The UK House Price Index shows annual growth slowed to 0.9 percent in August with the average home at £273,000, as London prices fell 2.2 percent and the North East led growth at 3.2 percent.
Houseprice.AI analysis of 21.2m certificates finds 161,000 private lets cannot reach EPC band C even with every recommended improvement, with one in five inner London rentals affected ahead of the 2030 deadline.
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook confirms councils must make landlord licensing registers available for public inspection with certified copies on request, but they are not required to publish them online.
The UK Government has opened an ability to charge consultation for England, giving tenants a clearer route to install EV charge points with a 16 December 2026 deadline.
UK Finance reports 58,051 new buy-to-let loans worth £10.7 billion in Q2 2026, up 21 percent by number on a year earlier, with remortgages leading and arrears down 26 percent.
Spencer West partner Lisa Wilson has urged the Chancellor to cut stamp duty on additional properties in the 28 October Budget to clear a backlog of unsold ex-rental homes left empty after the pre-deadline Section 21 sell-off.
Winkworth says landlords now seek a sale valuation at every void as the Renters Rights Act bars sale evictions in year one; three tenants register per buyer in prime London.
The Cabinet Office has confirmed rogue Hounslow landlord Nirpaul Riat has been stripped of his OBE after a £300,000 court penalty for letting illegally converted homes, closing a three-year council campaign for forfeiture.
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.
