Lettings & Management Archives

House with “Limited Company” sign and growing coin stacks symbolising landlord investment and rising yields

Limited company landlords target higher yields despite rising costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st April 2026, 4 hours ago | 0

Limited company landlords are pressing ahead with expansion plans as most are expecting stronger yields over the next year, even...

Model house with cash, coins and an interest-only tag illustrating rising buy-to-let borrowing costs

Borrowing landlords turn to interest-only BTL loans and cash injections

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2026, 1 day ago | 0

Higher borrowing costs are forcing landlords to rethink how they finance portfolios, with interest-only loans and cash injections becoming more...

Tenant and letting agents facing each other across a gap labeled trust, symbolising confidence issues

Tenant trust gap persists despite strong agent ratings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2026, 5 days ago | 0

More than half of tenants rate their letting agent positively, though a sizeable minority questions whether agents act in their...

Illustration of landlords carrying houses toward an exit, symbolising rental homes leaving the private rented sector

220,000 homes set to leave the PRS this year

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2026, 5 days ago | 2

An estimated 220,000 households are set to leave the private rented sector (PRS) in England by the end of 2026,...

UK rent trends visualised with map and widening gap symbolising regional disparities in rental prices

Rent price gaps widen across the UK

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2026, 5 days ago | 0

Landlords are facing widening gaps in rent performance and tenant affordability, with sharp monthly swings emerging between regions, research reveals....

Pink piggy bank labeled deposit with cash and a registration fee sign, illustrating tenant deposit costs

Unauthorised letting agent charge?

Author: Readers Question

16th April 2026, 5 days ago | 8

Hello, I have always used letting agents to find my tenants and insisting the deposits are held with DPS which...

Landlord facing overwhelming paperwork symbolising rising admin burdens in the rental sector

Admin burden and RRA concerns hit landlords and agents – Goodlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2026, 5 days ago | 1

Landlords facing new legal duties are rethinking how they run portfolios as admin demands and cost pressures begin to bite,...

Illustration of buy-to-let homes with pound signs and cash, representing landlord remortgaging and rental yields

Buy to let lending rises as remortgaging drives growth

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2026, 5 days ago | 0

Landlords are refinancing in greater numbers as borrowing costs ease, while new purchase activity continues to trail last year’s levels,...

Home improvement tools arranged with a warning symbol to highlight upcoming property standards for landlords

April drives landlord maintenance spend surge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2026, 6 days ago | 0

April 2025 accounted for 11.5% of the annual landlord maintenance spend, placing it just behind July’s figure of 11.6%, research...

Small rental room with bed and suitcase, featuring a “To Let” sign in the window

Room rents stall as supply slows

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2026, 6 days ago | 0

Room rents across the country have barely shifted over the past year, with the average now at £747 per month...

Person studying NRLA Level 3 property lettings course on a laptop with notebook, keys and model house on desk

NRLA launches Level 3 lettings qualification for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2026, 6 days ago | 0

The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has launched an updated Level 3 qualification for landlords and agents, just weeks before...

Checklist being ticked in red next to Renters’ Rights Act text, symbolising new compliance requirements for letting agents

Rightmove updates tools for letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th April 2026, 7 days ago | 0

Rightmove is updating its tools for letting agents to help landlords ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act coming into force...

Infographic showing UK buy-to-let mortgage rates rising while rents are driven more by costs, with nearly half of landlords owning property outright.

BTL mortgage rate rises not the main driver of rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th April 2026, 1 week ago | 4

With rising buy to let mortgage costs back in focus after more than 1,300 products being pulled since the end...

Eviction notice being fixed to a front door near Canterbury City Council offices

Council at fault in landlord eviction case – Ombudsman

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2026, 1 week ago | 5

A council failed to contact a landlord or assess whether tenants should remain in a rented property during eviction proceedings,...

Worried UK landlord reading Section 21 eviction notice ahead of Renters’ Rights Act deadline

Housing secretary slams so called ‘shameless’ landlords for evicting tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2026, 1 week ago | 16

Landlords have been slammed by the Housing Secretary Steve Reed for evicting tenants before the Renters’ Rights Act takes effect....

Letting agent sign marked “Expelled” outside a high street office, illustrating firms removed from a redress scheme over unpaid compensation awards.

Letting agents expelled over unpaid landlord awards

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2026, 1 week ago | 0

The Property Ombudsman has expelled six letting agents after they failed to pay landlord clients, and a tenant, the compensation...

Unfinished staircase repair with tools and inspection photos highlighting missed contractor work

Letting agent supplying contractors?

Author: Readers Question

13th April 2026, 1 week ago | 4

As a single property landlord who lives a fair distance from my property. I am heavily reliant on the letting...

Letting agent reacting to suspended account message on laptop screen

EXCLUSIVE: SpareRoom suspends HMO agents over automation tool use

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Letting agents handling thousands of HMO rooms on behalf of landlords across the country were abruptly locked out of SpareRoom...