Mortgages

The Bank of Ireland may have acted illegally when it increased tracker mortgage rates for 13,500 borrowers by up to 122%.

The London property tycoon behind one of Britain's biggest mortgage scams has been given an extra four years in jail after judges ruled his sentence "too generous".

We explain the schemes available for people struggling to buy a house.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has begun tracking intermediaries' and lenders' progress towards implementing new rules following the Mortgage Market Review (MMR).

The Bank of England needs to remind the public and businesses that interest rates will one day rise again, a former Monetary Policy Committee member has warned.

House prices have risen by an average of £6,726 in the past year thanks to a ‘significantly improved' mortgage market.

Average property prices in the UK saw an annual increase of 2% to April 2013, according to the Halifax House Price Index

Help to Buy could push first-time buyer house prices up 20% to more than £150,000 by the end of 2015, a financial consultancy has warned.

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An ex-mortgage broker from Rainham in Kent appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court in relation to criminal offences brought against him by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).