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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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...
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...
UniHomes says Liverpool is set to lead the 2026-27 student letting cycle for projected searches per property, with the wider market still short of nearly…
GB Bank has added its new core buy-to-let range to Iress' Xplan Mortgage system, giving brokers a fresh sourcing route just weeks after the lender…
Awaab’s Law is moving beyond damp and mould, with Inventory Base warning that the next phase of the regime will pull a much wider range...
Landlords are increasingly handing management to agents after the Renters’ Rights Act ended the old assumption that a tenancy can simply be re-let on the...
Propertymark says the Home Office draft Right to Rent code is too complex for routine lettings work, warning that follow-up checks, record-keeping and agent liability…
The Bank of England held Bank Rate at 3.75 percent in a 7-2 June vote, warning that energy-driven inflation risks could keep buy-to-let borrowing costs…
The Mortgage Works has launched a 1,000-home EPC support pilot for landlords with D to G-rated properties, pairing funded assessments with discounted further advances before…
The government has confirmed mandatory sales packs, earlier binding agreements and agent reforms under its homebuying reform plan, saying the package could cut transaction times…
ONS says UK private rent inflation slowed to 3.3 percent in May while annual house price growth rose to 3.8 percent in April, giving landlords…
Paragon says landlords drew £2.37 billion from buy-to-let remortgages for property improvements in 2025, with equity released for EPC and wider upgrade works rising 60…
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 April 2027 if approved.
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 on top-end lettings.
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 can manage current demand.
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 minimum energy standards stay under review.
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 response to higher overall costs.
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 if the move goes ahead.
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 over what gets built next.
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 government’s chosen route.
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 a fast pricing shift after 1 May.
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 decisions.
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 ministers defended the current rules.
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 summer push on landlord compliance.
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 price pressures cool.
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 safeguards for arrears cases.
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 ignored, giving compliance cases a clearer route.
