Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
Menzies flags £18.5m SDLT gap in six-home rule
Menzies LLP says a reported £265m Chelsea sale highlights how the SDLT six-dwelling rule can change tax treatment for portfolio purchases.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Propertymark urges licence-fee reporting as costs top £1,000
Propertymark has called for five-year cost reporting on landlord licensing schemes after warning that some fees now exceed £1,000 per property.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Beauchamp: prime London house rents jump 67%
Beauchamp Estates found prime central London house rents averaged £4,177 a week in H1 2026, up 67.15 percent on 2025.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
HomeLet: over-70 renters spend 46.8% of income on rent
HomeLet’s latest affordability report finds renters aged 70 and over spend 46.8 percent of gross income on rent, based on millions of references to August 2026.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
MHCLG: councils spend £2.93bn on temporary accommodation
MHCLG data shows English councils spent £2.93bn on temporary accommodation in 2025-26, raising pressure on private-sector supply and local budgets.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Telford Council withdraws £1,500-plus HMO licensing plan
Telford and Wrekin Council has withdrawn its smaller-HMO licensing designation after an NRLA challenge, removing proposed fees of more than £1,500 per property.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Rely adds 2.85% fixes as Santander pulls fee-free BTL deals
Rely has added 2.85% buy-to-let fixes with a 3.5% fee, Pepper offers five-year deals from 5.70%, and Santander has pulled fee-free options.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
NRLA: BTR delivers 61% of homes in eight regeneration areas
NRLA Living and Bidwells say Build to Rent delivered an average 61 percent of new homes across eight regeneration areas in research released on 17 September.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Moda launches fee-free BTL fixes from 4.19%
ModaMortgages has launched fee-free two- and five-year buy-to-let fixes from 4.19 percent, with HMO and MUFB rates from 4.29 percent.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Lendlord: 79% of sampled landlords use rolling tenancies
Lendlord data from 5,235 landlords finds 79 percent use rolling tenancies only, while a separate survey found about 90 percent had not asked a solicitor to review their latest agreement.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Bank of England holds 3.75% as three MPC members seek rise
Bank of England keeps Bank Rate at 3.75% after a 6-3 vote, while three MPC members backed an increase as energy costs lift the inflation outlook.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Zurich: cannabis farm claims cost landlords £9.4m
Zurich UK has investigated 17 cannabis farm claims worth £9.4m since January 2022, warning landlords about costly damage and long repairs.
