Fixed mortgage rates fall at fastest pace in nearly two years

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Reform’s housing spokesman has been sacked after making “shocking” remarks about the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy. The party’s Simon Dudley said that the deadly fire was a “tragedy”, but that “everyone dies in the end”. His comments during an interview to Inside Housing Magazine revealed him describing building safety regulations introduced after the 2017 Grenfell…

The boom in buy-to-let companies continued last year, with only mail order firms proving more popular. New figures from Hamptons show that by the end of 2025, there were 443,272 active UK buy-to-let companies registered at Companies House. This was nearly five times the 91,278 recorded in 2016. And the numbers have continued to rise…

Agents have been reminded that they “don’t sell on price alone” as the latest housing data shows a dip in values for the second month in a row. Joe Rattue, Senior Account Management Leader at the Guild of Property Professionals, (main picture) insisted that “every market appraisal represents far more than a potential instruction”. He…

Landlords in a major UK town are being warned they must get licensed or face prosecution and fines. The local council in Blackpool has urged tenants to check if their home should be licensed and whether the owner has paid the fee. Selective licensing for the inner area of Blackpool has now been in place…

The post THINK Podcast Featuring Bryan Jenkins appeared first on Think Realty.   What does a truly full-service property management partner look like in today’s market — and how do you know when you’ve found one? Scott Ward gets the inside track from Bryan Jenkins, President of Genstone Property Management, in a conversation built specifically…