION passengers have had their details -including passport and credit card -numbers stolen in huge data breach Cathay Pacific says d... read more

On the eve of the Budget, a heartfelt plea to Chancellor Philip Hammond

Chancellor Philip Hammond will unveil the Government’s fiscal plans on Monday next week.  Last year, he scrapped stamp duty for first-time buyers but the... read more