Housing market

HSBC will make an additional £2bn of mortgage funding available to UK borrowers, with £1bn allocated to first-time buyers this year.

UK house prices will end the year at the same level as now owing to tough economic conditions, a lender has predicted.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has signalled the government is ready to loosen its austerity drive with a "massive" increase in state-backed investment into housing and state infrastructure.

Two advisers debate the merits (and faults) of equity release

Economist and investment manager David Kauders has warned the UK is set for a crash so slow that many will not even see it coming.

Overall lending for house purchases hit its highest level in almost a year in July, according to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Specialist lender Aldermore has launched a 100% LTV Guarantor mortgage to help "disenfranchised" first-time buyers get on the housing ladder.