More than 40% of retired renters are former property owners and pay £423 a month in rent on average

But ministers insist rules over £12bn mortgage guarantees would ensure only 'responsible lending'

Chancellor met housebuilders and mortgage lenders to flesh out plans to underwrite £130bn of mortgage lending

Britain’s failure to build enough homes is set to put a colossal strain on the housing market when the Noughties baby-boomers hit adulthood in 2020, a report claims today.

Meanwhile, mortgage lending 26% higher than June last year

When the press release detailing the latest mortgage products from Leeds Building Society landed in my inbox this week, it grabbed my attention when I saw that the home loans were being offered with an initial 0 per cent interest rate.

42% more first time buyers than a year ago

House prices could take until 2021 to return to their pre-recession peak in real terms despite a shot in the arm from the Government’s Help to Buy scheme, forecasters warn.

House prices have recorded their fastest growth in almost three years in a further sign that the market is gathering pace, Nationwide has reported.

Do you remember sale and rent back? Companies which flogged the deals targeted struggling homeowners with an offer to buy their home and then let them remain paying rent. They sold the deals on the promise of helping people avoid becoming homeless.

America's housebuilders have turned positive on their industry's prospects for the first time since the housing crash.

Remortgaging and first-time buyers responsible for continued rise

Mortgage lenders have insisted that first-time buyer activity is strengthening, despite new figures showing that lending to this sector dipped for the first time since the start of the year.