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BBC Panorama warns landlords on fake-tenant fraud

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,…

21/07/2026

Rightmove: July asking prices fall 1% as supply stays high

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…

20/07/2026

Lloyds Living buys 980 rental homes from Barratt Redrow

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…

20/07/2026

Birmingham finds six suspected social sublets in Airbnb crackdown

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…

20/07/2026

RICS says June buyer demand stayed at -29% as new PM faces housing test

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…

20/07/2026

NRLA: councils collect only 25% of landlord fines

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…

17/07/2026

LendInvest says professional landlords drove £917m of BTL lending in FY26

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…

17/07/2026

Foxtons says RRA wiped £3m from student lettings in May and June

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…

17/07/2026

TwentyCi says 834,800 landlord homes left PRS in decade

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…

17/07/2026

HMRC sets 7 August deadline for first landlord MTD updates

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…

16/07/2026

Government confirms 2027 service charge overhaul for flat landlords

The government says flat landlords, leaseholders and shared owners will start seeing new service charge forms and information rights during 2027, with the first legal…

16/07/2026

Fleet widens joint borrower rules and UK company-group criteria from 15 July

Fleet Mortgages widened joint borrower rules and UK company-group criteria from 15 July, opening more buy-to-let cases involving foreign-national applicants and layered company structures.

16/07/2026

Rightmove: rental supply falls below 2025 level as rents hit record

Rightmove says advertised rents hit new records in London and across Great Britain outside the capital in Q2, while available rental supply fell 1 percent…

16/07/2026

JLL: BTR investment hit £3bn in first half

UK build-to-rent investment reached £3 billion in the first half of 2026, making it the second-strongest start to a year on record, according to new...

14/07/2026

Huw Pill warns rates may need to rise over next year

Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill says UK interest rates may need to rise over the next year, sharpening landlord refinancing risk ahead of…

14/07/2026

Housing benefit now covers just 1.9% of rentals

Only 1.9 percent of private rental listings across Britain are now affordable to households relying on housing benefit, according to new analysis led by Crisis...

14/07/2026

Rightmove says new-build supply hits nine-year low as target gap widens

Rightmove says new housing developments brought to market have fallen to their lowest level since January 2017, widening the gap between supply delivery and the…

14/07/2026

Hyde Park Gate retrial leaves HMO operator with £62,177 bill

A Hyde Park Gate landlord and his property management company were left with a combined £62,176.68 bill after a retrial over an unsafe 22-room HMO,…

14/07/2026

Hamptons says failed sales could keep 100,000 homes out of the rental market

Hamptons says failed sales could keep nearly 100,000 homes out of the rental market for a year under Ground 1A, after 51 percent of rental…

13/07/2026

Propertymark says London rent salary threshold fell 17% in June

Propertymark says the salary needed for an average London rent fell 17 percent year on year to £71,550 in June, even as average rents in…

13/07/2026

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UK letting agency window and To Let board in city street

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

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 year, with London staying above £2,200 and the North East posting the fastest annual growth.

Green mortgage comparison scene for UK landlords

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

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 percent on HMOs and multi-unit blocks.

UK court building beside terraced rental homes

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

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 July court deadline for older Section 21 claims.

Letting agent explaining controls in a low-energy flat

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

03/08/2026

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 setting out what landlords and letting teams should explain at move-in.

UK letting agency window with rental applicants outside

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

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 improved and the market moved further away from the frenzied conditions seen in 2024.

Preston terraced homes and licensing consultation scene

Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing

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 ministers decide whether the plan can proceed.

Laptop and rental paperwork for PRS database filing

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

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 system goes live later this year.

Calculator and tax papers beside house keys on a desk

Buy-to-let Property News, Tax

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 the penalty risk once an error is spotted and not fixed.

UK mortgage paperwork and house model on finance desk

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

30/07/2026

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 41,800 but both measures stayed below long-run norms.

British homes with For Sale boards in a slower market

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

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 and political uncertainty cooling activity before the summer break.

UK HMO property finance setup for larger landlord portfolios

Buy-to-let Property News, Finance

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 or refinancing larger rental assets.

Terraced street beside civic offices in Thurrock

Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing

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 costs warning for landlords hoping the challenge would delay enforcement.

London rental terraces near letting office

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

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 tenancy terminations hit student and corporate income lines.

Blank postcards beside Westminster rental papers

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

29/07/2026

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 days after ministers ruled out caps for England.

Inner London terraces with To Let boards

Buy-to-let Property News, Market

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 pressure across the capital’s shared-housing market.

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