Britain's biggest listed broker network handled more mortgage business than ever in the first half of 2026, yet profits barely moved
Landlords are quitting, brokers are drowning in paperwork, and a hypothetical £5m business now hands over 40p in every pound of turnover before it makes a profit
Starting 1 October, Russia will set subsidised home loan rates by family size. One-child families in Moscow will pay 12%, while families with five children could pay as little as 2%
The Resolution Foundation wants council tax and stamp duty replaced with a flat 0.7% annual levy
Asking prices nudged up for the first time since May, but a stack of fresh data shows a seller in Scotland has more than double the chance of a sale than one in London — just as fixed mortgage rates start climbing again
And new research shows that kind of AI mistake is common, not rare
Waiting lists are climbing again after six months of improvement and a third of mortgage holders have no protection in place whatsoever.
But it’s not as gloomy up north
How the Bank’s gilts decision might move mortgage interest rates
Carrier reports average £550,000 per claim
