Consumers’ inflation expectations move higher as cost-of-living frustrations build

“I draw from my IRA as needed for household repairs, trips and other larger expenses.”

8:57 AM, 17th September 2026, 3 days ago 1 An industry body has warned that a council’s approach to housing enforcement must be proportionate and evidence-based. Propertymark has responded to Bath and North East Somerset Council’s consultation on a tougher housing services enforcement and financial penalty policy. Under the proposed policy, housing fines could increase…

Most estate-planning frameworks, such as the intake questionnaires, the default clauses and the assumptions baked into how we open a first-client meeting, are built around a client with a spouse to provide for and children waiting to inherit. But for an increasing number of clients walking into our offices, that framework no longer applies. According…

The newly formed Real REMAX Group will no longer be investing in the growth of its Motto Mortgage franchise system, with its sights set on a more unified mortgage platform, the company confirmed with National Mortgage News. Processing Content The move threatens independent mortgage banks and outside loan originators who rely on real estate agents…

9:05 AM, 15th September 2026, 3 weeks ago 10 The government claims its proposed EPC reforms will be “sensitive to the characteristics of each property”. In answer to a written parliamentary question, energy minister Martin McCluskey claims the government has designed an “enhanced exemptions regime”. The government has proposed all private rented properties will need…

The US Senate failed to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on September 15, with Senator Elissa Slotkin calling its ethics provisions “simply too thin” as she cast one of the no votes. The tally stood at 50 senators voting yes against 49 no, short of the 60 affirmative votes required to advance the…