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Property and Mortgages

We cut our mortgage payments by £140 a month - here's how

Simon and Ellen Porter have managed to save thousands by opting for an offset mortgage

Oliver Duff

The new Government's burst of energy

Politics

Councils will still be able to block housing despite new Labour law

Article thumbnail: Randal Cremer is one of several schools about to close in inner London after sharp declines in pupil numbers (Photo: Teri Pengilley for i)
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I can afford to buy but would rather spend £1,100 a month renting

Hamish McRae

Why millionaires won't desert a Labour Britain

Article thumbnail: YORK, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer talks with construction workers as he visits the Persimmon Homes Germany Beck housing development on June 20, 2024 in York, United Kingdom. Labour pledges to build 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament by supporting housing associations to enhance their capacity for affordable housing, setting mandatory housing targets for councils, and recruiting hundreds of new planners to address planning backlogs. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: YORK, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer talks with construction workers as he visits the Persimmon Homes Germany Beck housing development on June 20, 2024 in York, United Kingdom. Labour pledges to build 1.5 million new homes over the next parliament by supporting housing associations to enhance their capacity for affordable housing, setting mandatory housing targets for councils, and recruiting hundreds of new planners to address planning backlogs. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 19/04/21 of bricklayers on a Barratt Homes development site in Great Oldbury, Gloucestershire. Barratt Developments has warned of a slump in house builds as it said cost-of-living pressures and rising mortgage rates were impacting homebuyer demand. The housebuilding giant is forecasting its build completions to tumble by as much as 23% over 2023-24, to between 13,250 and 14,250 in 2023-24. Issue date: Thursday July 13, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story CITY Barratt. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Buckmaster/Daily Express/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 19/04/21 of bricklayers on a Barratt Homes development site in Great Oldbury, Gloucestershire. Barratt Developments has warned of a slump in house builds as it said cost-of-living pressures and rising mortgage rates were impacting homebuyer demand. The housebuilding giant is forecasting its build completions to tumble by as much as 23% over 2023-24, to between 13,250 and 14,250 in 2023-24. Issue date: Thursday July 13, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story CITY Barratt. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Buckmaster/Daily Express/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Chancellor Rachel Reeves embrace following her speech at the Treasury in London, to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new Government will be taking to deliver economic growth. Picture date: Monday July 8, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Reeves. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds and Chancellor Rachel Reeves embrace following her speech at the Treasury in London, to an audience of leading business figures and senior stakeholders, announcing the first steps the new Government will be taking to deliver economic growth. Picture date: Monday July 8, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Reeves. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 28/02/12 of roof workers building new houses in Derbyshire. The UK construction sector grew further last month but its recovery lost some momentum due to a slump in housebuilding, as the latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers' index (PMI) scored 52.2 in June, down from 54.7 in May. Issue date: Thursday July 4, 2024. PA Photo. The sector was still growing but notably weaker than the 54 reading predicted by a consensus of analysts. See PA story ECONOMY Construction. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire
Article thumbnail: File photo dated 28/02/12 of roof workers building new houses in Derbyshire. The UK construction sector grew further last month but its recovery lost some momentum due to a slump in housebuilding, as the latest S&P Global construction purchasing managers' index (PMI) scored 52.2 in June, down from 54.7 in May. Issue date: Thursday July 4, 2024. PA Photo. The sector was still growing but notably weaker than the 54 reading predicted by a consensus of analysts. See PA story ECONOMY Construction. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire