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To Let sign with rising arrow beside For Sale sign illustrating UK rent increases and slowing house price growth.

Rents rise as house price growth slows – ONS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd October 2026, 3 days ago | 3

Landlords saw average UK private rents rise by £52 a month over the year to September, taking the monthly figure...

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, 4 days ago | 0

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

Colour-coded UK map showing houses with downward red arrows, illustrating falling rents across eight regions.

Rents fall across eight UK regions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st October 2026, 4 days ago | 0

Landlords in eight of the UK’s 12 regions saw average rents fall in September, despite the national figure reaching another...

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, 5 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 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, 6 days ago | 1

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

Rent and mortgage price tags above two homes, illustrating higher monthly mortgage costs for first-time buyers.

First-time buyers face mortgage payments above rent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2026, 6 days ago | 0

More than half of tenants who bought their first home in September were paying a mortgage that was higher than...

Animated asking rents and agreed prices signs racing through London, illustrating the gap between advertised and agreed rents.

London’s asking rents outpace agreed prices

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2026, 6 days ago | 4

Advertised rents in Greater London rose 6.1% in September compared with a year earlier, but tenants were securing deals below...

UK rental prices rising after the Renters’ Rights Act, illustrated with London skyline and increasing rent stacks.

London rents rise as property prices fall

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th October 2026, 1 week ago | 0

London landlords have seen rents rise while house prices have fallen, according to research covering January to July. Yet in...

To Let sign displaying £1,400 rent breaking through a barrier, highlighting record UK rental prices.

Advertised rents break £1,400 barrier – Rightmove

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2026, 1 week ago | 2

Tenants outside London have seen advertised rents pass £1,400 a month for the first time, while in the capital they...

HMO property beside stacks of coins representing purchase and conversion costs for landlords investing in shared housing.

Existing HMOs undercut estimated purchase and conversion costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th October 2026, 1 week ago | 1

Landlords considering an HMO investment face a £191,618 gap between the average asking price of an existing licensed property and...

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, 1 week ago | 0

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

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...

Possession hurdles on a track leading to a Budget for sale sign outside Parliament, symbolising landlord selling delays.

Possession hurdles could curb pre-Budget landlord sales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Landlords hoping to sell before the Autumn Budget later this month could find that securing vacant possession complicates their plans,...

Tenants queue outside a UK rental property as demand rises and rents are expected to increase

Rents tipped to rise as tenant demand grows – RICS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

Landlords face rising tenant demand, with surveyors expecting rents to increase over the next three months. The Royal Institution of...

Inheritance passed between generations with cash and valuables, representing wealth used for buy-to-let investment

Inheritance boom could create more landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th October 2026, 3 weeks ago | 7

An inheritance boom could create a new generation of landlords as wealth passes between generations, according to one firm. John...

Crowds of tenants queue for rental homes as London housing supply tightens

Tenant demand rises as supply falls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st October 2026, 3 weeks ago | 0

London has 10% fewer homes to rent than a year ago, yet enquiries from prospective tenants have risen by 7%,...

Graduation cap, coins and house keys representing student property investment and landlord yields

Cheaper student cities lead landlord yields

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th September 2026, 4 weeks ago | 0

Middlesbrough leads the student property market for potential landlord returns, with an average gross advertised yield of 24.3%. That’s according...

Tenant gives a five-star landlord rating while receiving house keys outside a rental property.

Tenants rate landlords positively despite public criticism

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2026, 4 weeks ago | 7

Private tenants describe their landlords positively despite the criticism they face in public debate, according to research from Yorkshire Building...

Pound rent symbol bridging homes illustrates large local rent differences across Britain

Local rent gaps exceed 100% across seven regions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2026, 4 weeks ago | 0

Landlords face local rent differences of more than 100% between the most and least expensive areas in seven regions of...

Record-rate landlord exits from the lettings market despite rising rental property availability

Landlord property exits hit record rate

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st September 2026, 1 month ago | 2

Properties are leaving the lettings market at a record rate of 562 a day, although the number of homes available...

Landlord leaving a rental street as withdrawn signs and a rent controls megaphone highlight changes in the PRS.

Call for rent controls as smaller landlords quit the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th September 2026, 1 month ago | 12

Smaller landlords are leaving the private rented sector, but their departure is not reducing the number of homes available to...

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