Mortgages

Housing charities have launched a campaign to protect tenants thrown out of their homes with little warning because their landlord hasn’t paid the mortgage. 

Mortgage lenders are continuing to cut the cost of fixed rate deals for borrowers. Barclays this week became the latest lender to slash its rates, some of which are down by 0.5% points, following months of Bank of England base rate cuts.

House prices in England and Wales fell between January and February by 2%, according to official figures from the Land Registry.

The cost of living froze in February compared to the same period last year, as one of the key measures of inflation fell to zero for the first time in 49 years.