New build

UK housing market steadies as tax-driven volatility fades

UK property transactions stabilised at the end of 2025, with residential sales holding firm...

Government policies undermining housing targets

Government intervention is actively undermining the UK’s ability to meet its housing targets as...

Ground rents to be capped at £250 for leaseholders

Ground rents for leaseholders in England and Wales are set to be capped at...

Barclays steps up broker investment as mortgage volumes shift to intermediaries

Barclays is deepening its commitment to mortgage brokers as it accelerates its push for...

Opus First Media launches Bridging Soup

Opus First Media has expanded its specialist publishing portfolio with the launch of Bridging...

Construction output posts sharpest fall in almost two years

UK construction activity suffered its steepest quarterly decline since early 2023 as economic uncertainty...

Housing and commercial activity hit pandemic-era lows

The UK construction sector ended 2025 in deep contraction though the pace of decline...

New-build demand eases in final quarter as market softens

Analysis from Property Inspect suggests that fewer than one in five new-build properties were...

Gen H cuts mortgage rates by up to 20bps across core range

Gen H has announced a series of mortgage rate cuts across the majority of...

Precise widens access to high LTV lending with new build focus

Precise has announced a series of changes to its residential range as the specialist...

MIMHC launches programme to train over 100 Mental Health First Aiders

The Mortgage Industry Mental Health Charter (MIMHC) Foundation has announced its most ambitious programme...

Santander reduces rates ahead of 2026

Santander has made a further round of rate cuts, effective from 9 December, as...

UK construction suffers sharpest downturn since 2020

Britain’s construction sector has recorded its steepest fall in output for five and a...

The Yorkshire and Accord remove income threshold for higher LTI loans

Yorkshire Building Society has scrapped its minimum income requirement for first-time buyers seeking loans...
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COMMENT

Comment

The industry needs to prepare now for Your First Home

The government’s announcement of the Your First Home scheme is genuinely positive news, and anything that boosts confidence among first-time buyers and people trying...

Why advisers can be part of the conveyancing team

There is a tendency to think the mortgage adviser’s involvement in conveyancing begins with recommending a firm and then largely ends once the client...

Why the AI revolution could be a golden age for financial advice

Every major technological shift creates the same debate: will it empower professionals to do more, or eventually replace them? Artificial intelligence is simply the latest...

Should mortgage advisers consider the emerging secondary market for life policies?

Mortgage advisers regularly help clients navigate major life changes. While much of the focus is naturally on borrowing, refinancing and insurance, there is another...

One mortgage journey no longer fits every borrower

In the mortgage market, we have lots of different ways of describing customers depending on where they are in their lives. We talk about...

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