‘Everyone I know is being helped by parents’

Case study: The generation who cannot afford to buy on their own

Landmark ruling on sale-and-rent-back schemes

A judge says a family can stay in their home after facing eviction from a sale-and-rent-back company

Nationwide resurrects 125% mortgages

UK's biggest mutual offers up to 125 per cent loan-to-value deals to customers in negative equity

Lenders squeeze mortgage market

Lloyds Banking Group charges the highest interest rates as the number of deals available falls to record low

Lenders should be named and shamed

Which? wants the City regulator to reveal which lenders are charging excessive fees on mortgage arrears

Tokyo world's most expensive city for expats

This year's survey by Mercer, the consultancy, shows effect of collapse in sterling and decline in property rental values

Troubleshooter: Survey delays cost us our mortgage

Our consumer champion comes to the aid of an angry homeowner

‘Vulture funds’ prey on hard-up homeowners

Borrowers are left powerless as opportunist investors buy their debts at knockdown prices to turn a quick profit

Housing is turning the corner

Financial gloom is the fashion. No one can publicly admit to seeing the bright side without inviting ridicule

Farm sales rebound, as rural idyll returns

Signs are emerging that lifestyle buyers have resumed their hunt for a farmhouse in the English countryside

Alnwick Castle should exploit Harry Potter link

As many aristrocrats struggle to make their draughty old castles pay their way, the man behind the Dome offers some advice

How to buy a property overseas

Mayfair rents are no longer Monopoly money

An exodus of hedge funds in the past two years has cut the cost of renting in London’s most exclusive office district

Househunters scour auctions for bargains

The number of homes sold at auction has risen by almost two thirds in the past month as buyers seek cheap deals

Lack of properties props up house valuations

Figures show house prices rose in June for the third time in four months, adding nearly £2,500 to an average property

Almost one in six in negative equity

The East Midlands has been worst hit by falling prices

Rate of repossessions is easing, says CML

Fewer homeowners are expected to face repossession this year than had been feared, says Council of Mortgage Lenders