Buy-to-let Property News, Market
CIH warns 1.5m homes target faces 500,000 shortfall
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.
Latest UK Landlord News
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Savills: prime rents rebound as RRA squeezes sub-£100k stock
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
LegalforLandlords: 28% confident as Budget tax fears mount
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC figures reveal 275,000 yet to join MTD
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government launches cladding bill with 2029 deadline
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Zoopla: 51% of family homes affordable on average income
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Norfolk court sentences agent over £48,858 fraud
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
FCA and PRA scrap 15% high-LTI cap from 28 October
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Rightmove: advertised rents break £1,400 as London hits £2,825
Rightmove reports average advertised rents outside London passed £1,400 a month for the first time, reaching £1,418, while London hit a record £2,825 as supply stays tight.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
HSE fines Wirral landlord £2,400 after eight years without gas checks
The Health and Safety Executive says Wirral landlord Adam Evans was fined £2,400 with £5,000 costs at Wirral Magistrates’ Court after admitting eight years without annual gas safety checks at a home where a mother and five children lived.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Moneyfacts: BTL five-year fixes top 6% as rates climb
Moneyfacts data puts average two-year fixed residential rates at 5.97 percent, near 6 percent for the first time since December 2023, while buy-to-let five-year fixes average 6.01 percent across 5,192 products.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
HomeLet: UK rents hit £1,387 record as London jumps 1.5%
HomeLet’s September Rental Index puts average UK rent at £1,387, up 0.4 percent on August and 3.3 percent on the year, with London up 1.5 percent to £2,272 while eight of 12 regions fell month on month.
