Limited companies represented 43% of mortgaged buy-to-let house purchases during the year, up from 35% in 2024. The share has ...

Service charges have risen 55.6% over the past decade, outpacing CPI inflation, which grew 39.8% over the same period.

“Annual house price growth remained steady at 1.0% in February,” said Gardner, chief economist at Nationwide. “Prices increased by 0.3% month on month, after taking account of seasonal effects.

Rent growth for new tenancies slowed to just 1.9% in the year to November 2025, the lowest rate in four years.