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For sale sign with a crossed-out pound symbol illustrating asking price cuts on 41% of homes in England.

Asking prices cut on 41% of England’s homes for sale

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st October 2026, 3 days ago | 0

More than four in 10 homes for sale across England have already had their asking price cut, and there are...

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, 4 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...

House for sale in London with Big Ben and a red Budget briefcase, highlighting falling UK property buyer demand.

Home buyer demand falls before Autumn Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th October 2026, 1 week ago | 0

Landlords looking to sell face a market in which fewer than four in 10 homes listed for sale in England...

British flats with for sale signs, highlighting falling property values and losses for flat sellers.

A quarter of flats sell at a loss

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 1

More than a quarter of flats sold across Great Britain in 2025/26 after five to 10 years of ownership fetched...

Construction site representing rising investment in UK single-family build to rent housing

UK build to rent investment hits £4.2bn

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Single-family homes attracted more than £1bn from build to rent investors in the third quarter, with deals covering existing properties...

Three homes for sale illustrate rising property listings and increased competition among sellers in England.

Home sellers face competition as stock surges

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd September 2026, 1 month ago | 1

More than 54,000 additional homes have come onto the market in just two weeks, giving sellers much more competition as...

For Sale sign overlooking homes at sunset, illustrating landlords planning to sell rental property before market conditions worsen.

Northern markets lead property hotspots

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th September 2026, 1 month ago | 0

Landlords considering lower-cost areas for investment have been given a northern-dominated list of locations where house prices and housing supply...

Alternative Text: Rising percentage symbols illustrate increasing buy to let mortgage rates and higher borrowing costs.

Buy to let mortgage rates set to rise

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th September 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage rates are beginning to move higher as lenders respond to rising swap rates, with several providers...

Dart hitting a target beside a Build to Rent development, representing property investors targeting the sector.

Property investors target Build to Rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Around 71% of property investors plan to invest in Build to Rent, despite a sharp fall in new developments starting...

Green upward and red downward arrows illustrate contrasting house price trends in UK commuter towns.

Revealed: Commuter towns with strongest asking price growth

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2026, 2 months ago | 0

The strongest growth in asking prices is in commuter towns around Glasgow and Manchester, according to Rightmove. Data from the...

UK housing map showing rising home searches as buyers return to the property market

House buyer searches rise across Britain

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th August 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Landlords considering selling up should note that house buyer searches have risen by 7% compared with last year, although agreed...

Landlord sell-off sign above flats for sale as investors exit the buy-to-let market

Landlord flat sell-off puts prices under pressure

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th August 2026, 2 months ago | 1

More than one in four flats for sale were previously let as landlords continue to dispose of properties hit by...

New-build homes with a price-cut tag as a developer resists reducing asking prices

Developers resist new-build price cuts on homes not selling

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th August 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Landlords considering new-build home purchases are finding developers reluctant to cut asking prices, even when the properties remain unsold for...

For sale sign outside a UK home illustrating falling house prices and increased seller competition

Landlords push for bigger property discounts

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th August 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Buy to let investors are making more aggressive offers as the housing market slows, with landlords accounting for 14.1% of...

Build-to-rent starts fall 79% as construction activity slows on UK residential developments.

Build-to-rent starts plunge 79%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th August 2026, 2 months ago | 4

Starts on new build-to-rent homes fell 79% in the year to June 2026, according to a Savills analysis for Real...

Landlord walking away from rental properties beside a for sale sign marked “Not Selling”

Housing market remains weak as landlords leave and buyer demand falls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th August 2026, 2 months ago | 17

The rental market remains constrained by a lack of supply as some landlords choose to leave the sector. The latest...

Laptop showing a search for buy-to-let mortgages as landlord search activity slips in July

Buy to let mortgage searches ease in July

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th August 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Buy to let mortgage searches slipped in July as landlords continued to weigh borrowing costs, taxation and regulation before committing...

Housing crisis concept showing homes trapped in a large pit beside stalled new-build developments.

Housing crisis deepens as new build developments drop

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2026, 3 months ago | 0

Despite the government’s pledge to deliver 1.5 million homes, the number of new-build housing developments coming to market is at...