The Fairer Share tax petition has passed 100,000 signatures, pushing the landlord SDLT surcharge and wider property tax debate toward a possible Commons hearing after…
Greenwich has opened a consultation on an 18-ward selective licensing scheme, while Ealing and Hertsmere move on smaller HMO controls and standards in a fresh…
The NRLA says London is now driving rental inflation higher, with rent growth in the capital pulling away from every other English region while wider…
The Treasury says landlords can still challenge eligibility and seek court permission to act during a tenant Breathing Space moratorium, after ministers were pressed on…
A county court ruling says landlords can ask judges to permit forced entry for gas and electrical safety inspections after an access injunction has been…
SpareRoom says 85 percent of renters back rent controls after another year of rent rises, with 32 percent saying they were forced to move in…
Matthew Pennycook says ministers will review how the Renters' Rights Act affects student HMOs, but has offered no student-specific fix as landlords head into the…
Paragon says average gross rental yields across its landlord lending book rose to 7.02 percent in Q2 2026, with HMOs still delivering the strongest returns…
Slough Borough Council has opened a 10-week consultation on licensing plans that could pull almost 17,000 private rented homes into new controls, with landlords facing…
Angela Rayner has returned to the housing brief as ministers prepare the next Renters' Rights Act rollout phase, with landlords still waiting for dates on…
BBC Panorama has aired a new investigation into criminal gangs using fake IDs, false references and sham tenancy applications to take control of rental properties,…
Rightmove says the average asking price of a newly listed home fell 1.0 percent in July to £372,359, while homes for sale stayed close to…
Lloyds Living has agreed to buy 980 rental homes from Barratt Redrow across 14 schemes, with the first homes due to reach the market from…
Birmingham City Council says early checks under its new Airbnb data-sharing deal have identified six suspected social housing fraud cases, as councils widen digital enforcement…
RICS says new buyer enquiries stayed at -29 percent in June while agreed sales remained at -32 percent, as political uncertainty around the incoming prime…
NRLA data shows councils in England are collecting only 24.9 percent of civil penalties issued to private landlords, just as tougher HHSRS on-the-spot fines move…
LendInvest says professional landlords and portfolio investors drove £917 million of buy-to-let lending in FY26, as the specialist lender returned to profit and assets under…
Foxtons says the Renters' Rights Act wiped £3 million from lettings revenue in May and June, with student tenancies taking the biggest hit after higher…
TwentyCi says 834,800 landlord-owned homes have left the private rented sector over the past decade, even as June 2026 delivered the first year-on-year rise in…
HMRC says landlords in Making Tax Digital for Income Tax must file their first quarterly updates by 7 August, making the opening 2026-27 filing window…
HMRC says stamp tax receipts rose 8 percent in the first four months of 2026-27, suggesting property tax drag is still strong even as the housing market cools.
Housing Hand says guarantor demands are rising after the Renters Rights Act blocked large rent-in-advance payments, creating a new friction point for landlords and tenants.
Landlord possession claims rose 6 percent in the first quarter to include the new Renters Rights Act, while completed repossessions still dipped, according to fresh Ministry of Justice data.
West Suffolk Council kept a £7,500 landlord fine after a tribunal backed enforcement over 21 electrical safety defects and said the penalty could have been higher.
Bristol City Council has adopted a revised civil penalty policy that allows landlord fines up to £35,000, with the highest bands aimed at unlawful eviction, harassment and serious private housing breaches from 1 May 2026.
The government says it still has no numerical affordable homes target despite its £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme, leaving landlords with a big funding pledge but no delivery benchmark.
CVC has agreed a majority investment in OpenRent, backing the landlord platform behind more than one in five UK tenancies as compliance and admin demands keep rising.
The government says it is adding 1,000 judges and tribunal members this year for landlord possession cases after the Renters Rights Act switch, with the first digital possession rollout due by the end of 2026.
Propertymark says an average of nine tenants chased each available rental home in June, with fresh Housing Insight data showing demand still running far ahead of supply.
Fleet Mortgages has restored five-year HMO and MUFB fixes from 5.99 percent with £1,000 cashback, with the relaunched products live from 19 August for landlords buying or remortgaging specialist property.
ONS says average UK private rents rose 3.7% to £1,393 in the year to July 2026, with the North East leading at 6.3% as landlord supply and affordability pressures continue to shape the market.
Propertymark says new-build asking prices edged higher in July even as regional performance diverged, with fresh data pointing to a split market landlords need to track closely.
HMRC says 436,000 taxpayers met the first Making Tax Digital filing deadline on time, leaving more than 400,000 landlords and sole traders behind.
Lewisham Council has launched a rogue landlord taskforce after issuing 153 enforcement notices this financial year and £160,875 in penalties since April.
Propertymark says landlord licensing costs and penalty risks are rising as councils consult on new schemes ahead of the PRS Database rollout.
