Government is to underwrite mortgages once again for buyers who can only scrape together a 5% deposit for their first home.

Many in the industry are hoping that the latest 'Boris bounce' will help smooth over the potential Stamp Duty cliff face.

Estate agents were holding their breaths this evening as Boris Johnson made the much-anticipated announcement that England is to once more return to a total lockdown. Citing the alarming speed at which…

Announcement by Boris and commentary from civil servants and Robert Jenrick suggest - but do not confirm - that branches may stay open.

Nick Milton, a biographer of much-maligned Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, says our current PM could learn a lot from his time in office.

Government says it has listened to the many MPs whose rural constituencies would have seen 'rapid urbanisation' if the algorithm had been used.

NAEA Propertymark Chief Executive Mark Hayward claims buying and selling will continue with gusto despite lockdown.

But commitment today by Boris Johnson to introduce fixed-rate long-term mortgages gets mixed response from industry.