Tag: Rental market crisis

Rachel Reeves’s landlord tax will shrink rental supply and fuel rising rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd December 2025, 5 months ago | 5

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget move to increase tax on landlords’ rental income is set to push up rents and...

Renters’ Rights Bill will create a nightmare for student landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd September 2025, 7 months ago | 7

Student landlords fear the consequences of the Renters’ Rights Bill and plan to leave, according to new data. Using landlord...

Scotland’s rent adjudication system brings higher rents amid rent cap call

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th August 2025, 8 months ago | 2

Scotland’s PRS is coming under intense scrutiny as data reveals a rent adjudication system which sees tenants being hit with...

Small landlords exit the PRS amid Renters’ Rights Bill fears

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th August 2025, 9 months ago | 9

Growing numbers of Britain’s small-scale landlords are exiting the private rented sector, driven by concerns over the government’s Renters’ Rights...

Landlords exit the PRS as rules tighten and costs soar

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2025, 1 year ago | 5

A surge in landlords offloading their properties has sparked alarm as data shows that the share of former rental homes...

Tenant group claims landlord exodus will improve renting but fails to mention impact on tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th February 2025, 1 year ago | 49

A tenant organisation claims landlords selling up is a good thing, despite the fact that it is fuelling the housing...

The looming cataclysmic EPC event for the private rented sector

Author: Landlord Crusader

14th February 2025, 1 year ago | 29

It’s been a hectic week for landlords with lots of EPC news – a consultation to bring in EPCs for...

Are decision-makers suffering from delusions of competence on EPC rules?

Author: Readers Question

10th February 2025, 1 year ago | 20

Bad Policy Example: From 2028, it is suggested that all new tenancies must have an EPC rating of ‘C’ or...

Is the UK Landlord Insurance Market Dying? Here’s Why It Could Be—and What You Can Do About It

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2024, 1 year ago | 0

If you’re in the landlord insurance business, you might be starting to feel the squeeze. Landlords are disappearing, properties are...

Renters hit hardest as landlords sell up ahead of potential capital gains tax hike

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th September 2024, 2 years ago | 7

Renters are paying the price as demand becomes scarce and costs rise, says Hargreaves Lansdown. The firm reveals that many...

Landlords face crisis as government reforms loom large

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th March 2024, 2 years ago | 17

“The Renters (Reform) Bill looms over most landlords like the Sword of Damocles”, is how one legal expert describes the...

Call for government action as landlords choose to sell up

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st September 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The UK’s rental market is facing a crisis as many landlords are choosing to sell their properties due to new...

Half of tenants are ‘one pay cheque away’ from homelessness – Shelter claims

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd August 2023, 3 years ago | 67

A survey of private renters has found that 51% of them are just one missed ‘pay cheque’ away from being...