Tag: landlord costs

Rising void costs hit landlord returns

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th June 2026, 1 week ago | 0

Landlords are losing more than £1,100 on average each time a property sits empty between tenancies, with void costs increasingly...

Buy to let mortgage costs climb 64% in 10 years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th May 2026, 1 month ago | 0

Buy to let landlords are paying up to £5,839 more over a two-year mortgage term than they were a decade...

Regional rent gaps widen across UK – Propertymark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2026, 1 month ago | 1

Scotland, Northern Ireland and London recorded some of the largest monthly rent rises in April, while Wales and parts of...

UK rents climb again in April

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th May 2026, 2 months ago | 1

Average rents rose for the second month in a row in April, with tenants paying £1,325 a month across the...

April drives landlord maintenance spend surge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th April 2026, 2 months 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...

BTL mortgage rate rises not the main driver of rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th April 2026, 2 months ago | 4

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

Plea for government to help ease growing landlord costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st April 2026, 3 months ago | 5

The government is being urged to intervene and help landlords as buy to let borrowing costs rise, adding fresh pressure...

Rental tax rise will push up rents – NRLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th February 2026, 5 months ago | 3

Two-thirds of landlords who are planning to raise rents say looming tax changes are the reason for doing so, a...

Exit Strategies: What Happens When a Buy-To-Let Mortgage Term Ends

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd December 2025, 6 months ago | 1

Every mortgage has an end date. For landlords, what happens when a buy-to-let deal expires is one of the most...

Landlords face higher costs and tenants face disruption under Decent Homes Standard and Awaab’s Law

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th September 2025, 10 months ago | 1

The Decent Homes Standard and Awaab’s law will cause increased costs for landlords and major disruption for tenants, warns industry...

Energy-efficiency rules threaten to damage the PRS in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th September 2025, 10 months ago | 1

Politicians and industry bodies warn proposed energy-efficiency rules for Scotland will damage the private rented sector (PRS) and hurt tenants....

Landlords face an NI bill of up to £885 per property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd September 2025, 10 months ago | 42

Labour’s plan to impose National Insurance (NI) contributions on rental income could see UK landlords paying £885 per property each...

Fees After Tenants Break a Contract: Fair or Not?

Author: Mark Alexander

27th August 2025, 10 months ago | 0

Most tenancies end without major dispute, but when a tenant breaks their contract early the question is always the same:...

Proposed licensing schemes raise costs and duplication fears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th August 2025, 10 months ago | 0

A London council has come under fire for consulting on two new five-year licensing schemes for the private rented sector,...

Charity warns Renters’ Rights Bill won’t solve affordability crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st August 2025, 11 months ago | 2

A charity claims the Renters’ Rights Bill will not be enough to fix the affordability crisis. In response to figures...

Landlords called out for tenant ’emergencies’ from lightbulbs to leaks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th July 2025, 11 months ago | 12

Landlords summoned to address what a tenant describes as an ’emergency’ find that many of these issues prove to be...

Landlords boost profits despite rising start-up and running costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2025, 11 months ago | 0

Landlords are enjoying higher profits despite facing steeper start-up and running expenses, research reveals. According to lettings and acquisition specialist,...

The disconnect between tenant groups and landlords is shameful

Author: Landlord Crusader

4th July 2025, 12 months ago | 4

Sometimes a story lands that shows the true colours of critics and this week Generation Rent (yes, them again) say...

Landlords are not cash cows – but we are caught up in the EPC net

Author: Landlord Crusader

20th June 2025, 1 year ago | 21

Are there any other landlords who are fed up with the narrative that we are swimming in wealth, ready to...

Landlords face soaring costs and EPC downgrades under new rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2025, 1 year ago | 31

Landlords face “death by a thousand clipboard checks” over new EPC rules that have come into force. The government announced...