Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
NRLA puts landlord database bill at £327m a year
The NRLA says the £65 annual PRS database charge will cost landlords at least £326.95 million a year when regional registration begins in December.
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Green Party proposes three-year private rent cap
NRLA: landlord database will not allow bulk registration
Chesterfield fines agent £8,652 over fixed-term tenancy
Barclays: landlords put energy upgrade cost at £9,000
DPS finds most landlords plan to hold rents after RRA
Burnham pledges easier council acquisition of poor rentals
Leaders: CCJs near 1m as landlords prioritise referencing
Government plans caps on leasehold permission fees
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
NRLA sets five priorities for 2030 rental energy roadmap
NRLA and Energy Saving Trust set out five delivery priorities on 28 September, warning that a 2030 rental energy target needs an early roadmap, finance and skilled installers.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government cuts empty-home intervention threshold to 6 months
The Government says councils will be able to seek empty-home management orders after six months, rather than two years, under reforms announced on 27 September.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Policy Exchange proposes 10th-percentile LHA reset
Policy Exchange proposes freezing Local Housing Allowance until spending falls in real terms, then resetting it to the 10th percentile of local rents.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Morningstar: 52% of upgraded rentals stop at EPC E
Morningstar DBRS finds 51.8 percent of previously F- or G-rated rental homes improved only to EPC E, highlighting the scale of work still ahead before 2030.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Lendlord: 79% of sampled landlords use rolling tenancies
Lendlord data from 5,235 landlords finds 79 percent use rolling tenancies only, while a separate survey found about 90 percent had not asked a solicitor to review their latest agreement.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government updates HHSRS guide for England landlords
Government updated its HHSRS landlord guide on 16 September, clarifying the 21-hazard framework used by councils in England.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
MHCLG: fixed-wiring fires hit 16-year high
MHCLG data shows fixed-wiring fires reached 2,575 in England in the year to March 2026, putting EICR checks back in focus for landlords.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
EIG: tenanted auction sales hit 10.2% in H1
EIG reports tenanted homes made up 10.2 percent of H1 auction sales, down from 13.3 percent in H1 2024 and close to 2025’s 9.9 percent.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Lettie: 73.7% of hot-water reports arrive out of hours
Lettie says 73.7 percent of hot-water disruption reports were first raised outside standard hours in its summer maintenance sample.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Scottish Government sets 6 October damp rules for landlords
Scottish Government guidance sets 6 October damp and mould deadlines, giving private landlords 10 working days to investigate and five to begin repairs.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
MoJ: 4,613 property tribunal receipts in Q2, up 56%
MoJ figures show 4,613 residential property tribunal receipts in April-June, up 56 percent year on year, but do not isolate rent challenges.
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.
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, 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, 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.
