Property

UK mortgage rates creep up as brokers warn of possible ‘further pain’

The average cost of a new fixed-rate mortgage is continuing to creep up, data shows, as brokers warn that borrowers could face “further pain” if the latest data out...

Our flat’s rising ground rent is going to ruin our move

We found a buyer for our leasehold flat, but on the day of exchange their lender declined to...

Beautifully renovated homes in England and Scotland – in pictures

Somerford Keynes, GloucestershireThis charmingly rustic cottage of Cotswolds stone has undergone a series of renovations including a rear...

Santander’s delay left us out on the street on moving-in day

After an acrimonious divorce I was forced to sell the family house and move to a flat with...

Low-income renters will struggle after UK housing benefit freeze, experts warn

Low-income renters will struggle to afford housing costs after Rachel Reeves’s decision to freeze the amount of housing...

I escaped homelessness and then Lambeth council raised my rent by £470

I have been homeless for two years, living in temporary accommodation supplied by Lambeth council. Finally last month my dreams came true; I successfully...

Rupert Murdoch’s REA group ups offer for Rightmove to £5.9bn

The Rupert Murdoch-controlled Australian property group REA has upped its proposed offer for Rightmove, the UK’s biggest online property portal, to £5.9bn.REA, in which...

Gap between average rents in north and south of England shrinks to lowest level

The gap in rents paid by those in the north and south of England has closed to its lowest level in at least 11...

Renting in England is like trying to buy Oasis tickets – Labour’s solutions only go so far | Tom Darling

Are you a forty- or fiftysomething who recently spent your whole Saturday in a queue for Oasis tickets, only to discover that, as you...

En suite mania: homebuyers in Britain going ‘bonkers for bathrooms’

“I don’t know about you, but we probably had one bathroom between five or six of us when I was growing up,” says Robin...