Pegasus Insight polling of 168 NRLA members finds 73 percent plan rent rises and 52 percent plan sales after the Budget adds two points to property income tax from April 2027.
Rushbrook analysis of August 2026 house price and ONS rent data puts Newcastle upon Tyne top at 6.9 percent and Derbyshire Dales bottom at 2.9 percent as Budget tax rises loom.
Birmingham Magistrates fined Birmingham landlord Muhammed Ali 16,000 pounds plus 5,680 pounds in surcharge and costs on 5 November for letting four homes without selective licences.
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association says the Autumn Budget’s two-point rise will lift rental income tax to 24, 44 and 49 percent from 2027/28, with one worked example showing tax at 124 percent of profit.
Safeguard Europe launches a free Got Damp and Mould portal with treatment guides and flowcharts as its research finds 73 percent of households see mould return after surface-only cleaning.
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has confirmed HMRC could access landlord data from the new PRS Database, with data-sharing rules to be set in future legislation after the rollout begins in December.
August Landlord Survey 2026 finds 69% of landlords are likely to self-manage all properties within two years, with compliance and legal complexity the top reason for changing management at 27%, as MTD quarterly updates add hours of admin.
Bridging Trends reports contributors lent £181.8m in Q3 2026, up 5% on Q2, with investment purchases at 23% of deals as landlords use bridging to buy.
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook says the government is weighing HMRC and council access to PRS database records, with data-sharing rules set in later legislation.
The NRLA has urged landlords to lobby MPs over the extra 2 percent Budget tax on rental income from April 2027, after legal advice found almost no chance of a court challenge.
Telford and Wrekin Council reports 700 rental inspections, 240 improvement notices and £126,000 in fines and repayments, as it prepares an Article 4 Direction requiring permission for new HMOs.
The UK Radon Association has named Barry, Brighton and Hove, Coventry, Leeds and Lincoln as areas where updated mapping shows higher radon risk, with more than one in three homes affected in parts of Lincoln.
