Daily Mail / Thisismoney exclusives

Ideas:
- Gilt yields
- Lack of Equity investment in the UK, too much savings in cash
- What is an Interest rate swap, and why do swap rates drive mortgage rates
- Are the rent reforms really so detrimental to investing in BTL when rents are so high?

The volatility of the mortgage market of late has to be on the minds of most homeowners.

The good that had been done has been unwound by the conflict in the Middle East

Buyers are holding off and people nearing the end of their products are trying to time their switches perfectly by second guessing what the Bank of England will deliver on the 19/3/26

Why smart women still feel locked out of wealth-building Not a generic gender pay gap piece — more about confidence, access, visibility, being spoken down to, and how finance still feels like a boys’ club. The hidden financial fallout of injury in women’s sport A massive angle. Short careers, patchy protection, lack of financial education, sudden loss of income, and nobody talking about long-term planning. Why Britain has a financial education problem, not just a cost-of-living problem Your big vision piece. People are not only struggling because life is expensive, but because nobody taught them how money actually works. Why high earners are still making terrible money decisions Great angle because it breaks the myth that income equals financial confidence. The mortgage market still does not understand modern workers NHS consultants, multiple income streams, zero-hours, locums, self-employed, hybrid careers — the system is still too rigid for real life.

Fuel duty does make up a big part of the price at the pump, RIP off Britain

Secured loans continue to gain popularity, now estimated to account for roughly a third of residential capital raising transactions in the UK. Why are more people turning to second charges than ever before?

Are we at the end of the holiday let boom? The UK’s holiday let market could be heading for a major shift as new rules come into force in April 2026. Under plans introduced by the UK Government, short-term rental properties will soon need to comply with a national registration scheme. Owners may also face stricter safety checks and possible planning permission requirements. At the same time, the government has scrapped key tax breaks associated with the Furnished Holiday Let regime.

The housing market has recently shown signs of stabilising, while expectations that the Bank of England will hold interest rates steady in the near term have improved buyer confidence. The holiday let changes could spur holiday let owners to sell their properties or convert them into long-term rentals. More properties retuning to the sales market will be a benefit to home purchasers and longer term rentals will be a benefit to the rental market, especially in areas where holiday lets have dominated.