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.
Matthew Pennycook says ministers will review how the Renters’ Rights Act affects student HMOs, but has offered no student-specific fix as landlords head into the next academic letting cycle.
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.
Slough Borough Council has opened a 10-week consultation on licensing plans that could pull almost 17,000 private rented homes into new controls, with landlords facing fees of £750 for selective licences and £950 for additional HMO licences.
Angela Rayner has returned to the housing brief as ministers prepare the next Renters’ Rights Act rollout phase, with landlords still waiting for dates on the private rented sector database, redress scheme and council enforcement changes.
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, with affected landlords describing months-long fights to recover homes turned into drug factories, brothels and illegal sublets.
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.
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 against illegal subletting.
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.
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 into force.
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 management rose 18 percent.
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 termination levels.
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.
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 the first live compliance test for affected property income taxpayers.
