Figures released yesterday (May 10) by the Council of Mortgage Lenders reveal the rate of repossessions in the UK remains high, four years after the recession began.

Britain’s housing market is failing to meet the needs of older people - despite a rapidly ageing population and a growing demand for retirement housing, says a new report from Shelter.

Figures published by Department for Communities and Local Government show 48,510 households across England were accepted as homeless by local authorities in 2011

A new survey from Shelter reveals that almost one million people have taken out a payday loan to help pay rent or mortgage in the last 12 months.