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House prices surge in the face of gloomy forecasts

06.10.09

House prices look certain to defy all expert opinion by ending the year up after another surge... more

Mortgages cut to a record low as bank launches price war

02.09.09

Mortgage price war was declared as Britain's biggest bank HSBC undercut rivals with the lowest ever interest rate for a new loan... more

Capital's house prices rise for second month

28.08.09

House prices in London have increased for the second month in a row... more

Home buyers must 'live on credit card' to get mortgage

26.08.09

First-time buyers are being told to 'live on a credit card' to secure a mortgage, the Standard has learned... more

'Mortgage apartheid' will blight house sales for years

21.08.09

Londoners face a 'mortgage apartheid' that will blight the capital's property market for the foreseeable future, experts warned... more

450,000 Londoners unable to move house as mortgage lending dries up

17.08.09

Up to 450,000 London homeowners are now stuck in their properties, unable to move because they cannot get a new mortgage to replace their existing loan... more

City shocked as Bank pulls back from printing money

09.07.09

The Bank of England shocked City investors as it turned off the printing presses on its so-called quantitative easing programme ... more

Homebuyers face first rise in mortgage rates for year

12.06.09

Homebuyers are facing the first increase in mortgage rates for a year, raising fears any recovery in the housing market could be "killed off"... more

Fixed-rate mortgages set to rise

10.06.09

The cost of fixed-rate mortgages looks set to increase as lenders pass on a rise in wholesale funding costs to borrowers, experts warned... more

Fixed-rate mortgages costs set for rise

10.06.09

The cost of fixed-rate mortgages looks set to increase in the coming days as lenders pass on a rise in wholesale funding costs to borrowers... more

Quantitative easing ‘is not giving hand to househunters’

04.06.09

A leading London mortgage broker today warned that quantitative easing is having no impact on lending to househunters ... more

Interest rates stay at 0.5%

04.06.09

The Bank of England today left interest rates at their record low of 0.5%, and said it would maintain its Ł125 billion quantitative easing programme to inject cash into the economy ... more

HSBC pledges Ł1bn in lending to help first-time buyers

08.04.09

Britain's biggest bank brought hope to first-time home buyers with a pledge to lend them Ł1billion this year... more

Couple with 1p a month mortgage

23.03.09

A couple's monthly mortgage repayments have fallen Ł1,500 a month to just 1p after the Bank of England slashed interest rates... more

Middle-class subprime - new fear for ailing US property market

09.02.09

Analysis: The doom-mongers reckon America's property market is on the verge of a new crisis as big as the subprime disaster that began in 2007... more

First-timers miss out on best mortgages for years

12.01.09

Mortgage rates have plummeted to their lowest level in five years, but only for borrowers with large deposits, official figures reveal... more

Fury as banks still charge 6%

05.12.08

Millions of angry borrowers were left out of pocket after banks refused to pass on the full cut in base rates... more

Mortgage bills will drop as 1% interest rate cut predicted

01.12.08

Mortgage bills for hundreds of thousands of London homeowners are set to be slashed again this week... more

300,000 Londoners face negative equity trap

19.11.08

With the threat of deflation hanging over an economy edging into recession and job losses set to soar, experts say hundreds of thousands of homes in the capital could be repossessed by 2010... more

We challenge the stock tippers…beat our cat

04.11.08

Stockbroking house Charles Stanley pits its skills against the Evening Standard cat... more

Can I still get a mortgage?

03.10.08

Homebuyers are seeing the cost of mortgages continue to climb despite falling house prices... more

Stock Market steers a steady course after last week's whirlwind

22.09.08

The Stock Market held its nerve as a calmer City tried to move on from last week's unprecedented gyrations in the financial markets... more

Japanese come to rescue of Morgan Stanley

22.09.08

Humbled investment bank Morgan Stanley is selling up to 20 per cent of its shares to a Japanese bank to help secure its future... more

Analysis: Cautious optimism that market is easing at last

08.09.08

Spirits were lifted in the City with a rare burst of good news after a year of almost unremitting gloom... more

Experts: A complete and utter waste of time

02.09.08

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House sales fall to lowest level in three years

15.07.08

House sales have fallen to their lowest level since 2005, according to a new report... more

House prices plunge for eighth month in a row

01.07.08

House prices are falling at their fastest rate since the depths of the early Nineties housing crash, according to the latest property market survey... more