what the mortgage?

Mortgage lending rose by nearly 7% between September and October, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show.

Arrears on controversial home loans of up to 125% of the value of a property are driving Northern Rock’s repossession rate.

A glut of unsold homes has flooded the home rental market, driving down rents at the fastest rate on record, surveyors say.

Some 20% to 40% of buy-to-let landlords will be in negative equity if house prices keep falling at current rates, a report says.

Will house prices keep falling next year after the record drop in 2008?

The number of mortgage deals available for people offering a 10% deposit has slowed to a trickle, figures show.

Major UK mortgage lenders have been reshuffling deals following the surprise drop in the Bank rate to 3%.

Home sales are at a 30-year low as a lack of available mortgages “stifles” the housing market, an industry survey suggests.

Britain’s biggest building society, the Nationwide, says it expects house prices to continue to fall in 2009/10.

The main mortgage lenders have started to respond to the government’s demand that they should cut their mortgage rates.