Preston City Council has opened consultation on a selective licensing scheme that would charge landlords £1,050 per property in three wards, with responses due before…
Matthew Pennycook says letting agents will be able to file Private Rented Sector Database entries for landlords, clarifying who can handle registration before the new…
HMRC has proposed a new Customer Correction Notice power that could treat uncorrected landlord tax mistakes as deliberate, with draft Finance Bill 2026-27 rules raising…
Bank of England data shows net mortgage approvals for house purchases rose to 58,200 in June from 56,600 in May, while remortgage approvals climbed to…
Zoopla says UK house price growth slowed to 1.3 percent in June as agreed sales fell 9 percent year on year, with higher mortgage rates…
StrideUp has doubled the size of HMO and multi-unit block cases it will back, lifting its Sharia-compliant buy-to-let limit to £2.5 million for landlords buying…
The High Court has backed Thurrock's selective landlord licensing scheme for a second time, leaving the 16-ward rollout in place and adding a fresh £7,500…
Foxtons says Renters' Rights Act disruption wiped £3 million from lettings revenue and helped drive a 57 percent fall in first-half profit before tax, as…
Generation Rent has launched a postcard campaign urging renters to press Housing Secretary Angela Rayner for limits on rent rises, reopening the rent-controls debate just…
SpareRoom says inner London room supply fell 5 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2026, ending a three-year growth run and tightening…
Ealing Council has opened a consultation on a new borough-wide additional licensing scheme for smaller HMOs, with the proposed five-year designation due to start in…
Savills says prime rents rose again in the second quarter as landlords passed through higher borrowing, tax and Renters' Rights Act costs, keeping upward pressure…
The government says it will not use Nightingale-style courts for landlord possession work, arguing there is no national backlog and that the Digital Possession Service…
Paragon Bank says two-thirds of HMOs in its latest research already hold EPC ratings of A to C, giving HMO landlords a clearer lead as…
Handelsbanken says 59 percent of professional property investors are tightening tenant criteria after the Renters' Rights Act, while 63 percent have already raised rents in…
St Helens Council has opened a six-week borough-wide Article 4 consultation on small HMOs, starting a 12-month path to tighter planning control across the borough…
Resolution Foundation says ministers need another £8 billion if the full £39 billion affordable homes programme is to shift into social rent, sharpening the debate…
Angela Rayner says ministers are not pursuing rent controls in England after the Renters' Rights Act launch, arguing the new once-a-year market-rent system is the…
Chestertons says 36 percent of London landlords raised asking rents in May after the Renters' Rights Act banned offers above the advertised rent, pointing to…
GOV.UK has confirmed Florence Eshalomi as an MHCLG minister, putting a recent critic of weak rental enforcement inside the department ahead of the next landlord-rule…
Hamptons says First-tier Tribunal rent rulings rose to 143 in July after the Renters’ Rights Act changed the balance of risk for tenants, while average decision times fell to 82 days.
Lomond says tenants now spend 32.7 percent of income on rent, with the average UK monthly rent at £1,369 and average time to let stretched to 63 days in its Summer 2026 market report.
HMRC says capital gains tax liabilities hit a record £24.2 billion in 2024-25 after taxable gains rose to £127.3 billion, sharpening the tax backdrop for landlords weighing disposals and other asset sales.
HMRC will begin signing up landlords and sole traders to Making Tax Digital from September if they should already be in the system, putting fresh pressure on missed registrations after the first quarterly deadline.
NRLA-backed research says letting agents are now involved in 66 percent of private rented homes in England and Wales, giving the sector its highest agent-use share in at least two years.
The government has allocated the first nearly £10 billion from its £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme, backing more than 70,000 homes across England.
Propertymark says new energy standards taking effect from 24 March 2027 will change the design, heating systems and running costs of homes entering the rental market, with heat pumps and solar panels set to become standard in many new builds.
IFS says rent controls would likely shrink the number of homes available to let and could push more landlords to sell, after fresh analysis examined how caps tend to affect rental supply and investment.
Zoopla says buyer searches are now 7 percent higher than a year ago, but UK house price growth has slowed to 0.9 percent as mortgage rates stay close to 5 percent ahead of the autumn market.
Bristol’s average monthly private rent reached £1,883 in June 2026, up 7.4 percent year on year, according to a new city report combining official rent data with local market analysis.
Lendlord says limited company structures now account for more than half of buy-to-let ownership among landlords with 11 to 20 properties, marking a clearer shift toward incorporation in larger portfolios.
Propertymark says almost all 3,198 fixed penalty notices issued by Rent Smart Wales in the year to May 2026 were linked to landlords who failed to register or hold the correct licence.
The government has opened consultation on new mayoral planning powers for schemes of more than 150 homes, marking the first step toward a bigger metro mayor role in major housing approvals outside London.
The Cumberland Building Society has launched its first Holiday Let Index after the tax relief cut for furnished holiday lets, using new broker and landlord data to test how the sector is holding up now.
HMRC says most High Value Council Tax Surcharge decisions will be made without home visits, clarifying how the new mansion tax regime is expected to work before its April 2028 start.
