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Housing and commercial activity hit pandemic-era lows

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

Law Society backs home buying reform but warns proposals need more substance

The home buying and selling process should be streamlined, but not in a way...

Conveyancers set out conditions for successful home buying reform

The Conveyancing Association has confirmed it has submitted detailed responses to the government consultations...

Goldentree extends monitoring partnership as fifth project takes total to £4.1m

Goldentree Financial Services has appointed DPT Monitoring Surveyors on a fifth development finance scheme,...

Home improvements drive highest share of lifetime mortgage use in a year

Analysis from lifetime mortgage lender Pure Retirement shows that home improvements were the primary...

AffCalc adds four lenders as platform extends affordability coverage

Knowledge Bank has added four lenders to its AffCalc affordability platform, expanding the range...

The Dudley cuts five-year fixed residential and skilled worker rates

Dudley Building Society has reduced rates across its five-year fixed mortgage range, cutting prices...

Call for tougher oversight of bulk conveyancers

Stronger regulation of the high-volume, low-value conveyancing sector will be required to ensure the...

HSBC UK sets out mortgage fraud prevention webinar programme

HSBC UK has announced a new series of CPD-approved mortgage fraud prevention webinars for...

Rising maintenance bills push landlord running costs to nearly half of rental income

New research from mortgage market specialist Pegasus Insight shows that non-HMO landlords spend around...

Landbay to host webinar on the economic outlook for 2026

Buy-to-let lender Landbay is set to host a webinar examining the economic forces expected...

The Right Mortgage sets out 2026 events programme

The Right Mortgage & Protection Network has confirmed a full calendar of in-person and...

Iress reappoints Stephen Cowdell as senior business development manager

Iress has confirmed the return of Stephen Cowdell, who rejoins the business following three...

Clare Jupp takes on managing director role at School Fees Company

The Brightstar Group has appointed Clare Jupp as managing director of The School Fees...
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Buy-to-let has matured as a market

Buy-to-let turned 30 last week, and it's a good moment for some much-needed positivity around this market. Whatever the narrative around buy-to-let has been at...

Network recruitment called. The 1970s want their strategy back

I spend a lot of my time looking at growth. What does it cost? Is it sustainable? And are we creating value, or just...

Bank Rate holds again, but November is now firmly in focus

There may well have been a collective sigh of relief across the mortgage market when the Bank of England announced another Bank Base Rate...

Buy-to-let at 30: the mortgage that changed Britain’s housing market

John Heron helped create buy-to-let when landlords had almost nowhere to turn for finance. Thirty years later, he and Paragon Bank's Louisa Sedgwick reflect...

Harpenden’s expat move could be bigger than the numbers suggest

Harpenden Building Society’s move into expat mortgages this summer has been good news for brokers and borrowers. But I think its importance goes beyond...

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West One cuts residential rates and adds Premier Plus credit tier

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