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.
Articles by Editorial Team
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.
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, 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, Regulation
Government updates HHSRS guide for England landlords
Government updated its HHSRS landlord guide on 16 September, clarifying the 21-hazard framework used by councils in England.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Lloyds Living agrees 182-home rental deal
Lloyds Living has agreed 182 private rental homes across three East Midlands developments, with family houses making up most of the new stock.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
ONS: Rents rise 3.8% as house prices grow 1.4%
ONS says UK private rents rose 3.8% to £1,400 in August while average house prices rose 1.4% to £273,000 in July.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
EIG: tenanted auction sales hit 10.2% in H1
EIG reports tenanted homes made up 10.2 percent of H1 auction sales, down from 13.3 percent in H1 2024 and close to 2025’s 9.9 percent.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
North Tyneside consults on HMO planning rule for 2027
North Tyneside Council proposes Article 4 controls from 6 August 2027, meaning small HMO conversions in eight wards would need planning permission.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Land Registry: London holds 43% of overseas company titles
HM Land Registry data shows 39,172 titles held by overseas companies are in Greater London, accounting for 43 percent of the England and Wales total.
