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Leasehold drag pushes house-flat price gap to record high

The gap between UK house prices and flat prices has widened to its biggest level on record, with the average house now costing 1.7 times...

29/06/2026

Government says Section 21 pushed thousands into homelessness

The government says Section 21 was pushing thousands of renters into homelessness, using the claim in its 29 June Vagrancy Act repeal announcement to defend…

29/06/2026

MHCLG data shows 47% of unsafe blocks still unfinished

MHCLG remediation data shows 47 percent of monitored unsafe residential blocks in England still had not started or completed works by the end of May,…

29/06/2026

Fleet cuts buy-to-let rates to 4.09% and adds zero-fee deals

Fleet Mortgages has cut buy-to-let rates across its standard, limited company and HMO ranges, with its cheapest two-year 75 percent loan-to-value deal for EPC A-C...

29/06/2026

Handelsbanken says 89% of landlords are spending more on green upgrades

Handelsbanken says 89 percent of property investors are spending more on greener upgrades, with EPC C now the most common minimum requirement in landlord finance…

26/06/2026

Government confirms Decent Homes push for temporary accommodation

Government says Decent Homes standards will be applied more consistently in temporary accommodation, with councils also under fresh pressure to end unlawful bed and breakfast…

26/06/2026

Nationwide says EPC A-B homes command 1.6% premium for landlords

Nationwide says homes rated EPC A or B command a 1.6 percent sales premium on average, with the gap clearer for landlords weighing upgrade costs…

26/06/2026

Tribunal blocks Waltham Forest landlord penalty over six-month limit

Waltham Forest Council has lost an Upper Tribunal appeal after trying to uphold a £15,600 financial penalty against a landlord over an unlicensed HMO, in...

26/06/2026

Savills says England will miss 1.5m homes target by 662,500

Savills says England is on course to miss the government's 1.5 million homes target by 662,500 over the next five years, a fresh warning for…

26/06/2026

Data complaint rule goes live for landlords under 2025 Act

Landlords and letting agents now need a clear route for tenant and applicant data complaints under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, with industry…

25/06/2026

ONS: short-term lets hit 100.9m nights in 2025 as supply fears grow

ONS says UK short-term lets recorded 100.9 million guest nights in 2025, up 11.5 percent year on year, with Wales and the North East posting…

25/06/2026

Skipton says renters face 35-year wait for a home deposit

Skipton Building Society says one in three renters are saving £100 a month or less towards a home deposit, leaving them on a 35-year path…

25/06/2026

Rent Smart Wales warns landlords to check licence renewals now

Rent Smart Wales is urging landlords and agents to check whether five-year licences are due for renewal, with online applications opening 84 days before expiry…

25/06/2026

Pegasus says landlords put EPC C cost at £11,713 a property

Pegasus Insight says landlords expect to spend an average of £11,713 on each property that still needs to reach EPC C, with the funding gap…

25/06/2026

YieldMe says student HMO sales topped 2,000 beds in past year

YieldMe says landlords sold at least 2,000 student HMO beds across Britain in the past 12 months, with sales strongest in Exeter, Bristol and Bath…

25/06/2026

Paragon adds tracker switches and further advances from 23 June

Paragon Bank has expanded its Bank Base Rate tracker buy-to-let range from 23 June with new switch and further advance options, giving existing landlord borrowers…

24/06/2026

Ultimate Finance opens £4m semi-commercial bridge to full broker network

Ultimate Finance has opened its semi-commercial bridging loan to its full UK broker network after a pilot, giving landlords and investors access to funding of…

24/06/2026

LRG says 78% of renters found fewer homes than expected

LRG says 78 percent of recent renters found fewer homes than expected when searching for a property, even as 9 in 10 landlords say the…

24/06/2026

Medway fines letting agent £15,000 over landlord funds

Medway Council has confirmed a £15,000 civil penalty against Homelet PMS Ltd after finding the letting agent handled client money without belonging to an approved...

23/06/2026

Barclays says remortgage rush grows as 88% report homebuying delays

Barclays says remortgaging is taking a bigger share of mortgage completions while house purchase delays remain widespread, with its latest Property Insights release showing 88...

23/06/2026

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Modern UK flats with service charge documents

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

16/07/2026

Government confirms 2027 service charge overhaul for flat landlords

The government says flat landlords, leaseholders and shared owners will start seeing new service charge forms and information rights during 2027, with the first legal changes due before Parliament later this year.

UK buy-to-let lender criteria update for joint borrowers

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

16/07/2026

Fleet widens joint borrower rules and UK company-group criteria from 15 July

Fleet Mortgages widened joint borrower rules and UK company-group criteria from 15 July, opening more buy-to-let cases involving foreign-national applicants and layered company structures.

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

16/07/2026

Rightmove: rental supply falls below 2025 level as rents hit record

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.

Modern UK build-to-rent apartment blocks in summer light

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

14/07/2026

JLL: BTR investment hit £3bn in first half

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…

Buy-to-let remortgage desk with calculator and documents

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

14/07/2026

Huw Pill warns rates may need to rise over next year

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.

British rental homes with one clear To Let board

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

14/07/2026

Housing benefit now covers just 1.9% of rentals

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…

New-build homes under construction with For Sale board

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

14/07/2026

Rightmove says new-build supply hits nine-year low as target gap widens

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.

White stucco London HMO exterior with wheelie bins

Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing

14/07/2026

Hyde Park Gate retrial leaves HMO operator with £62,177 bill

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.

British flat with clear For Sale board and empty entrance

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

13/07/2026

Hamptons says failed sales could keep 100,000 homes out of the rental market

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.

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

13/07/2026

Propertymark says London rent salary threshold fell 17% in June

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.

Older UK renter home entrance with pension paperwork

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

13/07/2026

ABI warns 1.3m more pensioner households may rent by 2044

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.

UK estate agent window with yield charts and map pins

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

13/07/2026

Fleet says London yields rise as North-South gap narrows

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.

British rental street with single To Let board

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

09/07/2026

RICS says June tenant demand rose as landlord supply stayed tight

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.

British terrace with clear To Let boards for room rentals

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

09/07/2026

SpareRoom says Q2 room supply fell as six regions hit rent highs

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.

British homes with For Sale boards in summer

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

08/07/2026

Lloyds: UK house prices edge up 0.2% in June

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…

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