Mortgages

The base rate has today been held at its 0.5% historic low once again, the Bank of England has announced.

Three years of rock-bottom interest rates will pass today with little sign that the Bank of England is set to ease up on its emergency support.

Bank of Ireland mortgage customers in the UK will see their standard variable rate (SVR) soar from 2.99% to 4.49%, causing a massive hike for 100,000 homeowners.

The average UK house price slipped 0.5% in February but is at broadly the same level as last spring, lender Halifax said today.

As over one million Halifax and Royal Bank of Scotland mortgage holders face the daunting prospect of a huge jump in their mortgage payments, what are the chances of other lenders adding misery for even more households?

Over a million mortgage holders will see a huge hike in their payments over the coming months, bringing further misery to cash-strapped households.

House prices have recorded their largest monthly jump in nearly two years, according to Nationwide Building Society figures.

Around 40,000 borrowers face the threat of higher mortgage costs after Halifax raised a cap for some on a standard variable rate (SVR).

The housing market has seen a "surprisingly strong" bounce after sellers upped their asking prices by the highest monthly jump for a decade.