Buy-to-let Property News, Market
e.surv: 39.5% of London flats resold at a loss
e.surv found 39.5% of London flats held for five to 10 years sold below their previous recorded price in 2025/26, against 3.8% of houses.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government plans caps on leasehold permission fees
The Government plans powers to cap leasehold permission and administration fees, while a future property-agent regulator would require licences and qualifications.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government confirms 2027 service charge overhaul for flat landlords
The government says flat landlords, leaseholders and shared owners will start seeing new service charge forms and information rights during 2027, with the first legal changes due before Parliament later this year.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Leasehold sales now take 155 days to exchange
Home sales are now taking 104 days to reach exchange in Great Britain, according to Connells Group, with leasehold deals proving the main drag on…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
NAO warns shared ownership is complex and poorly understood as service charges surge
Shared ownership – now the largest government-supported homeownership scheme for new buyers – is poorly understood by those who use it, with service charges rising…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Ground rent cap could hand BTL landlords 8.7bn windfall
Buy-to-let landlords could receive an unexpected £8.7 billion windfall from the government’s planned ground rent cap, according to new analysis that suggests the policy may…
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Service charges hit £200 a month as flat ownership costs surge
Flat leaseholders in England and Wales now pay an average service charge of £2,405 a year – £200 a month – for the first time,…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
UK ground rent cap confirmed as leasehold reform hits landlords
Millions of UK leaseholders – including a large cohort of buy-to-let landlords – will see ground rents capped at £250 a year under sweeping reforms…
Buy-to-let Property News
Embarrassment for Housing Department as Leasehold Ban Omission Exposed
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is currently grappling with a significant legislative oversight, as their much-anticipated bill to revolutionize England’s housing market…
