The Landlord Knowledge editorial team covers UK buy-to-let and property investment news, policy, regulation, and finance. Our reporting focuses on the issues that matter most to private landlords and property investors across the UK.
Headed by Leon Hopkins, author of The Landlord's Handbook.
Rightmove says advertised rents hit new records in London and across Great Britain outside the capital in Q2, while available rental supply fell 1 percent below last year for the first time since 2022.
UK build-to-rent investment reached £3 billion in the first half of 2026, making it the second-strongest start to a year on record, according to new…
Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill says UK interest rates may need to rise over the next year, sharpening landlord refinancing risk ahead of the Bank’s 30 July decision.
Only 1.9 percent of private rental listings across Britain are now affordable to households relying on housing benefit, according to new analysis led by Crisis…
Rightmove says new housing developments brought to market have fallen to their lowest level since January 2017, widening the gap between supply delivery and the government’s building target.
A Hyde Park Gate landlord and his property management company were left with a combined £62,176.68 bill after a retrial over an unsafe 22-room HMO, with fresh costs and penalties imposed after the latest ruling.
Hamptons says failed sales could keep nearly 100,000 homes out of the rental market for a year under Ground 1A, after 51 percent of rental homes listed for sale last year failed to sell.
Propertymark says the salary needed for an average London rent fell 17 percent year on year to £71,550 in June, even as average rents in the capital still rose to £2,385 a month.
ABI-backed research says 1.3 million more pensioner households could be renting by 2044, leaving nearly one in three retired households in the private or social rented sector.
Fleet Mortgages says London yields rose to 6.3 percent in Q2 2026 as the North-South gap narrowed, even with the North East still leading England and Wales at 9.2 percent.
RICS says tenant demand strengthened in June while landlord instructions stayed at -18 percent, adding to the rental supply pressure that is still keeping rent expectations elevated.
SpareRoom says flatshare room supply fell 3.2 percent in Q2 2026 while room rents hit record highs in six UK regions, sharpening the supply squeeze in shared housing.
The average UK home price rose 0.2 percent in June to £299,330, according to Lloyds’ latest house price index, ending three straight monthly falls and…
The Bank of England says more than five million UK households are now expected to refinance onto higher mortgage payments by the end of 2028, after raising its remortgage-risk projection in the July Financial Stability Report.
Steve Reed says more than four in 10 former Right to Buy homes are now privately rented, using a Lloyds forum speech to defend Right to Buy reform and a 2035 Decent Homes push.
