One of the government's flagship home ownership programmes ends on Saturday, amidst both praise and criticism.

The Help-to-Buy Mortgage Guarantee scheme is likely to have helped more than 100,000 individuals or couples buy a home. The Council of Mortgage Lenders said it had worked "exceptionally well", making mortgages more available when it started in October 2013. However Shelter has argued that the scheme helped to push up house prices. Under the programme, borrowers were able to get a mortgage with just a 5% deposit. If those borrowers were unable to make payments, the government promised to compensate the lender. But around 30 banks or building societies now offer similar high loan-to-value loans, so the Bank of England declared in September that the scheme is no longer necessary. The Help-to-Buy Equity Loan scheme - which is only available on new-build homes - will remain on offer until 2020......Read more here