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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    Personal Finance
    Housing transactions hit 13-year high

    Latest figures reveal galvanising impact of lockdown and stamp duty holiday

    1 hour ago
  • Wednesday, 13 January, 2021
    Lucy Warwick-Ching
    Should we sell my mother’s house or rent it out?

    She has decided to move into a nursing home

  • Friday, 8 January, 2021
    FT CollectionsData rich: the numbers behind corporate news
    US mortgage executives forecast a $3tn year in 2021

    Lending rates are expected to fall as competition for borrowers heats up

  • Thursday, 7 January, 2021
    Personal Finance
    Millions set to benefit from leasehold property reforms

    Owners of properties in England could save ‘tens of thousands’ on the cost of extending leases

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Money Clinic Podcast: financial new year resolutions

    After an unpredictable year, what money goals will you be setting in 2021?

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    Money Clinic with Claer Barrett podcast24 min listen
    What’s your financial New Year’s resolution in 2021?

    How to plan long-term goals, and what to do with mortgages, pensions and wills

  • Monday, 21 December, 2020
    Metro Bank
    Metro Bank shares soar following mortgages sale

    Deal to offload fifth of its loan book removes need for potentially crippling debt issuance

  • Friday, 18 December, 2020
    Is the property market on shaky foundations in 2021?

    The post-lockdown boom continues, but many experts are gloomy about prospects after March

  • Monday, 14 December, 2020
    National Westminster Bank PLC
    NatWest brings back 90% mortgages as buyer demand soars

    UK banks and building societies more confident over riskier lending as fears over house prices ease

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  • Monday, 30 November, 2020
    UK property
    Stamp duty holiday ‘stampede’ drives soaring UK mortgage market

    Approvals in October reached highest level since 2007 as buyers rush to beat deadline

  • Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
    Legal services
    Money Clinic podcast: The financial consequences of moving in together

    Cohabiting couples have very little legal protection if their relationship breaks down

  • Thursday, 12 November, 2020
    House & Home
    A UK property market mini boom? For houses, yes — but not flats

    Demand for apartments is sluggish with fewer first-time buyers and the pandemic fuelling a search for space

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    Personal Finance
    UK house prices rise in October ahead of second lockdown

    Halifax reports 7.5 per cent annual increase but says growth will slow into next year

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    Residential property
    Money Clinic podcast: Should I buy a shared ownership property?

    Property expert claims model is ‘God’s way of telling you that you can’t afford to buy there’

  • Monday, 2 November, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    Loan ‘holidays’ extended to six months after new English lockdown

    FCA confirms borrowers will be able to seek relief from mortgage and loan payments

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Cash buyers slow to emerge in pandemic housing market

    Fewer downsizers may be one reason for the low numbers, say agents

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    FTfmJohn Dizard
    Safe as houses on a faultline

    The US mortgage banking industry leapt aboard the good-stuff-now-bad-stuff-later bandwagon

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Your QuestionsLucy Warwick-Ching
    Will I have to pay the 3 per cent additional stamp duty rate?

    Could transferring a rental property to a company allow us to avoid the charge on the purchase of our own home?

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    Coronavirus economic impact
    FCA says 12m in UK set to be left struggling with debt

    Regulator fears further local coronavirus lockdowns could add to household finance woes

  • Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Stamp duty rush holds up homebuyers amid processing delays

    Lenders and conveyancers under pressure as demand soars

  • Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
    Credit cards
    Money Clinic podcast: Should I pay off my credit cards or buy a house?

    High-earner Josh has some debts to clear, but has been offered a mortgage

  • Friday, 16 October, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Move over Help to Buy — now it’s help yourself to your pension

    Allowing first-time buyers to raid their retirement pots won’t solve the affordability problem for long

  • Monday, 12 October, 2020
    Personal pensions
    Minister eyes raising housing deposits from pension savings

    Opperman says his ‘door is open’ to schemes that help first-time buyers

  • Friday, 9 October, 2020
    Banks rebuff Boris Johnson’s call for low-deposit mortgages

    Lenders wary of risky loans owing to bleak economic outlook and rising unemployment

  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    First-time buyers
    Banking industry sounds alarm on Johnson’s housing plan

    Trade body warns against irresponsible lending after PM proposes low-deposit mortgages

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