Finance
First time buyers buckle under burden
Figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) show that first timers are now borrowing an average of 3.33 times their incomes to buy a home.
Modern life depends on our ability to borrow - but what we think contributes to that crucial credit rating and what actually matters are two very different things.
The taxman is preparing to clamp down on tens of thousands of buy-to-let property owners.
Home Information Packs due to launch on 1st June will now be delayed until 1 August and phased in.
Tories fail in bid to stop home packs
The Conservatives have failed in their bid to scrap Home Information Packs, after losing a vote in the Commons.
UK interest rates rise to 5.5 per cent
The Bank of England has voted to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to 5.5%.
By 12% in March.