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With six weeks until the national landlord register goes live, Propertymark has put forward a formal argument for scrapping every local selective and additional licensing scheme in England.
Read articleThe Chancellor confirmed on 28 October what some landlords hoped would not arrive: a second hike to property income tax rates.
Read articleLonRes has published an analysis of 200 Section 13 rent increase decisions from the First-tier Tribunal, the first substantial body of post-RRA case data in England.
Read articleThe Renters' Rights Act abolished fixed-term assured shorthold tenancies in England on 1 May 2026.
Read articleThe TDS Charitable Foundation published survey data this week showing that 50% of private landlords in England held rents unchanged in the past 12 months. The year before, the figure was 39%.
Read articleRushbrook published research on 19 October showing 1,322 investment portfolios listed for sale across England, with a combined asking value of £1.398 billion. The average asking price is £859,970.
Read articleThe government and Flood Re announced on 13 October 2026 that Flood Performance Certificate pilots will begin before the end of the year in flood-prone parts of England.
Read articlePegasus Insight's latest Landlord Trends survey, published by Letting Agent Today on 15 October, found that 66% of UK private landlords now use a letting agent to manage their properties. In Q1 2026, the figure was 61%.
Read articleBrighton and Hove City Council paused the second stage of its selective licensing rollout on or around 9 October 2026, less than two weeks before the scheme was due to go live in Regency and Central Hove.
Read articleSavills published analysis on 15 October showing that England's rental supply problem is not evenly spread. The sharpest squeeze is at the affordable end.
Read articleRightmove published its October 2026 rental market tracker on 14 October, covering advertised asking rents across England, Scotland and Wales. Two milestones appeared in the same dataset.
Read articlePropertymark published its October 2026 Housing Insight Report this week, covering September rental data from member letting agents across 11 UK regions. The headline: rents fell in nine of them.
Read articleThe government opened its consultation on extending Awaab's Law to England's private rented sector on 9 October 2026. You have until 18 December to respond.
Read articleThree things changed for Scottish private landlords on 6 October 2026. The damp investigation timeline is now enforceable.
Read articleLiverpool Cabinet votes on Tuesday October 13 on five new Article 4 Directions.
Read articleThe nil-rate band has been frozen at £325,000 per person since 2009. The Chancellor confirmed in October 2025 that it stays frozen until April 2031.
Read articleAndy Burnham announced the Your First Home scheme at Labour Party conference on 26 September. Two and a half percent deposit. A government equity loan of up to 20% of the property value, interest-free initially.
Read articleThe Building Safety Levy came into force this morning, 1 October 2026.
Read articleThe Resolution Foundation published a housing tax report this week with a number I keep coming back to: stamp duty prevents around 100,000 home purchases every year. Not slows. Not discourages. Prevents.
Read articleNew Lendlord data published this week shows 79% of UK landlords are now running rolling tenancies exclusively, four months on from the Renters' Rights Act abolishing fixed terms.
Read articleOn 11 September 2026, Telford and Wrekin Council voted to revoke its own additional HMO licensing designation, effective four days later.
Read articleSince 1 May 2026, the maximum civil financial penalty for relevant Housing Act offences has been £40,000. Four months in, I am still meeting landlords who think it is £30,000.
Read articleThe Bank of England voted on 17 September to hold the base rate at 3.75%. Six members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted to hold. Three voted to raise to 4%.
Read articleResearch published this week by Rely puts hard numbers on something anyone who has spent time at property networking events over the last few years has already noticed. The BTL market is getting younger.
Read articleThe NRLA submitted its pre-Budget proposal on capital gains tax to Treasury this week, and the timing could not be more pointed. The October Budget lands on 28 October, six weeks away.
Read articleThe Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill is entering Parliament this autumn.
Read articleHamptons published its September 2026 analysis of BTL company incorporation data this week.
Read articleOn 9 September 2026 the government confirmed the Private Rented Sector Database launch date: 15 December 2026, starting in the West Midlands. The annual fee came in at £65 per property.
Read articleThe UK's first dedicated buy-to-let mortgage went on sale on September 24, 1996.
Read articleAngela Rayner published the revised National Planning Policy Framework on 17 August 2026.
Read articleThe Autumn Budget is confirmed for 28 October 2026. Seven weeks. Some of what it will contain is already in statute. Some of it is newspaper speculation.
Read articleThree in four lettings professionals report more admin since 1 May 2026. That is the finding from Propoly's September 2026 survey of 300 letting agency staff across England.
Read articleThe Ministry of Justice published Q1 2026 possession statistics in August. The headline median figure was 26.4 weeks from landlord claim to repossession.
Read articleLonRes analysed 200 First-tier Tribunal decisions on rent increases served under Section 13 of the Renters' Rights Act. The headline figure: 73% of those decisions came in below the rent the landlord had proposed.
Read articleAuction House UK has published data showing a 70% year-on-year jump in tenanted property listings sold at its weekly online auctions.
Read articleLendlord published its Q3 2026 landlord data this week. One figure stands out: 45.1% of UK buy-to-let property is now held through limited companies, against 54.9% held privately.
Read articleToday, 25 August 2026, Telford & Wrekin Council's new additional HMO licensing scheme went live, covering shared properties occupied by just three or four people.
Read articleOn 21 July 2026, the Andy Burnham government announced that VAT on domestic electricity would fall from 5% to 0% from 1 October 2026. The reduction runs to 31 March 2027, making it a six-month measure for now.
Read articleUK Finance published its Q2 2026 Mortgage Arrears and Possessions Update on August 13.
Read articleThe Renters' Rights Act came into force on 1 May 2026. Three and a half months later, Knight Frank is calling it largely counterproductive. Not because the security improvements for tenants are wrong in principle.
Read articleFrom 17 August 2026, converting a house anywhere in County Durham into a small HMO for three to six people requires planning permission.
Read articlePhase 2 of the Renters' Rights Act arrives this autumn and it applies to every private landlord in England. No minimum portfolio size. No geographic carve-out.
Read articleOn 9 July 2026, the government announced something many flat investors have waited years to see.
Read articleWestminster City Council formally renewed its Additional HMO Licensing Scheme on 21 April 2026. The scheme takes effect on 31 August 2026, which is 28 days from today.
Read articleHMRC published figures last week showing it recovered £104 million from UK landlords in 2025/26 through its Let Property Campaign, a voluntary disclosure scheme for undeclared rental income.
Read articleTwentyEA's Q2 2026 Property and Homemover Report landed this week with a headline that generated predictable alarm: 850,000 homes have cumulatively left the buy-to-let sector. That number is real and it matters.
Read articleHMRC has written to 864,000 sole traders and landlords with a message that most people have not yet acted on. The first Making Tax Digital quarterly update is due by 7 August 2026. That is thirteen days away.
Read articleBBC Panorama's 'There's a Gangster in My Flat' aired on BBC One on 20 July 2026. Three landlords. One came back to a flat that had been used as a drugs factory.
Read articleIf you're a UK landlord planning to evict a tenant and sell, you need to read this. Because the rules just changed, and one clause in the new Section 8 regime can lock you out of letting that property for a full year.
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