Delays in launching the government's Your First Home scheme could cause first-time buyers to put purchases on hold and distort the housing market, an independent housing committee chaired by Sir Vince Cable has warned. The Housing Policy and Delivery Oversight Committee has backed the new...

If you thought the economic and mortgage market commentary had been particularly noisy recently, I suspect you haven't heard anything yet, because with the Budget on 28 October and the next Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting following the week after, we're about to enter...