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UK CPI rose to 2.9% in July 2026, up from 2.6% in June. The ONS published that on 20 August. It was a four-month high and the first upward move after three months of slowing inflation.
Read articleThe NRLA August 2026 buy-to-let market update is out, and the headline is not what most landlords will expect.
Read articleThe two-year fixed mortgage rate climbed from 5.52% to 5.63% in August. That is the first monthly rise since April, and it erases every gain made since the February trough of 4.85%.
Read articleBTL purchase mortgage applications fell 18.9% year-on-year in Q2 2026. That is more than double the 9.1% decline recorded in Q1, and the sharpest single-quarter contraction the current cycle has produced.
Read articleThe Bank of England announced its July rate decision yesterday. As expected, the base rate held at 3.75%. What was not expected, not by markets and not by most of the press, was the vote.
Read articleThe Bank of England announces its next interest rate decision on Thursday 30 July and the consensus is nearly unanimous: hold at 3.75%, same as June. Most landlords I speak to treat a hold as neutral news.
Read articleUK Finance published its Q1 2026 buy-to-let lending data last week. Headline figure: 58,272 new BTL loans in the first quarter, worth £10.8 billion, up 3.26% by volume and 7.02% by value on Q1 2025. Strong enough.
Read articleRightmove's July 2026 House Price Index data is out. Asking prices fell £3,832 in a single month, taking the average newly listed home to £372,359.
Read articleUK Finance published its Q1 2026 buy-to-let mortgage data on 15 July. The headline reads fine: 58,272 new BTL loans worth £10.8 billion, up 3.26% by volume year-on-year.
Read articleKaris Capital published research in early July 2026 showing regulated UK bank lending to small and medium-sized property investors fell 14% between March 2021 and March 2026.
Read articleFoundation Home Loans dropped its minimum BTL property value to £70,000 on 8 July 2026.
Read articleThe Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee meets on Thursday 18 June. Four days from now, nine people will vote on whether to hold Bank Rate at 3.75% or raise it.
Read articleSavills published a revised house price forecast on 1 June. The headline: UK house prices down 2% for 2026, a full four-point reversal from the +2% they were projecting in January.
Read articleNationwide published its May 2026 House Price Index on 4 June. UK house prices fell 0.6% month on month, seasonally adjusted. The annual rate is still positive at 1.7%, but softer than readings from earlier in the year.
Read articleSix buy-to-let lenders cut their fixed rates in the final week of May 2026. Keystone Property Finance trimmed by 15 basis points, taking standard products to 3.44% at 70% LTV.
Read articleLandlords who took out five-year BTL fixed rates in 2021 are rolling off those deals right now. Bank Rate that year was 0.1% and a limited company five-year fix was available from around 1.5% to 2.2%.
Read articleSame week, same market, two opposite moves. Santander chopped buy-to-let pricing by up to 50 basis points on Monday, then a chunk of fixed deals got yanked across the market 48 hours later when swap rates jumped again.
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