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 introduction of Home Information Packs is to be delayed until 1 August from there 1 June deadline. They will be brought in for sales of homes with four bedrooms or more.
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.
By 12% in March.
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Lenders stop fixed rate mortgage deals ready for interest rise
Lenders have started to withdraw their fixed-rate mortgage products in preparation for a possible Bank of England interest rate rise.