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Void costs hit £1,135 as empty days squeeze landlords
Void periods now cost landlords in England an average of £1,135 between tenancies, up 12.9 percent year on year, according to new figures from property…
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Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Older storage heaters may drag landlords on EPCs
Landlords with older electric heating systems are being warned that EPC reform could expose weak points that current ratings do not always punish as heavily,…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Committee on Fuel Poverty backs Warm Homes cash for landlords
The Committee on Fuel Poverty has told ministers to ringfence Warm Homes funding for landlords, warning that the private rented sector will need targeted support…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Rent bidding ban forces landlords to price right first time
Landlords can no longer use an asking rent to test the market and then accept a higher offer, after the Renters’ Rights Act banned rental…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
GOV.UK: Section 21 court deadline leaves landlords until 31 July
GOV.UK says landlords who served Section 21 notices before 1 May 2026 must start court action by 31 July in many cases or lose the old possession route.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Hamptons: May rent increases fall 23% after RRA launch
Hamptons says the share of tenants seeing a rent rise fell 23 percent in May, the first full month after the Renters Rights Act switched England to annual Section 13 rent reviews.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Rightmove: June house prices post 14-year drop
Rightmove says the average asking price of a newly listed home fell by 0.6 percent in June to £376,191, the biggest drop for the month…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Castle Trust drops physical valuations on standard BTL up to £750,000
Castle Trust Bank has dropped the need for a physical valuation on some standard buy-to-let cases, allowing automated valuation models to be used on eligible…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Tower Hamlets secures banning orders against rogue HMO operators
Tower Hamlets Council has secured three-year banning orders against a property management company and its two directors after a Poplar flat was run as an unlicensed HMO with overcrowding and fire safety failings.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Zoopla says May rents rose fastest in cheaper areas as supply stayed tight
Zoopla said rents in lower-cost areas rose fastest in May 2026 as supply stayed tight, with annual growth hitting 5% where monthly rents are below £750.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
RICS warns rent pressure is rising as landlord supply falls again
RICS said rents are set to keep rising in May 2026 as landlord instructions fell again and tenant demand stayed positive, reinforcing the supply squeeze facing the rental market.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Pegasus says Q1 landlord income hit £89,000 as tenancies got longer
Pegasus Insight said average landlord income reached £89,000 in the first quarter of 2026, up £14,000 on the previous quarter, as longer tenancies and firmer tenant satisfaction helped lift returns.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
MPs tell ministers to consult on stamp duty reform by year end
MPs have told ministers to launch a consultation on alternatives to stamp duty by the end of 2026, arguing that the tax is slowing transactions, hurting affordability and discouraging investment in empty homes.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government sets late-2026 PRS database rollout under Renters’ Rights Act
The government said landlords will start joining the private rented sector database from late 2026, with the ombudsman following after the first regional rollout under the next phase of the Renters’ Rights Act.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Propertymark: Scotland rents jump 7.7% in May as affordability pressure spreads
Scottish rents rose 7.7 percent in May, the sharpest monthly increase of any UK region in Propertymark’s latest rental price and salary tracker, while the…
