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CIH warns 1.5m homes target faces 500,000 shortfall
Chartered Institute of Housing says only about one million homes will be built in England by July 2029, leaving a 500,000 shortfall against the 1.5 million target. The post CIH warns 1.5m homes target...
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Savills: prime rents rebound as RRA squeezes sub-£100k stock
Savills reports prime central London rents posted their strongest quarterly growth in two years, with homes below the £100,000 Renters' Rights Act threshold leading gains as landlord caution squeezes...
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LegalforLandlords: 28% confident as Budget tax fears mount
LegalforLandlords finds only 28 percent of landlords confident letting stays viable for five years, with 40 percent set to raise rents on Budget tax rises ahead of 28 October. The post...
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HMRC figures reveal 275,000 yet to join MTD
NRLA analysis of HMRC figures shows more than 275,000 landlords and sole traders who should be in Making Tax Digital have yet to sign up, with the second quarterly update deadline due on 7 November....
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Government launches cladding bill with 2029 deadline
The government introduced the Remediation of Unsafe Cladding Bill to Parliament on 14 October 2026, creating a new legal duty on building owners to fix unsafe cladding with fines of up to £500,000 for...
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Zoopla: 51% of family homes affordable on average income
Zoopla research published on 15 October 2026 shows 51% of two and three-bedroom houses are now priced within reach of an average-income household, up from 45% a year ago, though mortgage rates above 5%...
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Norfolk court sentences agent over £48,858 fraud
Norfolk Crown Court has given a 12-month suspended sentence to former Swaffham letting agent Victoria Steele after she admitted 19 fraud offences involving £48,858 in missing deposits and rent, with...
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FCA and PRA scrap 15% high-LTI cap from 28 October
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...
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Rightmove: advertised rents break £1,400 as London hits £2,825
Rightmove reports average advertised rents outside London passed £1,400 a month for the first time, reaching £1,418, while London hit a record £2,825 as supply stays tight. The post Rightmove:...
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HSE fines Wirral landlord £2,400 after eight years without gas checks
The Health and Safety Executive says Wirral landlord Adam Evans was fined £2,400 with £5,000 costs at Wirral Magistrates' Court after admitting eight years without annual gas safety checks at a home...
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Moneyfacts: BTL five-year fixes top 6% as rates climb
Moneyfacts data puts average two-year fixed residential rates at 5.97 percent, near 6 percent for the first time since December 2023, while buy-to-let five-year fixes average 6.01 percent across 5,192...
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HomeLet: UK rents hit £1,387 record as London jumps 1.5%
HomeLet's September Rental Index puts average UK rent at £1,387, up 0.4 percent on August and 3.3 percent on the year, with London up 1.5 percent to £2,272 while eight of 12 regions fell month on...
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COHO finds 1 in 5 HMO tenants felt unsafe sharing
COHO's State of Shared Living 2026 finds 21 percent of 5,145 HMO tenants felt unsafe because of a housemate, with 42 percent moving in with no information on who they would live with. The post COHO...
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Stoke-on-Trent confirms city-wide HMO controls from 23 October
Stoke-on-Trent City Council's Cabinet has approved a city-wide Article 4 Direction removing permitted development rights for small HMOs, with controls taking immediate effect from 23 October 2026. The...
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Propertymark: viewings halve as 86% of sellers accept below asking
Propertymark's August housing report shows average viewings per property down to 1.7 from nearly four two years ago, with 86% of agents reporting sales below asking price as buyers and sellers drift...
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Cushman & Wakefield: student demand splits as five cities cut rents
Cushman & Wakefield's 2026 student accommodation report shows 518,300 UCAS acceptances, up 1.1%, but rents fell in five cities as international visas dropped 22% and demand concentrates in fewer...
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Chestertons: quarter of London landlords re-let after exit bid
Chestertons says one in four London landlords who listed homes for sale after the Renters Rights Act have re-let them, five months after the reforms took effect, as stronger rental growth changes exit...
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Yopa: mansion tax U-turn spares 1 in 10 London homes
Yopa finds keeping the £2 million mansion tax threshold spares 10,244 English homes from the surcharge, with 9.4 percent of London listings caught at £1.5 million against 5.8 percent now. The post...
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Propertymark: rental registrations jump to 121 per branch
Propertymark's August Housing Insight Report finds new rental registrations jumped to 121 per member branch as tenant demand outstrips supply, with void periods averaging almost four weeks. The post...
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Half of landlords in MTD do not know they are in it, survey finds
August's Landlord Survey 2026 finds only 48 percent of landlords earning £50,000 or more believe they are in Making Tax Digital, although the duty began in April 2026. The post Half of landlords in MTD...
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