Topic

Mortgage affordability

2 stories from Property Pulse UK

Terraced homes in Newcastle upon Tyne, illustrating the North East fall in Rightmove asking prices.

Rightmove asking prices: cheaper regions fall as mortgage costs bite

Rightmove asking prices rose nationally in October, but falls in several cheaper markets show how higher mortgage costs are putting pressure on buyers and sellers.

19 October 2026

Calculator, papers and house keys on a dining table illustrate the high-LTI mortgage cap changes.

Buying & selling

High-LTI mortgage cap to end for lenders, but market-wide limit stays

High-LTI mortgage cap changes will give individual lenders more flexibility from 28 October, while regulators retain a market-wide safeguard on lending at higher income multiples.

15 October 2026