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Worcester Council backs call for rent controls despite government refusal

Worcester Council backs call for rent controls despite government refusal

Worcester Council has voted to write to Housing Secretary Steve Reed requesting powers to introduce rent controls in the private sector, amid concerns that nearly...

28/02/2026
Bristol plans 20% higher fines for landlords with vulnerable tenants

Bristol plans 20% higher fines for landlords with vulnerable tenants

Bristol City Council is proposing a two-tier penalty system that would add 20 percent to fines for landlords who breach housing rules when accommodating vulnerable...

28/02/2026
Landlords miss £470m in rent arrears as average debt jumps 30%

Landlords miss £470m in rent arrears as average debt jumps 30%

Private landlords dealt with more than £470 million in rent arrears during 2024/25, a sharp increase from £406 million the previous year, according to new...

28/02/2026
UK rents stall as tenants act more cautiously

UK rents stall as tenants act more cautiously

Average UK rents have remained broadly static in February, with the HomeLet Rental Index recording a slight dip to £1,301 – down 0.1% from January’s...

28/02/2026
Industry urges housing tax reforms ahead of Spring Statement

Industry urges housing tax reforms ahead of Spring Statement

Property industry figures have called for housing tax reforms ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement on 3 March, with one in three respondents to...

28/02/2026
Court delays hit eight months as possession claims fall

Court delays hit eight months as possession claims fall

Landlords are waiting an average of more than eight months for county courts to process and enforce possession cases, according to the latest Ministry of...

28/02/2026
Property transactions rise 5% as market shows resilience into 2026

Property transactions rise 5% as market shows resilience into 2026

UK residential property transactions rose 5 percent year-on-year in December 2025, with 100,440 completions recorded on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest HMRC...

27/02/2026
Labour MP calls for end to rental sector reform

Labour MP calls for end to rental sector reform

A Labour backbencher has called for the government to stop introducing further changes to the rental sector, arguing that the Renters’ Rights Act has “knocked...

27/02/2026
Angela Rayner to address Propertymark conference on housing reforms

Angela Rayner to address Propertymark conference on housing reforms

Angela Rayner, the former Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary who oversaw the Renters’ Rights Act, will address property professionals at this year’s Propertymark One...

27/02/2026
The Mortgage Works cuts rates for limited company landlords

The Mortgage Works cuts rates for limited company landlords

The Mortgage Works (TMW), the UK’s largest buy-to-let lender, has announced rate cuts of up to 0.20 percentage points on selected products for limited company...

27/02/2026
BoE rate-setter signals three rate cuts in 2026

BoE rate-setter signals three rate cuts in 2026

A member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee expects up to three interest rate cuts this year, citing easing inflation and a weakening...

26/02/2026
Liverpool deploys 120 officers in landlord enforcement drive

Liverpool deploys 120 officers in landlord enforcement drive

Liverpool City Council is recruiting 34 new staff to enforce its selective licensing regime, bringing the total number of officers focused on the private rented...

26/02/2026
Manchester tops first-time buyer hotspots as affordability shapes market

Manchester tops first-time buyer hotspots as affordability shapes market

Manchester has emerged as the UK’s leading first-time buyer destination outside London, with new entrants accounting for more than 70 percent of all mortgaged home...

26/02/2026
John Lewis exits Build to Rent as industry calls for tax relief

John Lewis exits Build to Rent as industry calls for tax relief

John Lewis Partnership has abandoned its £500 million build-to-rent venture, citing construction inflation and higher borrowing costs. The decision to close its rental property division...

26/02/2026
Propertymark urges landlords to prepare finance before auction bidding

Propertymark urges landlords to prepare finance before auction bidding

Landlords and property investors considering purchasing at auction are being urged to fully understand the process and arrange finance in advance, according to the National...

26/02/2026
Second charge lending hits £2.14bn as landlords tap equity without remortgaging

Second charge lending hits £2.14bn as landlords tap equity without remortgaging

The UK second charge mortgage market reached £2.14 billion in new lending during 2025, with more than 41,700 agreements completed, according to data from the...

26/02/2026
Possession claims fall 8% in 2025 despite approaching RRA deadline

Possession claims fall 8% in 2025 despite approaching RRA deadline

Landlord possession claims dropped 7.8 percent in 2025 despite the approaching removal of Section 21, with data showing 91,093 claims issued during the year compared...

25/02/2026
Reform UK pledges to scrap Renters Rights Act if elected

Reform UK pledges to scrap Renters Rights Act if elected

Reform UK has pledged to scrap the Renters’ Rights Act if it wins the next General Election, in what party deputy leader Richard Tice described...

25/02/2026
Government eases student possession rules for RRA transition

Government eases student possession rules for RRA transition

Landlords letting to students will benefit from revised guidance published by the government that prevents chaos in the student housing market ahead of the Renters’...

25/02/2026
Tenants now spend 36% of income on rent as affordability crisis deepens

Tenants now spend 36% of income on rent as affordability crisis deepens

Tenants across the UK are now spending an average of 36.3 percent of their income on rent, up from 34.2 percent last year, as rental...

25/02/2026
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