Stamp duty axed below £175,000
Homebuyers will not have to pay stamp duty on properties costing £175,000 or less for the next 12 months. The current £125,000 threshold will be raised from Wednesday in a move aimed at kick-starting the housing mark...

Mortgage approvals hit fresh low
Redemptions from customers who were paying off their loans outstripped new lending by £79m. That was only the second time this has happened in recent years. But bank lending to all mortgage borrowers, whether mov...

House prices ''fall 10.5% in year''
UK house prices have seen an annual double-digit fall for the first time since 1990, according to the latest survey from the Nationwide. Prices were 10.5% lower in August than they were a year ago. Prices fell by 1.9...