RICS recorded a +23% tenant-demand balance in September as landlord instructions stayed negative and rent expectations eased to +37% for the next three months.
e.surv found 39.5% of London flats held for five to 10 years sold below their previous recorded price in 2025/26, against 3.8% of houses.
SpareRoom’s Q3 index puts average UK room rent at a record £769 a month as flatshare supply falls 4.7 percent year on year.
Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes passed to children or grandchildren if elected. The proposal does not change current law or confirm treatment of buy-to-let property.
LendInvest’s 1 October guide lists 75 percent LTV buy-to-let tracker mortgages from 6.25 percent with no ERCs, subject to a 3 percent fee and eligibility.
HMRC says around 1.077 million more sole traders and landlords must use MTD from 6 April 2027 if qualifying gross income exceeds £30,000.
Fleet Mortgages says its average borrower owned 18 investment properties in Q3 2026, up from 12 a year earlier, as England and Wales rental yields reached 7.9 percent.
The NRLA says the £65 annual PRS database charge will cost landlords at least £326.95 million a year when regional registration begins in December.
Knight Frank says prime outer London rents rose 3 percent in the year to September as new listings fell 6.4 percent and tenant competition intensified.
Propertymark calls for local licensing to end as the PRS Database launches on 15 December, citing fees above £1,000 and weak enforcement capacity.
NatWest has lifted selected buy-to-let purchase fixes from 3 October, with a 75 percent LTV two-year product priced at 4.91 percent and carrying a £3,499 fee.
The Green Party proposes a three-year private-rent cap at the lowest of CPI inflation, wage growth or 2 percent, but it is not Government policy.
