Average mortgage payments as a proportion of income have dropped from 43% in 2008 to 31% in 2018

“We have often thought that rates can’t go any lower, but here we are again,” says David Hall of Knight Frank Finance

"Stamp duty has distorted the market to such an extent that the costs of cutting it are far lower than generally realised," suggests the Centre for Policy Studies, led by David Cameron's former housing…

A 1% rise 'would add £10bn to the UK's mortgage bill', says Savills, which works out at around £930 per year per mortgaged household...