Bank of England

The Bank of England is planning to put a cap on home loans and introduce stronger checks to make sure borrowers can afford their repayments.

The Bank of England will be given greater powers to restrict mortgage loans in plans set out by Chancellor George Osborne to fix Britain's housing market.

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A Government scheme to boost mortgage lending for homebuyers has been scrapped now house prices are rising.

House prices surged higher again in August, as Government schemes and increased mortgage lending continued to fuel Britain's housing market.

Now is still the time to get a mortgage if you want to fix, it has been claimed, despite the Bank of England insisting the base rate is unlikely to rise any time soon.

House prices rose at their fastest rate for almost three years in June, as Government stimulus schemes improved confidence in the market and a property shortage fuelled rising prices.

A Government scheme to boost lending to home owners and businesses has resulted in less money being lent.

House prices have risen 0.2% month-on-month in March and are set for a "modest increase" over 2013, Halifax said today.

A leading MP has urged the regulator to investigate whether Bank of Ireland is guilty of mis-selling after it announced plans to hike 13,500 customers' base rate tracker mortgages, even though the base rate hasn't moved for four years.