Lettings & Management Archives

Wave of rent increase notices flooding a tribunal entrance, symbolising a surge in tenant challenges to rent rises.

Tenants urged to ‘flood’ tribunals over rent rises

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2026, 3 days ago | 33

Landlords seeking even minimal rent increases could face tribunal challenges after campaign groups encouraged tenants to contest rises. The Telegraph...

Property keys with a £4,500 price tag outside temporary housing, highlighting asylum accommodation rental payments.

Landlord offered £4,500 for asylum accommodation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2026, 3 days ago | 10

A landlord has reportedly been offered £32,520 more a year to house asylum seekers in a flat already used to...

Damaged wooden stair handrail photographed on a smartphone for evidence in the government's building safety review.

Landlords invited to inform government’s building safety review

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd October 2026, 3 days ago | 1

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) opened a call for evidence, inviting landlords, building owners and managers to share practical experience...

Buy to let property jumping over a 25% lending increase, illustrating growth in UK landlord mortgage lending in 2026.

Buy to let lending jumps 25%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd October 2026, 4 days ago | 0

The value of buy to let loans advanced to landlords rose by 25% in the second quarter of 2026 compared...

Tightening of Gas Safe requirements?

Author: Readers Question

22nd October 2026, 4 days ago | 2

Hello, The engineer carrying out my Gas Safe checks last week was gloomy. He said he had just received notification...

House with gold pound symbol above icons representing property comparisons, repairs, photographs and records for rent reviews.

Can landlords support their proposed rent?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st October 2026, 5 days ago | 7

A modest rent rise still needs evidence to support the whole proposed rent and for landlords concerned by Property118’s recent...

London property investment map with pound coins, highlighting prime London rental yields reaching their highest since 2009.

Prime London landlord yields highest since 2009

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st October 2026, 5 days ago | 0

Landlords in prime central London are seeing yields at their highest since 2009, as rising rents and lower property values...

Wheelchair user facing a road barrier, highlighting accessibility challenges and the need for home adaptations.

Tenants fear landlord barriers to home adaptations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st October 2026, 5 days ago | 6

More than a third of tenants would worry about securing their landlord’s permission if their home needed adapting to support...

Landlords queue towards a landlord database and ombudsman, highlighting low awareness of Renters’ Rights Act requirements.

Landlord database awareness trails Renters’ Rights Act understanding

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2026, 6 days ago | 3

Fewer than one in four landlords surveyed knows about the planned landlord database and ombudsman, despite four in five saying...

Chained property door, question mark and 5 November calendar highlighting concerns over six-month empty dwelling rules.

Empty dwelling management orders?

Author: Readers Question

20th October 2026, 6 days ago | 23

Hello, Re: the ‘empty dwelling management order’, which is a fancy name for councils ……… for your property! There seems...

Property portfolio of houses in an open briefcase with a for sale tag, illustrating landlord investment sales in England.

Landlords market 1,322 property portfolios

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th October 2026, 6 days ago | 0

An estimated 1,322 property investment portfolios are up for sale across England, with combined asking prices approaching £1.4bn. London accounts...

Judge's gavel smashing a £50 rent increase into a £200 reduction, illustrating a tribunal ruling against a landlord.

Tribunal turns landlord’s £50 rent rise into a £200 cut

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2026, 7 days ago | 42

A landlord seeking an extra £50 a month has instead had the existing rent cut by £200 by the First-tier...

House on stacked inflation and real gain blocks beside a capital gains tax reform notice, highlighting landlords' tax concerns.

NRLA urges capital gains tax reform

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2026, 7 days ago | 1

The government is being urged to change how capital gains tax treats house price rises, with inflation accounting for most...

Woman covers her ears as noisy tenants party in a neighbouring house, highlighting anti-social behaviour concerns.

Labour MP calls for action against landlords over tenant anti-social behaviour

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2026, 1 week ago | 34

A Labour MP claims private landlords are allowing anti-social behaviour by their tenants to go unchecked. In a debate on...

Five houses topped with rising stacks of gold coins illustrating growth in UK buy-to-let rental yields.

Landlord yields rise across most regions – Fleet

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Landlords saw average yields rise in eight of England and Wales’s 10 monitored regions over the past year. Fleet Mortgages’...

Prospective tenants reaching for rental homes marked To Let, illustrating growing competition for properties in England.

Homes to let fall as tenant competition intensifies

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Landlords could see more tenants competing for their properties after the number of homes available to let across England fell...

Landlord licensing sign behind a closed barrier outside a council building, symbolising a scheme paused after a legal challenge.

Another council pauses landlord licensing after legal challenge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 3

Another council has paused its plans to introduce landlord licensing following a legal challenge. The selective licensing scheme for Brighton’s...

Stressed landlord reviewing rental finances outside terraced homes with let agreed signs

Self-managing landlords work 51 hours every month

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 9

Landlords who manage their own properties spend an average of 51 hours a month overseeing them. Even those paying for...