Ed Magnus

For all the negativity around leasehold flats, they typically offer the cheapest route onto the property ladder. Here's what buyers need to know.

Britons are becoming increasingly wary of buying leasehold flats. They are taking months longer to sell than freehold properties and are around five times more likely to sell at a loss

Much of the country is currently a buyers' market due to high levels of stock on the market and few people out house hunting.

Property asking prices have seen their biggest June drop in 14 years, according to Rightmove.

Homeowners could see the cost of a new fixed rate mortgage jump by £450 a year if the Bank of England increases interest rates this week.

Homeowners could see the cost of a new fixed rate mortgage jump by £450 a year if the Bank of England increases interest rates this week.

The mutual will lower its home loan prices by up to 0.28 percentage points.

Nationwide Building Society has announced it is cutting mortgage rates for first-time buyers , home movers and people remortgaging

The Bank of England has held interest rates at 3.75 per cent for the fourth time in a row, meaning they have now stayed the same since December 2025.

When Lynn Peters inherited a two-bedroom retirement flat from her parents in December 2023, she hoped to use proceeds from the sale to help her own children get on to the property ladder.