The cost of buying a home in England has rocketed by more than three times the rate of the average salary in the space of a decade, a study found today.

A major building society has reported that its first-time buyer mortgage approvals increased by almost a third in the first half of 2012.

Our joint scholarships are lowering financial barriers, says Russ Thorne

The Way I See It: There simply isn’t time or the funding in the state sector to devote the formal time required to give kids the exposure to sport we would all like. That has to come from parents and clubs, from people like you and me.

The decision not to cut the Bank rate will be welcomed by those depending on their nest egg

Ed McKeever is quickly labelled the Usain Bolt of sprint canoeing after powering away and holding lead to win gold

Michael Scott, the performance director of British Swimming, has promised to make his team “leaner and meaner” following their failure in the London Games.

In case you missed it amid the infectious enthusiasm of the "Hoy" polloi, this week marked the fifth anniversary of the beginning of the credit crunch. Sixty months, 260 weeks or, give or take, 1825 days that has required tough money management, clever budgeting and a bit of hoping for the best just to keep many of us afloat. So have we, the banks, the regulators and the government, learned our lesson yet? It seems not.

Children as young as eight stressed by parents' worry about finance, new study warns

On Monday, Tesco Bank extended its suite of financial services products as it launched its first range of residential mortgages.

A husband and wife from west London were today charged with smuggling the stimulant khat to North America.

People visiting the Post Office will be able to apply for a mortgage deal under plans announced today.

The number of home repossessions has fallen to its lowest level in a year-and-a-half despite the toughening economy, lenders said today.

Any gambler 'going short' of the number of gold medals Australia might win in the Olympics is looking good. Until Monday when Sally Pearson, pictured, romped home in the 100m hurdles, one wag noted, it was hard to be certain that Australia hadn't boycotted the Games altogether.