Research for Mayor of London Sadiq Khan shows first time buyers in the capital are losing out to overseas investors acquiring property.

Home buyers start the year strongly with mortgage lending of £8.9 billion in February which is an increase of 7% over the month.

The rise in property values for the East of England are leading the market with new-build homes seeing a 32% price increase in the last year.

The Treasury is to give the Bank of England powers to limit lending to the growing buy-to-let mortgage market to protect the financial system.

Lending to first time buyers and home movers decreased in July and recovered in August despite fear of a crash after the Referendum.

Uncertainty with the EU Referendum has seen London house prices stall increasing by 0.2% for the month to June down from 1.5%, says ONS

House prices for new-build properties have risen by 17.9% for the year, double the rate of existing with highest growth in the South East.

Rics June survey has shown a significant decline in the number of new buyers as uncertainty remains after the EU referendum.

Lending to home movers increased by £800 million or higher by 18.6% for the month as other buyer types lag behind during May.

The lowest ever ten year fixed rate mortgage deal at 2.39% is launched by the Coventry Building Society after EU referendum.

The rate house prices are rising has slowed ahead of the EU Referendum with greater uncertainty expected from the Brexit vote.

There has been a 20% fall in demand for new-build homes and interest in the London housing market due to the EU Referendum.

Uncertainty created with Brexit could see house prices fall by 5% and decreasing swap rates may produce better mortgage deals.

Homeowners borrowed £8.2 billion for the month to April 2016 down £5.4 billion or 40% after a significant rise in mortgage activity last month.

Demand from buyers has reduced at the fastest rate in eight years according to the latest report from property surveyors RICs.

The court of appeal rules against West Bromwich for raising tracker mortgage interest rates, in favour of the buy-to-let landlord customers.

Proposals in the government's Digital Economy Bill intend to make switching a mortgage deal for homeowners possible within a week.

Homeowners borrowed £13.8 billion in March an increase of £5.1 billion and the highest monthly amount since August 2007.

Latest data from the ONS indicates London house price growth is the highest for March for the first time this year.

The average price for a London home has broken through the £600,000 and has almost doubled in price since 2009.