12:01am

First-time buyers face a decade of saving

A young woman looks at property displayed in an estate agents' window.

Young families will spend 12 years building up a deposit

5:32pm

UK house prices up 2.6 per cent

London and the South East drive annual growth

Monopoly houses ©Dreamstime Jun 14, 2013

Home truths about property prices

Indices hit new highs, but tell you little about what your house is worth

Row of To Let house property signs. London. UK 2009....BF400G Row of To Let house property signs. London. UK 2009. ©Alamy Jun 14, 2013

Growing calls to ban upfront tenancy fees

Charity hits out at ‘out of control’ letting agent charges

Uk Housing ©Getty Jun 14, 2013

‘Permanent decline’ in home ownership

Young owner-occupiers to fall by 2020

Employees of housebuilder Persimmon work on the roof of a house ©Newscast Jun 12, 2013

Virgin Money pulls out of self-build

Move delivers further blow to the sector

Estate agent signs advertising residential property ''To Let'', ''Let By' and "Sold", stand outside a block of residential apartments in the Clapham district of London, U.K., on Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. U.K. home sellers raised their asking prices to the most for a February in five years as inquiries from potential buyers increased, ©Bloomberg Jun 12, 2013

‘Ban upfront tenancy fees’

Renters charged £350 by agents to rent property

Serious Money from ADVICE & COMMENT Jun 7, 2013

Serious money: Time to drop Help to Buy

Scheme makes homes more valuable for those who already own them. It should be scrapped

Banks Face 6 Billion Of Libor Litigation Jun 7, 2013

Boost for Reits causes concern

Advisers raise fears about safety of cross-selling

Jun 7, 2013

More falls in UK mortgage rates

Lenders cut fixed rates as cheap funding continues

How to... Jun 3, 2013

How to ... invest in student property

Student digs can offer high yields

Jun 1, 2013

Contractors struggle to secure home loans

Banks favour regular payslips over invoices

May 30, 2013

More choice comes with higher loan fees

Lenders push up arrangement fees for loans

Chris Giles Chris Giles from COMMENT May 24, 2013

Risk of creating another housing bubble

The chancellor should be working to build homes, not push prices up further

May 24, 2013

Call for better rental protection

Check your letting agent has client money protection

May 24, 2013

Borrowers urged to complain to BoI

Bank announces mortgage rise reprieve for 1,200

From UK May 24, 2013

Mortgage approvals edge up in April

Banks optimistic about schemes to help first-time buyers

May 21, 2013

Bank of Ireland U-turn on mortgage rise

About 1,200 customers will no longer face increase

From SAVINGS May 17, 2013

What next for Co-op Bank

Collapse of Lloyds deal preceded credit rating cut

May 17, 2013

Build it yourself – the market moves on

Government encourages ‘custom build’