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.
SpareRoom says 85 percent of renters back rent controls after another year of rent rises, with 32 percent saying they were forced to move in the past year because housing had become unaffordable.
Paragon says average gross rental yields across its landlord lending book rose to 7.02 percent in Q2 2026, with HMOs still delivering the strongest returns at 8.9 percent.
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 a 12-year high and first-half sales agreed ran 6 percent below last year.
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 autumn 2026 and delivery running to the end of 2029.
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 minister added another housing-market headwind.
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 available rental stock for five years.
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 below last year for the first time since 2022.
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…
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…
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 government’s building target.
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 the capital still rose to £2,385 a month.
ABI-backed research says 1.3 million more pensioner households could be renting by 2044, leaving nearly one in three retired households in the private or social rented sector.
Fleet Mortgages says London yields rose to 6.3 percent in Q2 2026 as the North-South gap narrowed, even with the North East still leading England and Wales at 9.2 percent.
RICS says tenant demand strengthened in June while landlord instructions stayed at -18 percent, adding to the rental supply pressure that is still keeping rent expectations elevated.
SpareRoom says flatshare room supply fell 3.2 percent in Q2 2026 while room rents hit record highs in six UK regions, sharpening the supply squeeze in shared housing.
The average UK home price rose 0.2 percent in June to £299,330, according to Lloyds’ latest house price index, ending three straight monthly falls and…
Fleet Mortgages says average rental yields across England and Wales hit 7.8 percent in Q2 2026, while landlord buying activity held firm and the North East stayed the strongest region.
Scottish housebuilding completions fell 10 percent in 2025-26 and new starts dropped to their lowest level since 2012-13, according to fresh Scottish Government figures that…
Goodlord says average rents rose 6.5 percent in June from May, with annual inflation hitting 7.8 percent as Section 13 pressure keeps rent resets elevated after the Renters Rights Act launch.
Nationwide said UK annual house price growth picked up to 2.2 percent in June, up from 1.7 percent in May, while average prices were broadly…
HMRC says UK residential property transactions fell to 98,450 in May, marking a second straight monthly drop and giving landlords a clearer read on softer market momentum before summer.
HomeLet says average UK rents reached £1,353 in June, with London up 5 percent year on year and still leading the sharpest regional pressure in the rental market.
Zoopla says three in five homes put up for sale since January were still without a buyer by the end of June, a fresh sign that agreed sales are failing to keep pace with supply as sellers keep listing ahead of summer.
