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Barclays to launch 'no fee' mortgage deals  new

Barclays is stepping up competition in the 90% mortgage market by introducing new "zero fee" deals from tomorrow.

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Foreign property nightmares: A company set up by Neil Heaney is advising British investors fighting for compensation after paying into developments, in places like Alicante, pictured, which remain unfinished

Former footballer strikes a blow for overseas investors

Sunday, 23 October 2011

Now there's a way to take on dodgy developers, cartel lawyers and disappearing deposits, writes Richard Way

Lengthy fixed rates 'will not bring stability'

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Lenders have hit out at coalition proposals to introduce long-term fixed-rate mortgages

Spotlight on: Co-op's five-year fixed mortgage

Friday, 21 October 2011

The deal Co-operative Bank is offering a five year fixed rate mortgage at 3.39 per cent.

Shapps calls for 30-year mortgages

Friday, 21 October 2011

The housing minister, Grant Shapps, turned to Gordon Brown for inspiration yesterday. Talking to the Building Societies Association Mr Shapps called for lenders to offer 30-year fixed rate mortgages, an idea first floated by Mr Brown in 2003.

Fears over housing market despite lending rise

Thursday, 20 October 2011

Mortgage lending rose by 4% in September compared with the same month last year, but lenders today warned that confidence in the housing market is likely to fall in the coming months.

Families now spend half their income on rent

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Property rental costs are at their highest level ever and now account for nearly half of the average British family's monthly earnings, according to figures published today.

Richard Greenwood, a 30-year-old charity worker, had to live with relatives for a year before he could afford to buy a house

Can't afford to rent? Here's how you can buy

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Struggling to pay the rent? Can't afford to buy? Think again. Simon Read explains the tricks of getting your foot on the ladder.

Record divide opens on house asking prices

Monday, 17 October 2011

House asking prices in the South have reached more than double those in the North, creating a record divide, a report from Rightmove found today.

New Entrant: David Lomas hopes Buyers Billboard can help revitalise the housing market

Fed up with gazanging or timewasters? A new site may have the answer

Sunday, 16 October 2011

Buyers Billboard is hoping to simplify the property market by introducing would-be purchasers to undecided sellers. Chiara Cavaglieri reports

Spotlight On: Co-op's fixed-rate mortgages

Saturday, 15 October 2011

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