Chancellor John Healey will leave Capital Gains Tax rates unchanged in the 28 October Budget, sparing higher-rate landlords an extra £11,911 and additional-rate landlords an extra £15,633 on a typical £74,442 ten-year gain calculated by The Letting Partnership.
Rushbrook research published on 20 October counts 1,322 investment portfolios listed for sale across England at a combined £1.398 billion, with London alone accounting for £450.9 million ahead of the 28 October Budget.
East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service confirms Hastings agency boss Gareth Reed was fined £24,525 after ignoring inspectors over a May 2025 blaze that trapped three residents.
BBC Panorama’s Big Housing Rip-Off exposes ghost tenants and neglect in Birmingham supported housing, with £410m of housing benefit paid out and licensing reform now looming for landlords.
August finds only 23% of landlords know about the mandatory PRS database and ombudsman, with rollout from December and a £65 per-property fee putting unaware owners at risk.
Citizens Advice finds 58% of private renters on housing support face a rent shortfall, up by almost 300,000 since May 2024, and urges ministers to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance in the Autumn Budget.
Fleet Mortgages has launched one-year buy-to-let fixes from 3.49 percent and cut two-year HMO rates by 30 basis points, while Molo has reduced specialist two-year fixes to 3.66 percent.
The Letting Partnership finds 35 percent of letting agents faced attempted fraud in the last year, with AI-generated scams now ranked the biggest financial threat ahead of tenant and payment fraud.
TwentyEA reports rental stock up 12.1 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2026, the highest level in seven years, with build-to-rent completions filling the gap left by smaller landlords selling up.
Chartered Institute of Housing says only about one million homes will be built in England by July 2029, leaving a 500,000 shortfall against the 1.5 million target.
Savills reports prime central London rents posted their strongest quarterly growth in two years, with homes below the £100,000 Renters’ Rights Act threshold leading gains as landlord caution squeezes supply and lifts yields to their best since 2009.
LegalforLandlords finds only 28 percent of landlords confident letting stays viable for five years, with 40 percent set to raise rents on Budget tax rises ahead of 28 October.
