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CML chief economist’s said the prospect of a stamp duty holiday closing at the end of March may be responsible for the uptick in demand

Service charges in top-end residential apartments vary greatly for anything from dog-walking to an indoor gym. Lucy Warwick-Ching reports

It is not just estate agents that people are seeking to bypass. The providers of financial services are now in the line of fire

Five-year mortgage deals launched with one product allowing borrowers to take advantage of low interest rates with security of a future fix

Rising rents and cheap mortgage finance boost the investment appeal of buying a property to let

Half of the UK’s houses may not be able to claim the full subsidy for fitting solar panels from April, under new government plans

Lender will no longer accept cash savings, including individual savings accounts, as an acceptable way to repay mortgages

In December, 18,700 mortgages were advanced to first-time buyers, up 7 per cent from November and a rise of 14 per cent compared to a year ago

Santander’s move comes as part of a clampdown on interest-only lending by lenders, who are introducing stricter lending criteria

Homes in Northern Ireland and north-west England are more likely than those in the rest of the UK to have been marked down by surveyors

Bank has cut the maximum it will allow customers to borrow on an interest-only basis from 75 per cent to 50 per cent loan-to-value

House sellers are discounting nearly £20,000 off their asking prices in a bid to attract more buyers – the biggest discount ever recorded

Should property indices use a national average?

Some private banks will price their mortgage rates relative to overnight Libor, which is closer to Bank of England base rate at just under 0.6 per cent

3.19 per cent deal comes with a fee of £1,495 and is available to borrowers with a deposit of 30 per cent or more

New schemes allow Sipp investors to gain exposure to property investments – but some administrators are refusing to hold them

The financial regulator has cracked down on controversial sale and rent back deals that target distressed homeowners

Government deadline gives homeowners less than four weeks to install and register renewable energy systems to qualify for higher rate

State Bank of India will offer UK residential mortgages, but most new entrants are not providing significant competition

Aim to help 100,000 homebuyers with only a 5 per cent deposit to purchase a new-build property