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Landlords face sharper North-South pricing divide
Buy-to-let investors are looking at a more uneven housing market after Rightmove said asking prices rose 1.2 percent in May while the North-South divide widened…
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Buy-to-let Property News, Market
NRLA launches service for portfolio landlords
The National Residential Landlords Association has launched a new service for portfolio landlords and build-to-rent operators, marking a clearer push into the larger-scale end of…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Welsh landlords must update contracts by 14 June
Welsh landlords have less than four weeks to update standard occupation contracts or risk penalties under new anti-discrimination rules taking effect from 1 June 2026….
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Renter complaints test looms under RRA, survey shows
Half of private renters who made a complaint were unhappy with the outcome before the Renters’ Rights Act took effect, according to the latest English…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Grainger says RRA is shifting share from smaller landlords
Grainger said the Renters’ Rights Act is accelerating a structural shift in the rental market, with smaller private landlords leaving and larger professional operators taking…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Upper Tribunal narrows HMO penalty risk for fixed-rent landlords
Landlords using guaranteed-rent or management deals cannot assume a fixed monthly payment will make them legally responsible for an unlicensed HMO, after an Upper Tribunal…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Portfolio landlords drive buy-to-let remortgage push
More than half of larger portfolio landlords expect to remortgage within the next 12 months, pointing to a busy refinance market even as many investors…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Liverpool offers up to £20,000 to reopen empty rentals
Liverpool City Council is offering grants of £5,000 to £20,000 to bring long-term empty homes back into use, with successful owners required to let at…
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
Rent caps could cut rents £1,200 if tax relief returns
Private renters could pay about £1,200 less a year by 2030 if ministers combined rent caps with landlord tax reform, according to new analysis from…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Leasehold sales now take 155 days to exchange
Home sales are now taking 104 days to reach exchange in Great Britain, according to Connells Group, with leasehold deals proving the main drag on…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Renters’ Rights Act still confuses one in eight tenants
Most private renters have at least heard of the Renters’ Rights Act, but a large minority still do not understand some of the rules now…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Buy-to-let arrears fall 24% as possessions edge up
Buy-to-let mortgage arrears fell to 8,960 in the first quarter of 2026, down 6 percent on the previous quarter and 24 percent lower than a…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
RICS tightens EWS1 rules for landlords with flats
Landlords with flats in cladded blocks face a tighter valuation framework from November after RICS published updated guidance on when valuers should ask for an…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Reading HMO deadline leaves landlords facing £250 surcharge
Reading landlords with smaller HMOs have just over two weeks to apply for a new licence or risk a £250 surcharge, with the council also…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
RICS: weak sales market keeps pressure on rentals
The UK housing market stayed soft in April, but the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors survey suggests landlords should focus less on the sales…
