Mortgage approvals in the UK plunged by nearly a fifth in September, a survey said today, amid warnings that a multibillion-pound lending scheme will take time to have an impact.

Mortgage lending in the UK was 10% higher than a year ago during January as first-time buyers rushed to complete deals before the end of a stamp duty amnesty.

The number of people struggling to keep up with their mortgage in the UK increased for the first time in two years during the final quarter of 2010, figures show.

Mortgage lending in the UK remained broadly flat in September as housing market activity stalled, figures showed today.

Northern Rock’s former deputy chief executive was handed a record fine and banned for life today as the City regulator lifted the lid on staff manipulation of mortgage arrears figures at the lender.

Mortgage lending in the UK jumped by 14% during December as people rushed to buy a home before the British government’s stamp duty holiday ended, figures showed today.

Mortgage lending in the UK jumped by 26% during July as the housing market showed further signs of improving, figures showed today.

Mortgage lending fell back by 2% during May despite ongoing signs that activity in the housing market is beginning to recover.

House prices dived by 2.7% during August as the number of first-time buyers getting on to the property ladder slumped to a record low, figures showed today.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders in the UK today forecast a 35% fall in the number of property transactions in England and Wales this year.

A slump in British home sales this year is set to take a damaging toll on the wider UK economy as the credit crunch bites, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) warned today.

There was fresh evidence of a cooling British housing market today after figures showed the number of home loans there slumping more than 20% in December.

The number of British people declared insolvent fell by 5% during the three months to the end of September - the first year-on-year decrease in five years, figures showed today.

The number of repossessed homes in the UK looks set to soar next year to levels not seen since the 1990s house price crash, a trade body predicted today.

Mortgage lending in the UK picked up last month as stronger demand led to a new May record, figures indicated today.

Rising house prices and a boom in demand during the early summer pushed mortgage lending in the UK to another record high today.

There was little Christmas cheer for the housing market today with three sets of figures providing further evidence of slowing sales.

Mortgage lending rose sharply in July, figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) indicate.

Conflicting data over the state of the British housing market was released today with figures showing that price growth was slowing but mortgage lending booming.

House prices in the north of England rose by more than twice the UK national average during 2003.