Buy-to-let

Could you survive without proc fees?

Are you prepared for any possible changes to the procuration fee model, asks Steven...

The myth of lead generation

There is a noticeable trend towards performance based marketing and lead generation sits at...

Evidence that rental market “softening”: ARLA

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) says that factors may be combining to...

Increase in number of &’trapped renters’

The gap between rental demand, as measured by search activity, and supply, measured by...

BTL ‘galvanised’ rental market over past 15 years: Paragon

Paragon has hailed the benefits of buy-to-let as the sector celebrates its 15th anniversary. The...

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The nightmare of UK homebuying needs reform

House sellers will be forced to disclose problems with their homes before sale under plans by the Government to cut costs for buyers and...

Goldilocks and the three bear markets

Are you familiar with C/2025 N1 (ATLAS) or you might know it by its nickname 3I/ATLAS? Whatever you want to call it,  it is currently...

Mark Bogard on policy, politics and the future of advice

When Mark Bogard, Chief Executive of Family Building Society, talks about Britain’s housing policy, he is unsparing in his assessment: short-termism, revolving-door ministers and...

Finding efficiency will keep branches as the beating heart of mutual sector

Whether you speak to customers or building societies, they will tell you just how important branches are – even as financial services and wider...

Mortgages, mutuality, members and making a difference

Anyone working in the mortgage market knows that a key area of our measurement is sales. How many cases we complete, the value of...

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Rising sick leave issues as long-term absence costs top £2k per worker

The majority of UK businesses are increasingly anxious about the impact of sickness absence...

Movera strengthens people and culture team with two senior appointments

Home moving brand Movera has expanded its human resources leadership team with two new...

Housing market stalls as buyers and sellers pull back ahead of Budget

Britain’s housing market has stalled for a third consecutive month as uncertainty over next...

First-time buyer homes outpace wider market as affordability improves

First-time buyers are paying more for their homes than they were a year ago...