What’s next for the UK housing market in 2026? Outlook on interest and mortgage rates, first‑time buyers, rental reform and regional trends from Lloyds Banking Group.
What’s next for the UK housing market in 2026? Outlook on interest and mortgage rates, first‑time buyers, rental reform and regional trends from Lloyds Banking Group.
Lloyds Bank has partnered with Fiserv (NYSE: FI), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology, as the first bank to widely offer wholesale FX rates to UK and European merchants for dynamic currency conversion (DCC) on card transactions.
Working 9 to 5? Not a way to make a livin’ for today’s kids, as two thirds (66%) of children don’t fancy a traditional job working for ‘the boss’ in the future, according to the latest Halifax Pocket Money Review.
Business confidence rose by 10 points to 41% in August to reach the highest level since February 2022 (44%), just prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Downward pressure on property prices following last summer’s peak, combined with strong wage growth, has seen the UK’s house price to income ratio fall back from a record high.
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