Covers a range of topics relating to mortgages and the wider housing market.
Covers issues relating to savings accounts and payments.
Covers developments in conduct of business regulation
Covers issues relating to the corporate governance and constitution of building societies.
People related matters such as talent development, apprenticeships and diversity.
Internal and external accounting assurance and matters relating to tax.
The regulation and supervision of firms to ensure their safety and soundness under the remit of the Prudential Regulation Authority.
A new legal aid scheme to support borrowers at risk of repossession (member only content).
Building societies and credit unions are customer-owned mutual organisations. Their culture is focused on their members and communities and this influences their day to day decisions.
A wide range of statistics relating to the UK mortgage and housing markets.
Research, analysis and guidance about our members and the issues that affect them.
Retail savings data including net receipts and deposits, ISAs and interest rates.
Operational and financial information about building societies. Includes AGM & financial results and remuneration details.
Submission and publication deadlines for ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõdata and reports.
Bank Rate cut to 4.75% but pace of rate cuts expected to moderate in wake of Budget
News and views on topical issues from the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõand guests.
View our latest press releases and comment here.
The BSA's quarterly magazine covers whats happening in the world of building societies, credit unions and the wider financial services sector.
A quarterly survey that assesses consumer sentiment regarding the UK property market.
View biographies and download photos of the BSA's key spokespeople
³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõspeeches from events and seminars
View the latest webinars, training and other events open to members, associates and other stakeholders
View our latest ³ÉÈËÍ·ÌõAnnual Conference and comment here.
View our latest Past events & summaries and comment here.
Learn how to promote your event to the BSA's membership.
An introduction to treasury management (30th January 2025)
Find factsheets on mortgages, savings and the building society sector.
Track building societies that no longer exists and get a link to its successor's website.
Find mortgage instructions and specific requirements setting out individual building society policies.
The UK Savings Week campaign aims to get people engaged in saving.Â
Toolkits to develop Workplace Savings are available here.
Here you can find our publications, responses to consultation documents, mortgage instructions, statistics and sector job vacancies.
Find out more about the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõand the sector.
Contact details for each of our 49 members.     Â
Our Associate members include a wide range of companies from insurers, banks, accountants, solicitors, and other business suppliers to ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõmembers.
The National Credit Union Forum (NCUF) is the Credit Union Committee of the BSA.
Find out how building societies have purpose beyond profit
View biographies and download photos of our key spokespeople
Vacancies for senior management, executive and other positions at the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõand its member organisations
Find out the wide range of benefits of joining the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõas an associate member.
The Building Societies Association is the voice of the UK's building societies.
The ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõworks with regulators in aiming to ensure that all rules and guidance uphold the soundness and integrity of the financial system; allow societies to carry on their business; and safeguard individual building society members' interests.
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With the introduction of the merged R&D scheme for accounting periods starting on or after...
This report sets out recent findings which show that audit fees have risen significantly a...
The ³ÉÈËÍ·ÌõReponds
Explains how the Personal Savings Allowance works.
Carrie Rutland, Partner at BDO LLP, provides a useful overview of the changes to the UK's ...
Guest blog by Aditi Hyett, Indirect Tax Partner at BDO LLP
³ÉÈËÍ·ÌõResponse to FRC Ethical Standard Revisions
We urge DWP to look again at the proposed reporting requirements for “notifiable events”. ...
Open letter from the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõto the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
We believe that building societies other than the largest should not fall within the defin...
We question the benefits of quarterly reporting.
Our written evidence to the House of Lords sub-committee on the draft Finance Bill 2020-2021.
³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõsupports continued CRD exemption for credit unions
³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõchallenges potential freezing of customer deposits under BRRD 2 moratorium power
³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõchallenged unfair PRA offsetting proposals
Today Chancellor Rishi Sunak delivered his 2020 budget. The ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõcomments...
In light of the series of recent accounting failures at large UK companies a review of the...
It is clear from the original BBSI proposals, the revised versions, and from follow-up mee...
We welcome any effort to improve, clarify and simplify accounting regulation.
An industry scorecard for the regulated financial services sector is a good start but we h...
We argue for a delay in implementation and reduced frequency.
We question why such a monumental change is required at all for building societies when HM...
We see no benefit for building societies in these PRA-driven proposals.
The European Commission is considering the introduction of an EU-wide tax identification...
Introduction The Building Societies Association represents mutual lenders and deposit...
We are pleased to respond to the panel on tax, audit and accounting set up by the Parlia...