Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Upper Tribunal cancels £11,000 HMO penalty against company director
The Upper Tribunal has cancelled Tariq Khuja’s £11,000 HMO penalty, ruling that sole-director status alone did not establish personal liability.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Chesterfield fines agent £8,652 over fixed-term tenancy
Chesterfield Borough Council issued £8,652 in penalties after finding a letting agent used a six-month fixed-term tenancy and told tenants to leave after they raised concerns.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Barclays: landlords put energy upgrade cost at £9,000
Barclays says mainly landlord real-estate customers put the typical cost of meeting proposed energy-efficiency standards at about £9,000 per property.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Nationwide: UK house price growth halves to 0.8%
Nationwide’s 1 October index puts UK annual house-price growth at 0.8 percent in September, down from 1.6 percent in August, with prices 0.2 percent lower month on month.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
HMRC: August property deals fall to 95,220
HMRC’s 30 September release puts UK residential property transactions at 95,220 in August, down 1.5 percent on July in the seasonally adjusted series.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
DPS finds most landlords plan to hold rents after RRA
The Deposit Protection Service says its May survey found most landlords planned to keep rents unchanged for six months after the 1 May Renters’ Rights Act start.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
BoE: mortgage approvals fall to 54,900 as rates rise
The Bank of England says house-purchase approvals fell to 54,900 in August and remortgaging approvals to 34,000 as new-mortgage rates rose to 4.60 percent.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
HBF: planning approvals fall to 14-year low
Home Builders Federation data shows 45,315 English homes received planning permission in Q2, down 21 percent on the previous quarter and the lowest total since 2012.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Burnham pledges easier council acquisition of poor rentals
Andy Burnham has pledged to make it easier for councils to acquire the worst-quality rented homes if landlords ignore warnings to improve them.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Leaders: CCJs near 1m as landlords prioritise referencing
Leaders’ Summer Lettings Report finds 45.2 percent of surveyed landlords put more weight on tenant referencing as Registry Trust records 996,261 consumer CCJs in 2025.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Octane revives specialist BTL loans up to £15m
Octane Capital has revived specialist buy-to-let lending up to £15m and 80 percent gross LTV for portfolio landlords, HMOs and multi-unit blocks.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Medway confirms 4 January licensing start for seven wards
Medway Council has confirmed that selective and additional HMO licensing will start in seven named wards on 4 January 2027.
