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Propertymark: viewings halve as 86% of sellers accept below asking

Propertymark's August housing report shows average viewings per property down to 1.7 from nearly four two years ago, with 86% of agents reporting sales below…

14/10/2026

Cushman & Wakefield: student demand splits as five cities cut rents

Cushman & Wakefield's 2026 student accommodation report shows 518,300 UCAS acceptances, up 1.1%, but rents fell in five cities as international visas dropped 22% and…

14/10/2026

Chestertons: quarter of London landlords re-let after exit bid

Chestertons says one in four London landlords who listed homes for sale after the Renters Rights Act have re-let them, five months after the reforms…

13/10/2026

Yopa: mansion tax U-turn spares 1 in 10 London homes

Yopa finds keeping the £2 million mansion tax threshold spares 10,244 English homes from the surcharge, with 9.4 percent of London listings caught at £1.5…

13/10/2026

Propertymark: rental registrations jump to 121 per branch

Propertymark's August Housing Insight Report finds new rental registrations jumped to 121 per member branch as tenant demand outstrips supply, with void periods averaging almost…

13/10/2026

August: half of MTD landlords do not know they are in it

August's Landlord Survey 2026 finds only 48 percent of landlords earning £50,000 or more believe they are in Making Tax Digital, although the duty began…

12/10/2026

Durham fines landlord £26,000 over repair failures

Durham County Council has fined a landlord £26,000 over repair and licensing failures at an Annfield Plain rental home, with £28,500 payable in total.

12/10/2026

Paragon: BTL yields hit 15-year high at 7.22%

Paragon Bank reports average buy-to-let yields reached 7.22 percent in Q3 2026, the highest since early 2011, with the East Midlands at 8.1 percent and…

12/10/2026

Propertymark: September rents fall in 10 of 11 regions

Propertymark reports September rents fell in 10 of 11 UK regions, with Scotland down 3.4 percent to £1,134, though the annual salary needed to rent…

12/10/2026

Government opens Awaab’s Law consultation for PRS

MHCLG's consultation on extending Awaab's Law to private landlords closes on 18 December 2026 and will shape new repair deadlines.

09/10/2026

Foundation adds 4.99% BTL remortgage at 75% LTV

Foundation has added a 4.99 percent two-year buy-to-let remortgage at 75 percent LTV, with a 4 percent fee and no application fee.

09/10/2026

RICS: tenant demand hits +23% as landlord supply stays tight

RICS recorded a +23% tenant-demand balance in September as landlord instructions stayed negative and rent expectations eased to +37% for the next three months.

08/10/2026

e.surv: 39.5% of London flats resold at a loss

e.surv found 39.5% of London flats held for five to 10 years sold below their previous recorded price in 2025/26, against 3.8% of houses.

08/10/2026

SpareRoom: UK room rents hit record £769 as supply falls

SpareRoom's Q3 index puts average UK room rent at a record £769 a month as flatshare supply falls 4.7 percent year on year.

08/10/2026

Badenoch pledges inheritance tax exemption for family homes

Kemi Badenoch has pledged to remove inheritance tax from family homes passed to children or grandchildren if elected. The proposal does not change current law…

08/10/2026

LendInvest lists 75% BTL trackers from 6.25% with no ERCs

LendInvest's 1 October guide lists 75 percent LTV buy-to-let tracker mortgages from 6.25 percent with no ERCs, subject to a 3 percent fee and eligibility.

07/10/2026

HMRC: 1.1m more landlords and traders join MTD in 2027

HMRC says around 1.077 million more sole traders and landlords must use MTD from 6 April 2027 if qualifying gross income exceeds £30,000.

06/10/2026

Fleet: landlord portfolios rise to 18 as yields hit 7.9%

Fleet Mortgages says its average borrower owned 18 investment properties in Q3 2026, up from 12 a year earlier, as England and Wales rental yields…

06/10/2026

NRLA puts landlord database bill at £327m a year

The NRLA says the £65 annual PRS database charge will cost landlords at least £326.95 million a year when regional registration begins in December.

06/10/2026

Knight Frank: prime outer London rents rise 3%

Knight Frank says prime outer London rents rose 3 percent in the year to September as new listings fell 6.4 percent and tenant competition intensified.

05/10/2026

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TV crew filming Birmingham terraced street at dusk

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

21/10/2026

Panorama exposes ghost tenants in £410m housing scandal

BBC Panorama’s Big Housing Rip-Off exposes ghost tenants and neglect in Birmingham supported housing, with £410m of housing benefit paid out and licensing reform now looming for landlords.

UK landlord database registration checklist with 23 percent awareness

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

21/10/2026

August survey: only 23% of landlords know about mandatory database

August finds only 23% of landlords know about the mandatory PRS database and ombudsman, with rollout from December and a £65 per-property fee putting unaware owners at risk.

To Let board outside UK terrace with benefit shortfall paperwork

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

19/10/2026

Citizens Advice finds 58% of tenants face benefit shortfall

Citizens Advice finds 58% of private renters on housing support face a rent shortfall, up by almost 300,000 since May 2024, and urges ministers to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance in the Autumn Budget.

Calculator beside blurred mortgage papers and small house model

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

19/10/2026

Fleet launches one-year BTL fixes from 3.49% as Molo cuts rates

Fleet Mortgages has launched one-year buy-to-let fixes from 3.49 percent and cut two-year HMO rates by 30 basis points, while Molo has reduced specialist two-year fixes to 3.66 percent.

Laptop and magnifying glass in letting agent fraud check

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

19/10/2026

Letting Partnership: AI scams top agent fraud threat as 35% hit

The Letting Partnership finds 35 percent of letting agents faced attempted fraud in the last year, with AI-generated scams now ranked the biggest financial threat ahead of tenant and payment fraud.

New build-to-rent flats with To Let board in Britain

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

19/10/2026

TwentyEA: rental supply hits seven-year high as BTR fills gap

TwentyEA reports rental stock up 12.1 percent year on year in the third quarter of 2026, the highest level in seven years, with build-to-rent completions filling the gap left by smaller landlords selling up.

Half-built UK homes with scaffolding under clear blue sky

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

16/10/2026

CIH warns 1.5m homes target faces 500,000 shortfall

Chartered Institute of Housing says only about one million homes will be built in England by July 2029, leaving a 500,000 shortfall against the 1.5 million target.

Prime central London terraces with To Let board

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

16/10/2026

Savills: prime rents rebound as RRA squeezes sub-£100k stock

Savills reports prime central London rents posted their strongest quarterly growth in two years, with homes below the £100,000 Renters’ Rights Act threshold leading gains as landlord caution squeezes supply and lifts yields to their best since 2009.

Calculator on UK landlord tax papers with terraced houses behind

Buy-to-let Property News, Tax

16/10/2026

LegalforLandlords: 28% confident as Budget tax fears mount

LegalforLandlords finds only 28 percent of landlords confident letting stays viable for five years, with 40 percent set to raise rents on Budget tax rises ahead of 28 October.

Buy-to-let Property News, Tax

16/10/2026

HMRC figures reveal 275,000 yet to join MTD

NRLA analysis of HMRC figures shows more than 275,000 landlords and sole traders who should be in Making Tax Digital have yet to sign up, with the second quarterly update deadline due on 7 November.

Cladding remediation scaffolding on UK flats in daylight

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

15/10/2026

Government launches cladding bill with 2029 deadline

The government introduced the Remediation of Unsafe Cladding Bill to Parliament on 14 October 2026, creating a new legal duty on building owners to fix unsafe cladding with fines of up to £500,000 for breaching remediation orders.

Family houses with For Sale boards on sunny UK street

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

15/10/2026

Zoopla: 51% of family homes affordable on average income

Zoopla research published on 15 October 2026 shows 51% of two and three-bedroom houses are now priced within reach of an average-income household, up from 45% a year ago, though mortgage rates above 5% are holding back sales.

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

15/10/2026

Norfolk court sentences agent over £48,858 fraud

Norfolk Crown Court has given a 12-month suspended sentence to former Swaffham letting agent Victoria Steele after she admitted 19 fraud offences involving £48,858 in missing deposits and rent, with police now pursuing compensation through a February Proceeds of Crime hearing.

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