Foundation Home Loans has relaunched Property Plus for harder-to-finance buy-to-let cases, including flats above commercial premises, with rates from 6.39 percent up to 75 percent LTV.
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
