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: UK rental property squeezed by an affordability clamp as tenants spend more of their income on rent.

Falling rents fail to ease tenant affordability

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th November 2026, 16 hours ago | 0

Landlords face tighter tenant affordability despite a fall in average rents, with tenants spending a greater share of their income...

: Rental property beneath large RENT lettering, illustrating rising UK rents and growing tenant demand.

Rent rise expectations strengthen as housing outlook weakens – RICS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th November 2026, 2 days ago | 0

Landlords will see the strongest increase in rents since early 2024, with tenant demand growing again as fewer properties come...

Modern London apartment buildings with To Let signs, illustrating the dominance of flats in the capital's rental market.

Flats dominate London homes available to let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th November 2026, 2 days ago | 0

Landlords letting houses in London account for only a small share of the capital’s advertised homes, with flats making up...

: Budget briefcase, tax bills and rent profits illustrating rising tax pressures on buy-to-let landlords.

More landlord tax bills could exceed rent profits after Budget

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2026, 3 days ago | 1

More landlords with buy to let mortgages could find that a year’s profit from rent is not enough to cover...

Buy-to-let mortgage searches fall 25% year on year in October, illustrated by a red downward arrow.

Buy to let purchase mortgage searches fall 25%

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2026, 3 days ago | 0

Buy to let purchase mortgage searches fell 25% in October compared with the same month last year, research reveals. Landlords...

More than half of landlords in a post-Budget poll say they plan to sell some or all of their properties within the next 12 months in response to Labour’s tax changes. Research by Pegasus Insight found that 52% of the 168 National Residential Landlords Association members surveyed intended to sell. For 14%, that meant disposing of their entire portfolio, while 38% planned to sell some properties. Just 2% intended to buy more homes to let. Landlord tax increase concerns Mark Long, a director of the firm, said: "The industry has repeatedly warned that increasing taxes on landlords risks increasing costs for tenants. "Announcing another two percentage point rise before the previous increase has even taken effect suggests those warnings have gone unheard." He added: "These are immediate reactions, and intentions to raise rents or sell will not all become reality. "But the strength of the response should give the Government serious pause for thought." Property maintenance spending plans Spending on maintenance or improvements could also fall, with 29% anticipating cuts, including 13% who expected to reduce it significantly. However, 55% expected to maintain their spending. The poll asked about responses to tax rates on rent income of 24%, 44% and 49% from April 2027 for landlords holding property personally, reflecting the combined increases announced in this Budget and last year. On their property ownership plans, 26% expected no changes and 20% said it was too early to say. Rent increases after Budget Nearly three quarters of respondents, 73%, expected the tax changes to lead to higher rents when they were next permitted to increase them. The largest group, accounting for 38% of all respondents, selected an increase of 5% to 10% or market rents, whichever was higher. A further 11% selected an increase of more than 10% or market rents, and an increase of less than 5% or market levels was selected by 24%, in the survey.

Tax changes prompt landlord sale plans

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2026, 3 days ago | 0

More than half of landlords in a post-Budget poll say they plan to sell some or all of their properties...

: Landlord takes control of property management as letting agent leaves, highlighting the shift towards self-management.

Landlords plan to ditch letting agents and self-manage

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th November 2026, 4 days ago | 18

More than half of landlords using a letting agent expect to take on management themselves within two years, including the...

Red 5% rent increase symbol beside house keys and a void calendar illustrating rising UK rents and longer tenancy gaps.

Rents rise 5% as landlord voids lengthen

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2026, 5 days ago | 5

Landlords faced an extra eight days between tenancies in October, despite UK rents rising by 5% over the year, research...

Landlords' plan showing rising rents, property purchases and investment intentions in the buy-to-let market.

Landlords plan rent rises and property purchases

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2026, 1 week ago | 2

Rent rises are on the agenda for 83% of landlords over the next 12 months, while more than a third...

Rental property comparison in London, Leeds and Cardiff, highlighting differences in local rental markets.

Below-average rents scarcer outside London

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2026, 1 week ago | 1

Landlords in Leeds and Cardiff face a smaller proportion of competing properties advertised below the local average rent than those...

Delayed UK house price recovery until 2028, illustrated by a calendar, rising price graph and pound coins.

UK house price recovery delayed until 2028

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2026, 1 week ago | 0

Landlords face a further fall in property values next year, with a recovery in house prices not expected until 2028....

Landlord profitability rises while confidence falls amid growing tax and regulatory pressures.

Landlord confidence falls despite rising profitability

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th November 2026, 1 week ago | 2

Landlords are more likely to be making a profit than they were 15 years ago, yet fewer than a quarter...

Three miniature houses on stacks of gold coins illustrating modest UK house price growth and mortgage costs.

House price growth to remain modest

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd November 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Landlords planning a sale face another year of modest house price growth, with higher mortgage costs having delayed an estimated...

Landlords facing rows of rental houses with “To Let” signs while question marks hover overhead

Three simple questions needing answers. Do you like them?

Author: Readers Question

2nd November 2026, 2 weeks ago | 6

This morning I wrote a response to an article by the Landlord Crusader about tax. It was lengthy full of...

Rising rents and risks in UK rental market illustrated with terraced houses and rent signage

Landlords raise rents after Renters’ Rights Act implementation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2026, 2 weeks ago | 21

More than a third of landlords have increased rents in response to the Renters’ Rights Act, a survey reveals. Tenants’...

Buy-to-let property viability calculator showing a house and options to buy, hold or sell based on financial returns.

Buy-To-Let viability calculator: Buy, Hold, or Sell?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

1st November 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

I have a new free tool to share with you, designed to help answer a question every landlord faces: “does this...

Knight in crusader armour holding a sword, symbolising landlords battling rising PRS pressures and regulation.

Why Labour’s despicable landlord tax raid will punish tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

30th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 26

I know that the country is skint, but we must be impressed with Labour’s remarkable new trick to increase a...

Rent guarantors rising alongside the Renters’ Rights Act as demand for guarantor services increases

Landlords tighten checks and demand guarantors

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 1

Almost four in 10 landlords have tightened tenant referencing or affordability checks since the main Renters’ Rights Act measures took...

Budget sees landlords facing second property tax raid

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 186

Landlords face a second successive Budget tax raid after Chancellor John Healey announced another increase in tax on property income....

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

London flats’ price slump hits landlord exits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 20

Landlords preparing to sell an inner London flat face a market where average prices have dropped by almost £49,000 since...

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

Budget uncertainty delays landlord purchases and refinancing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 1

More than one in five landlords surveyed have delayed decisions about buying further properties because of uncertainty over the Budget....

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