East London boroughs have delivered the strongest long-term house price growth in the capital over the past decade, with Redbridge, Havering and Barking and Dagenham leading on annual gains. Foxtons has analysed government data to find that average house prices across London have increased by around 1.4% a year over the last 10 years. However, […]

Rental yields rose across every region of England and Wales over the past year, pushing the national average to 8.1% in the first three months of 2026. According to Fleet Mortgages, comparing the first quarter with the same period last year, shows yields up 0.7% annually and 0.4% on the quarter. The North East again […]

With the Scottish elections taking place next month, a tenant group is calling on the next government to reduce the size of the private rented sector. Living Rent has launched its 2026 Holyrood manifesto with pledges such as a ban on landlords serving as elected representatives. As previously reported by Property118, one landlord organisation has […]

Fewer landlords are actively selling up than last autumn, but a big chunk is still exiting or weighing up leaving the sector, research reveals. According to lettings platform Goodlord, 72% of landlords are neither buying nor selling. Instead, activity has stalled as many wait for the Renters’ Rights Act to take effect on 1 May […]

A clear shift is emerging in the UK private rented sector, and it is not subtle. According to the Property118 Landlord Sentiment Survey Q1 2026, landlords are now significantly more likely to reduce their portfolios than grow them, pointing to a structural change in the direction of the market. Based on 2,380 completed responses, covering a […]

Hello, I have several properties on a Rent to Rent agreement with a Property Management company. In view of the Renters’ Rights Act, they have asked their landlords (including me, but I know several of the others) to sign a new agreement which enables them to take room occupiers on under a licence rather than […]

Hi, I’ve just read through the details again… If you evict a tenant post 1st May using ground 1 as a family member needs to move in, but then they find work elsewhere, for example, then move out, as it stands you still cant relet if this is within the banned period. I wondered if […]

These are the questions landlords tend to ask themselves just before they make a change, even if they haven’t quite admitted it yet. 1. Do I actually feel in control of my portfolio, or am I just keeping things running as they are? This is often the first shift in thinking. On the surface, everything […]

2,380 landlords completed our recent Property118 landlord survey. If you were one of them, Thank You; it’s by far the UK’s largest landlord sentiment survey, EVER! We have published the high-level results below, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. As always, the devil is in the detail. The raw data captured will […]

Landlords are tightening tenant screening ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act coming into force on 1 May, with nearly seven in 10 planning more stringent checks to manage eviction risk. Paragon Bank’s survey of 500 landlords shows 69% intend to introduce more in-depth vetting of prospective tenants. Another 70% say they will be more selective […]

More than 300,000 homes across the country have been left empty for more than six months, prompting an industry body to call on the government and councils to take action. Propertymark has published a policy paper outlining how the government can address empty properties and bring them back into use. The industry body warns that […]

I’ve been digging into the EPC open data register to work out what the EPC C 2030 deadline actually means in practice for a typical small portfolio. Not the headline figures from government consultations, the actual numbers from real EPC certificates in real postcodes. Thought it might be useful to share what I found, because […]

Rents have increased for the first time in five months as the Renters’ Rights Act edges closer to becoming law, according to new data. The latest figures from the HomeLet Rental Index show that average UK rents rose to £1,311 in March 2026, a 0.8% increase month‑on‑month from £1,301 in February. After four consecutive months […]

Buy-to-let incorporation is set to boom ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act coming into force, claims software company. Data by Propoly reveals the number of companies being set up to hold buy-to-let properties has increased every year since 2015, with annual increases of up to 35.9%. The company says for many landlords, with the Renters’ […]

Generation Rent is calling on all political parties in Scotland to back its manifesto pledge that Scottish renters should receive the last two months’ rent free as compensation in cases of no-fault evictions. Ahead of the Scottish elections in May, the tenant group has launched its Standing Up for Renters in Scotland manifesto, urging parties […]

A charity is urging the government to unfreeze Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates after research reveals an increase in pensioners living in poverty. New data by the government reveals the number of pensioners living in poverty in the UK increased by 200,000 in just one year. Independent Age says the government should do more to […]

Permanent restrictions on letting boards in parts of Nottingham have been confirmed after government approval, bringing an end to years of temporary controls in areas with high student housing. The Secretary of State has agreed that existing planning rules on ‘To let’ boards will now remain in place indefinitely, following a public consultation last year. […]

I have been reflecting recently on how tenancy agreements are evolving, and I keep coming back to the same question: What does “balance” actually look like today? On paper, a tenancy agreement is still a contract between two parties; one provides a property, the other pays to live in it, with both sides agreeing to certain […]

Housebuilding in Scotland has reached record lows, with the Scottish government off target on its promise to build 110,000 affordable homes by 2032, according to new figures. Data published by the Scottish government reveals that the private sector completed fewer homes in 2025 than in any year since 2017 and started fewer homes than in […]

A holiday home insurer issues “Duty of Care” warning to short-term let owners ahead of the April booking surge. Holiday home owners are being urged to ant-proof their properties immediately following a significant 31% year-on-year increase in pest-related searches. As the Great British Staycation season kicks off this Easter, experts warn that a failure to […]

A dispute over Gas Safety rules and selective licensing nearly left a parent and child without a home but more tenants are facing Section 21 notices. The landlord, Mick Roberts, says he is fed up with struggling to get Nottingham City Council employees to understand housing law. He says the situation escalated after council officers […]