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Prime London rents return to growth as sales stay weak
Prime London rents edged back into growth in March even as the sales market stayed under pressure, giving landlords a clearer read on where demand…
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Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Shared owners who sublet lose Section 21 under RRA
Shared owners who rent out their homes will lose access to Section 21 from 1 May and will have to use the Renters Rights Act…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Build-to-rent pipeline slows as planning delays hit 15 months
Planning delays for new build-to-rent schemes have stretched to 15 months in London and up to 14 months elsewhere, while the number of homes under…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Propertymark seeks fairer sentencing for landlord offences
Propertymark has backed plans for clearer sentencing guidelines for housing offences, but warned that landlords and agents should not be hit by overlapping punishments that…
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Rent-to-rent HMO operator hit with £31,000 repayment order
A First-tier Tribunal has ordered Mio Real Estate Ltd to repay £31,436.23 after operating an unlicensed six-bedroom HMO in Bethnal Green, underlining a point many…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
220,000 households could leave England’s PRS by year end, Pepper warns
An estimated 220,000 households could leave England’s private rented sector by the end of 2026, with Pepper Money saying smaller landlords are twice as likely…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Portfolio landlords now hold 6.5 mortgages on average
Buy-to-let borrowing is becoming more concentrated in larger portfolios, with the typical landlord now holding 6.5 mortgages across two lenders and total borrowing of £714,000,…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Landlords lose pricing power as rents stall
The pace of rent growth has slowed sharply, but landlords are not flooding back into the market. Rightmove said the average advertised rent for homes…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
BTL remortgaging lifts lending 18 percent as purchase demand stays fragile
Buy-to-let lending rose sharply at the end of 2025, but the growth came largely from landlords refinancing existing debt rather than expanding portfolios, according to…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Repair audit trails become critical for landlords before Renters Rights Act
Landlords and agents are being pushed toward formal repair tracking systems before the Renters’ Rights Act takes effect on 1 May, as the compliance risk…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Plaid Cymru targets Welsh landlords with no-fault eviction ban
Plaid Cymru has put Welsh landlords on notice with a manifesto pledge to end no-fault evictions, restrict rent payable in advance and stop rental bidding…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Councils get £41m ahead of tougher landlord enforcement
Councils across England will receive an extra £41.12 million ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act coming into force on 1 May, with ministers saying the…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Room rent growth stalls as flatshare supply slows
UK room rents were effectively flat in the first quarter of 2026, but new data from SpareRoom suggests the supply side of the flatshare market…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government tenant possession guide raises RRA pressure on landlords
Fresh government guidance aimed at tenants is sharpening the compliance risk for landlords ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act starting on 1 May. The new…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Flipping profits halve as stamp duty squeezes property investors
Homes bought and resold within 12 months made up just 1.5 percent of transactions across England and Wales in 2025, the lowest share in more…
