More First-Time Buyers came through estate agents' doors last month than at any point in the previous eight months, according to the National Association of Estate Agents.

Almost one in three (30.47%) house sales fell through in January, according to data from Quick Move Now.

Sales activity remained relatively firm during December and an increasing amount of new stock came onto the housing market, the latest RICS UK Housing Market survey has found.

Almost one million people have taken out a payday loan to help pay their rent or mortgage in the last 12 months, according to the charity Shelter.

Woking in Surrey recorded the biggest rise in house prices among major UK towns and cities over the past year, according to the latest Halifax Town House Price Survey.

The National Association of Estate Agents has revealed its predictions for the UK property market over the next 12 months.

House prices fell last month but only by 0.9%, according to the latest figures from Halifax.

November house prices went up 0.3% compared with October, to stand at £160,780, an annual price decrease of 1.9%.

Home affordability for second steppers - those people still living in their first home but looking to take their next step up the property ladder - is at its least favourable level for more than a quarter of a century, according to the latest Lloyds TSB Homemovers Review.