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Scotland lets social landlords seek removal of domestic abusers

Scottish social landlords can now ask the court to end a domestic abuser's tenancy and transfer the home to the victim, after new regulations took…

06/08/2026

Khan opens £400k RRA enforcement fund for London councils

Sadiq Khan has opened a £400,000 enforcement fund to help London councils and advice groups use the Renters' Rights Act, turning a March pledge into…

06/08/2026

LRG: 93% of landlords saw no pet request after 1 May

LRG says 93 percent of landlords received no formal pet request after the 1 May rules change, even though tenant demand for pet-friendly homes remains…

05/08/2026

Savills: BTR starts plunge 79% as pipeline keeps shrinking

Savills says UK build-to-rent starts fell 79 percent in the year to June, with starts outside London down 84 percent and completions running ahead of…

05/08/2026

Lettie launches free maintenance plan for 83% of landlords

Lettie has launched a free maintenance reporting plan for landlords with up to four properties, targeting the 83 percent of owners in that bracket as…

04/08/2026

HomeLet: UK rents rise to £1,369 in July as London stays ahead

HomeLet says average UK rents on newly agreed tenancies rose to £1,369 in July, up 1.2 percent on the month and 4.3 percent year on…

04/08/2026

Paragon cuts selected buy-to-let rates by 15bps

Paragon Bank has cut selected five-year buy-to-let rates by 15 basis points, with pricing now starting from 4.95 percent on green single lets and 5.1…

04/08/2026

Landlord Action: possession instructions jump 28% before 31 July cut-off

Landlord Action says possession instructions jumped 28 percent year on year in July, with nearly a third linked to landlords racing to beat the 31…

04/08/2026

Future Homes Hub warns low-energy rentals need better handover

Future Homes Hub and the Good Homes Alliance say low-energy rental homes will underperform if tenants are not given clearer handover guidance, with new advice…

03/08/2026

Rightmove: rental enquiries fall to nine per listing in first half

Rightmove says average tenant enquiries fell to nine per rental listing in the first half of 2026, down from 16 a year earlier as supply…

03/08/2026

Preston proposes £1,050 landlord licensing fee

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…

03/08/2026

Pennycook confirms agents can file PRS database entries for landlords

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…

03/08/2026

HMRC draft rule raises penalty risk for landlord tax errors

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…

03/08/2026

BoE: mortgage approvals rise to 58,200 but stay below trend

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…

30/07/2026

Zoopla: sales agreed fall 9% as growth slows to 1.3%

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…

30/07/2026

StrideUp doubles HMO and MUFB limit to £2.5m

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…

30/07/2026

High Court backs Thurrock landlord licensing again

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…

30/07/2026

Foxtons says RRA cut first-half profit 57% after £3m hit

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…

30/07/2026

Generation Rent launches postcard push after Rayner rejects rent controls

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…

29/07/2026

SpareRoom: inner London room supply falls 5% in Q2

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…

29/07/2026

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Letting office desk with deposit paperwork

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

17/08/2026

Government weighs tougher checks and new rules for property agents

The government says it is weighing tougher property-agent regulation and stronger verification checks around approved schemes, with a new code due later this year and consultation on mandatory qualifications planned for 2027.

Modern rental flat prepared for a pet dog

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

17/08/2026

Simply Business says 44% of renters could add pets this year

Simply Business says 44 percent of renters have already got, or plan to get, a pet in 2026 after the 1 May rule change, giving landlords a fresh signal that pet-request volumes may rise later this year.

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

17/08/2026

Government fast-tracks homes near stations in planning rewrite

The government says thousands of homes will be fast-tracked near stations under new planning rules published on 17 August, a move landlords will watch for its effect on future supply and local development density.

British apartment block with two For Sale boards

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

17/08/2026

Hamptons: 56% of landlord offers come in 10% below asking price

Hamptons says 56 percent of landlord offers came in at least 10 percent below asking price in the year to July, showing investors are still pushing hard on price as available stock stays high.

Calculator, keys and energy bars in front of UK rental home

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

14/08/2026

Coventry cuts green limited company BTL remortgage to 5.10%

Coventry Building Society has cut its green limited company buy-to-let remortgage rate to 5.10 percent, with the change landing in Godiva’s five-year fixed range as lender repricing continues before the autumn remortgage cycle.

Rental living room with boxes and plain papers

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

14/08/2026

Independent Age says older renters face rising poverty and move risk

Independent Age says older renters are facing deeper poverty and growing insecurity, with more than one in five unable to comfortably afford rent and many worried they could be forced to move.

Welsh terraced rentals opposite a civic building

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

14/08/2026

Welsh Government confirms rental bill on rent caps and evictions

The Welsh Government has confirmed a new rental bill in its first legislative phase, putting rent measures, eviction reform and tighter private rented sector rules back on the policy timetable in Wales.

British street with several For Sale boards

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

14/08/2026

RICS: buyer demand stays weak as sales stall in July

RICS says buyer demand and agreed sales both stayed weak in July, with the latest survey showing the market missed its usual summer lift and left pricing pressure in place.

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

14/08/2026

LegalforLandlords: 28,610 possession claims hit landlords in year to March

LegalforLandlords says 28,610 landlord and lender possession claims were lodged across England and Wales in the year to March 2026, with London accounting for almost 36 percent of the total before post-Section 21 court pressures fully fed through.

UK rental street tied to LHA affordability pressure

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

13/08/2026

Propertymark warns crisis fund cannot close LHA gap

Propertymark says the proposed Crisis and Resilience Fund cannot close the gap left by frozen Local Housing Allowance rates, leaving landlords and low-income tenants exposed ahead of the 2026-27 settlement.

Calculator, mortgage rate sheet and green EPC-style card for a Paragon buy-to-let rate refresh story

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

13/08/2026

Paragon refreshes buy-to-let range from 3.55%

Paragon has refreshed its buy-to-let range from 3.55 percent, cutting selected fixes and repricing green, HMO and multi-unit options as lender competition stays focused on remortgage and portfolio business.

Calculator and BTL product sheets with UK house model

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

11/08/2026

Landbay cuts BTL rates by up to 0.35% as pricing starts at 3.44%

Landbay has cut buy-to-let rates by up to 0.35 percent, with pricing now starting at 3.44 percent as the lender adds specialist products and widens access for some HMO, MUFB and near-prime cases.

Judge's gavel, house keys and a gas safety certificate representing a Supreme Court Section 21 appeal

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

11/08/2026

Supreme Court to hear Section 21 gas safety appeal

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Section 21 appeal over gas safety paperwork in a case that could affect possession claims still working…

Landlord compliance desk with rental record files

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

11/08/2026

Propertymark warns PRS database could widen landlord admin burden

Propertymark says the planned private rented sector database could widen landlord and agent admin before the late-2026 launch unless ministers narrow the filing and update demands.

Norwich terraced homes in a licensing review area

Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing

11/08/2026

Norwich review backs wider landlord licensing evidence

Norwich City Council’s latest private rented sector review says the evidence backs city-wide licensing for smaller HMOs and selective licensing in four wards, putting landlords on notice before any formal consultation opens.

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