Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Foxtons: London rental competition hits 2026 high
Foxtons’ August index records 24 London renters per new instruction, its highest competition reading of 2026, after activity spread across July and August.
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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
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
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, Market
Benham and Reeves: rents accelerate in five regions after May
Benham and Reeves finds rents accelerated in five English regions after May, while England’s overall rental growth held at 0.6 percent.
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
NRLA warns landlords as rent appeals hit record high
NRLA says record rent tribunal volumes are raising the bar for landlords, with achieved rents and property condition now carrying more weight under the post-Renters’ Rights Act system.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Renters Reform Coalition urges rent and eviction data in PRS database
Renters Reform Coalition has urged ministers to expand the PRS Database so it records rent levels, eviction data and stronger public access, warning the scheme could otherwise become a basic landlord register rather than a meaningful enforcement tool.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Hamptons says rent tribunals rose after RRA rule change
Hamptons says First-tier Tribunal rent rulings rose to 143 in July after the Renters’ Rights Act changed the balance of risk for tenants, while average decision times fell to 82 days.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
NRLA says agents now handle 66% of private rentals
NRLA-backed research says letting agents are now involved in 66 percent of private rented homes in England and Wales, giving the sector its highest agent-use share in at least two years.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Housing Hand: guarantor demands rise after RRA ban
Housing Hand says guarantor demands are rising after the Renters Rights Act blocked large rent-in-advance payments, creating a new friction point for landlords and tenants.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
MoJ: landlord possession claims rise 6% after RRA launch
Landlord possession claims rose 6 percent in the first quarter to include the new Renters Rights Act, while completed repossessions still dipped, according to fresh Ministry of Justice data.
