Parents forced to hand over inheritances early to help children buy a home
Interest rate rises and strict lending rules put home ownership increasingly out of reach
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The city that is uniquely vulnerable to the looming mortgage crunch
Property prices in the capital are drastically out of kilter with borrowers' wages
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Calculator: is your home at risk from the mortgage crisis?
Find out if interest rate rises have put you at risk of falling behind on your mortgage
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First-time buyer crisis as 40pc of salary needed to pay mortgage
Months of rising rates are punishing young borrowers purchasing their first home
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Have we seen the end of the fixed-rate mortgage?
Fixed-rate mortgages are typically cheaper than variable rates, but that changed this year
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Aldi adds security tags to 85p packs of sweets
Security tags on low-cost items have become increasingly common as retailers report a rise in shoplifting
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'Strikes mean I won't get my £5,000 Premium Bond prize in time for Christmas'
Postal strike leaves Premium Bond holders without Christmas winnings
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‘My energy provider demanded a £16,000 deposit before signing me up’
Businesses are struggling with a lack of clarity of Government support for gas bills
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Pick up your kids to stop train strikes ruining Christmas, drivers told
A fifth of people travelling over the festive period have had their plans disrupted
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What 12 months of interest rate rises did to our finances – and what to do next year
Mortgage rates rocketed and savings rates languished, but 2023 brings a different challenge
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‘The worst year since 1989’: how continuous interest rate rises ruined homeowners
Bank Rate climbs faster than any 12-month cycle of rate rises in the past 33 years
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Fraudsters turn to new scam that could steal Christmas
Number of cases 20pc higher than this time last year, regulator warns
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Middle-class mortgage crunch as nervous lenders crack down
Even the smallest of hiccups – even disputed parking tickets – is leading to rejections
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HMRC missed 100k phone calls from taxpayers during IT outage
Online services and telephones were out of action in the run-up to crucial tax deadline
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‘I feel stuck and hopeless’: Britain’s cost of living crisis morphs into a health emergency
One in four of those struggling to pay their energy bills live with moderate or severe symptoms of depression
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House prices fall at the fastest rate since 2008
Values dropped by 2.3pc in the last month alone
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