Landlords have less than two weeks to tighten referencing, tenancy paperwork and rent processes before the first phase of the Renters’ Rights Act starts on...
Mortgage pricing has posted its first week-on-week decline since late February, offering landlords a small but useful sign that the latest refinance shock may be...
Asking prices for homes coming to market are still edging higher despite renewed mortgage volatility, according to Rightmove, in a sign that the sales market...
Landlords are moving more of their borrowing onto interest-only deals as higher mortgage rates return, with new figures from Hamptons showing a sharp jump in...
Paragon Bank has launched a new limited-edition range of 60 percent loan-to-value buy-to-let products, widening options for landlords who can put in more equity while...
Homelessness charity Crisis is set to buy and manage its first private rented homes after securing £6.9 million in backing from Lloyds Banking Group, in...
Prime London rents edged back into growth in March even as the sales market stayed under pressure, giving landlords a clearer read on where demand...
Shared owners who rent out their homes will lose access to Section 21 from 1 May and will have to use the Renters Rights Act...
Planning delays for new build-to-rent schemes have stretched to 15 months in London and up to 14 months elsewhere, while the number of homes under...
Propertymark has backed plans for clearer sentencing guidelines for housing offences, but warned that landlords and agents should not be hit by overlapping punishments that...
A First-tier Tribunal has ordered Mio Real Estate Ltd to repay £31,436.23 after operating an unlicensed six-bedroom HMO in Bethnal Green, underlining a point many...
An estimated 220,000 households could leave England’s private rented sector by the end of 2026, with Pepper Money saying smaller landlords are twice as likely...
Buy-to-let borrowing is becoming more concentrated in larger portfolios, with the typical landlord now holding 6.5 mortgages across two lenders and total borrowing of £714,000,...
The pace of rent growth has slowed sharply, but landlords are not flooding back into the market. Rightmove said the average advertised rent for homes...
Buy-to-let lending rose sharply at the end of 2025, but the growth came largely from landlords refinancing existing debt rather than expanding portfolios, according to...
Landlords and agents are being pushed toward formal repair tracking systems before the Renters’ Rights Act takes effect on 1 May, as the compliance risk...
Plaid Cymru has put Welsh landlords on notice with a manifesto pledge to end no-fault evictions, restrict rent payable in advance and stop rental bidding...
Councils across England will receive an extra £41.12 million ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act coming into force on 1 May, with ministers saying the...
UK room rents were effectively flat in the first quarter of 2026, but new data from SpareRoom suggests the supply side of the flatshare market...
Fresh government guidance aimed at tenants is sharpening the compliance risk for landlords ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act starting on 1 May. The new...
Landlords with flats in taller blocks are being pushed back to the front of the building safety debate after the government announced fresh post-Grenfell reforms,…
UK private rents rose 3.5 percent in the year to April 2026 while annual house price growth dropped to zero in March, according to the…
Tenant demand rose again in April while landlord instructions stayed negative, according to the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey, pointing to more rent pressure…
The government has opened an eight-week consultation on the design of its High Value Council Tax Surcharge, a new charge for residential properties in England…
Buy-to-let mortgage pricing shifted again on 20 May, with Leeds Building Society cutting rates across its range and The Mortgage Works adding new one-year fixes…
London landlords added more stock to the rental market in April even as the Renters’ Rights Act came into force, with Foxtons reporting that new…
Professional landlords are still planning to expand despite higher costs and the early impact of the Renters’ Rights Act, according to Handelsbanken’s 2026 Property Investor…
The Build to Rent Alliance has launched a new code of practice for England and Wales, setting out a voluntary framework designed to push standards,…
Goodlord has chosen Reposit as its exclusive integrated deposit replacement partner, in a move the companies say will give landlords access to higher tenancy security…
Landlords face a tougher enforcement climate after the Renters’ Rights Act, with council policies allowing formal action to move faster where officers believe there are…
Landlords accounted for 13.3 percent of all home purchases across Great Britain between January and April, the highest share since 2016, as more rental properties…
Buy-to-let investors are looking at a more uneven housing market after Rightmove said asking prices rose 1.2 percent in May while the North-South divide widened…
The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new service for portfolio landlords and build-to-rent operators, marking a clearer push into the larger-scale end of…
Welsh landlords have less than four weeks to update standard occupation contracts or risk penalties under new anti-discrimination rules taking effect from 1 June 2026….
Half of private renters who made a complaint were unhappy with the outcome before the Renters’ Rights Act took effect, according to the latest English…
