House prices have managed to weather the recession by recording their first monthly increase since February, a study said today.

Mortgage approvals hit their highest level since the start of the year in April, as buyers' confidence about the housing market rose.

High house prices and mortgage debt are destabilising the UK economy, a European Commission report warned today.

Sixty years on. The Diamond Jubilee has created a moment to ponder the changes that have taken place in Britain over two generations, with one opinion poll at least suggesting that a majority of people feel the country or, rather, countries are a worse place now than in 1952. Yes, we are richer in money terms but, in social terms, many people seem to feel a sense of loss.

House prices have fallen year on year for the 16th month in a row but London continues to buck the trend by recording strong increases, official figures showed today.

House prices have slumped more than 10% in Northern Ireland over the last year and "lack any movement" in the rest of the UK, official figures showed today.

A Labour council’s attempts to rehouse 500 of Newham’s poorest families as far afield as Stoke-on-Trent has highlighted Britain's shortage of affordable housing, which housing associations warn will soon reach crisis-point.

More new homes must be built to tackle "the country's burgeoning housing crisis", a new report has said.

Home movers have delivered their most upbeat house price forecast in more than a year and a half, according to a study.

Lovely, lush, liveable Lincolnshire, in which I spent a chunk of the Bank Holiday weekend, is where I suspect most of my generation will end up. There and other places – Kent, Surrey, Cambridge, Oxford, Buckingham – that are within commuting distance of London, where our jobs will be, but not in the city proper. Hampshire, not Hampstead, will be where we raise families and make homes. That's because soon the only people who will be able to afford homes in London will be Bob Diamond, X-Factor contestants, and the Queen.

House prices are at their lowest in nearly three years, but Britons are more optimistic of a market bounceback, lender Halifax said yesterday.

House prices continued to "fluctuate quite widely" last month, mortgage lender Halifax said today, as the average price dropped 2.4%.

House prices have dipped further amid the "soft" market, recording declines in four months out of the last five, Nationwide said today.

The squeeze on availability of interest-only mortgages continued today when a major lender withdrew its entire range of products.