The Bank of England and the FCA have permanently removed the 15% firm-level cap on high loan-to-income lending from 28 October 2026, replacing it with a rolling four-quarter measure that gives lenders more room to approve larger loans.
ONS says UK private rents rose 3.8% to £1,400 in August while average house prices rose 1.4% to £273,000 in July.
Redwood Bank finds local landlord investment rose 15.1 percent in the East Midlands between 2021 and 2026, as investors prioritise local knowledge.
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.
Cifas says mortgage fraud rose across every main category in the first half of 2026, with application identity fraud up 36 percent as lenders and landlords face heavier verification pressure.
Fleet Mortgages says London yields rose to 6.3 percent in Q2 2026 as the North-South gap narrowed, even with the North East still leading England and Wales at 9.2 percent.
The average UK home price rose 0.2 percent in June to £299,330, according to Lloyds’ latest house price index, ending three straight monthly falls and…
Pegasus Insight says the average landlord portfolio has risen to 7.3 properties, while 21 percent of landlords now describe themselves as full-time or self-employed in fresh sector data.
UniHomes says Liverpool is set to lead the 2026-27 student letting cycle for projected searches per property, with the wider market still short of nearly 600,000 student bed spaces.
Rathbones says UK residential property has only just kept pace with inflation since 2016, with London housing lagging behind, as tax, rates and regulation weaken the buy-to-let investment case.
Pegasus Insight said average landlord income reached £89,000 in the first quarter of 2026, up £14,000 on the previous quarter, as longer tenancies and firmer tenant satisfaction helped lift returns.
UK residential property transactions totalled 101,030 on a seasonally adjusted basis in April 2026, up 53 percent from a year earlier but 3 percent lower…
Professional landlords are still planning to expand despite higher costs and the early impact of the Renters’ Rights Act, according to Handelsbanken’s 2026 Property Investor…
Landlords accounted for 13.3 percent of all home purchases across Great Britain between January and April, the highest share since 2016, as more rental properties…
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…
