Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Propertymark urges licence-fee reporting as costs top £1,000
Propertymark has called for five-year cost reporting on landlord licensing schemes after warning that some fees now exceed £1,000 per property.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Propertymark: London rent salary threshold reaches £74,010
Propertymark’s revised August 2026 tracker puts London’s rental salary threshold at £74,010, despite a 0.7 percent monthly fall in average rent.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Propertymark: nine tenants chase each rental home in June
Propertymark says an average of nine tenants chased each available rental home in June, with fresh Housing Insight data showing demand still running far ahead of supply.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Propertymark: new-build asking prices edge up as regions diverge
Propertymark says new-build asking prices edged higher in July even as regional performance diverged, with fresh data pointing to a split market landlords need to track closely.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Propertymark warns £40k penalties raise licensing risk
Propertymark says landlord licensing costs and penalty risks are rising as councils consult on new schemes ahead of the PRS Database rollout.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Propertymark says London rent salary threshold fell 17% in June
Propertymark says the salary needed for an average London rent fell 17 percent year on year to £71,550 in June, even as average rents in the capital still rose to £2,385 a month.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Propertymark warns draft Right to Rent code is too complex for landlords
Propertymark says the Home Office draft Right to Rent code is too complex for routine lettings work, warning that follow-up checks, record-keeping and agent liability still need clearer rules.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Propertymark says 86 renters chased 13 homes per branch in April
Propertymark says member branches logged 86 new applicant registrations against just 12.65 available properties in April, keeping landlord supply pressure and tenant competition in clear view.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Propertymark: Scotland rents jump 7.7% in May as affordability pressure spreads
Scottish rents rose 7.7 percent in May, the sharpest monthly increase of any UK region in Propertymark’s latest rental price and salary tracker, while the…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Propertymark warns Reeves rent controls would hit supply
Propertymark has warned that any move by Rachel Reeves to impose extra rent controls in England would push up costs, reduce supply and make it…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Welsh election puts landlord policy in sharper focus
Welsh landlords face another election fight over rent controls, supply and tax after Propertymark compared the housing offers from the main Senedd parties before the…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Scottish election puts landlord tax and rent controls on ballot
Scottish landlords face sharply different policy paths after Propertymark compared the housing plans of every major party ahead of the 7 May Holyrood election, with…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Propertymark tells landlords to fix paperwork before 1 May
Landlords have less than two weeks to tighten referencing, tenancy paperwork and rent processes before the first phase of the Renters’ Rights Act starts on…
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
UK rents plateau as regional divides widen in March
Average agreed rents across the UK were broadly flat in March, but the latest Propertymark tracker showed the market is still moving in very different…
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Propertymark calls for empty homes reform as 359,000 properties sit vacant
Propertymark has called for coordinated action to tackle the UK’s 359,000 long-term empty homes, warning that financial penalties alone will not solve the problem. A…
