Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
NRLA warns PRS register could duplicate local licensing
The NRLA warns England’s new PRS register could duplicate local licensing as the £65-per-property West Midlands rollout approaches.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Benham and Reeves: rents accelerate in five regions after May
Benham and Reeves finds rents accelerated in five English regions after May, while England’s overall rental growth held at 0.6 percent.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government moves rent-rise challenges to Valuation Office
The UK Government will move initial decisions on England rent-increase challenges to HMRC’s Valuation Office under a future Renters’ Rights Act reform.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
RICS: rent expectations rise to 3% as landlord supply falls
RICS reports landlords expect UK rents to rise about 3% over the next year after its August survey recorded tenant demand up and rental supply down.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Bank of England: buy-to-let share falls to 8% in Q2
Bank of England data shows buy-to-let made up 8.0 percent of Q2 mortgage advances, its lowest share since 2024 Q3.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government sets £65 landlord register fee from 15 December
The Government will launch a £65-a-year landlord registration service in the West Midlands on 15 December 2026, with English regional deadlines through November 2027.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Rely: Millennials and Gen Z set to form 62% of landlords
Rely research finds Millennials and Gen Z will make up 62 percent of landlords within a decade, while inheritance becomes the main route into buy-to-let.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Rightmove adds Section 13 rent-review tool for agents
Rightmove has added a Section 13 rent-review tool to Tenancy Manager, allowing letting agents to create notices from tenancy records after the Renters’ Rights Act changed England’s rent-rise rules.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Moneyfacts: HSBC and NatWest raise rates as swaps climb
Moneyfacts says HSBC and NatWest have raised mortgage rates since 1 September as higher swap costs force lender repricing.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Hello Neighbour: rental demand settles as affordability caps rent growth
Hello Neighbour says viewing requests have more than halved since 2023 as tenant affordability, not migration, now limits how far advertised rents can rise.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Paragon: Stoke student properties deliver 9.42% average yield
Paragon Bank says student properties in Stoke-on-Trent delivered an average gross yield of 9.42 percent, the highest return in its latest university-market analysis.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Lloyds: house prices post first annual fall since 2023
Lloyds says August brought the first annual house-price fall since November 2023, after average values slipped 0.2 percent in the month to £298,468.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government sets March 2027 target for England short-let register
Government has set March 2027 as the target for England’s mandatory short-let register, giving holiday-let owners a fixed planning date while the final rules remain unresolved.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government makes bailiff oversight mandatory in England and Wales
The government says private bailiffs in England and Wales will have to come under mandatory independent oversight, a move that could affect how landlords and agents approach debt and possession enforcement.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Digital possession service to exclude most landlords at launch
Propertymark says the new Digital Possession Service is due to begin later this month, but the first phase will cover only social landlords in four court areas – leaving most private landlords on the existing court route for now.
