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.
NRLA analysis of HMRC figures shows more than 275,000 landlords and sole traders who should be in Making Tax Digital have yet to sign up, with the second quarterly update deadline due on 7 November.
The government introduced the Remediation of Unsafe Cladding Bill to Parliament on 14 October 2026, creating a new legal duty on building owners to fix unsafe cladding with fines of up to £500,000 for breaching remediation orders.
Zoopla research published on 15 October 2026 shows 51% of two and three-bedroom houses are now priced within reach of an average-income household, up from 45% a year ago, though mortgage rates above 5% are holding back sales.
Norfolk Crown Court has given a 12-month suspended sentence to former Swaffham letting agent Victoria Steele after she admitted 19 fraud offences involving £48,858 in missing deposits and rent, with police now pursuing compensation through a February Proceeds of Crime hearing.
The Bank of England and the FCA have permanently removed the 15% firm-level cap on high loan-to-income lending from 28 October 2026, replacing it with a rolling four-quarter measure that gives lenders more room to approve larger loans.
