Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
LendInvest lists 75% BTL trackers from 6.25% with no ERCs
LendInvest’s 1 October guide lists 75 percent LTV buy-to-let tracker mortgages from 6.25 percent with no ERCs, subject to a 3 percent fee and eligibility.
Latest UK Landlord News
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC: 1.1m more landlords and traders join MTD in 2027
HMRC says around 1.077 million more sole traders and landlords must use MTD from 6 April 2027 if qualifying gross income exceeds £30,000.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Fleet: landlord portfolios rise to 18 as yields hit 7.9%
Fleet Mortgages says its average borrower owned 18 investment properties in Q3 2026, up from 12 a year earlier, as England and Wales rental yields reached 7.9 percent.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
NRLA puts landlord database bill at £327m a year
The NRLA says the £65 annual PRS database charge will cost landlords at least £326.95 million a year when regional registration begins in December.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Knight Frank: prime outer London rents rise 3%
Knight Frank says prime outer London rents rose 3 percent in the year to September as new listings fell 6.4 percent and tenant competition intensified.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Propertymark urges end to local licensing after PRS launch
Propertymark calls for local licensing to end as the PRS Database launches on 15 December, citing fees above £1,000 and weak enforcement capacity.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
NatWest lifts selected BTL purchase fixes to 4.91%
NatWest has lifted selected buy-to-let purchase fixes from 3 October, with a 75 percent LTV two-year product priced at 4.91 percent and carrying a £3,499 fee.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Green Party proposes three-year private rent cap
The Green Party proposes a three-year private-rent cap at the lowest of CPI inflation, wage growth or 2 percent, but it is not Government policy.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
NRLA: landlord database will not allow bulk registration
NRLA says landlords will need to register and pay for each rental separately when the private rented sector database rollout begins in December 2026.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Upper Tribunal cancels £11,000 HMO penalty against company director
The Upper Tribunal has cancelled Tariq Khuja’s £11,000 HMO penalty, ruling that sole-director status alone did not establish personal liability.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Chesterfield fines agent £8,652 over fixed-term tenancy
Chesterfield Borough Council issued £8,652 in penalties after finding a letting agent used a six-month fixed-term tenancy and told tenants to leave after they raised concerns.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Barclays: landlords put energy upgrade cost at £9,000
Barclays says mainly landlord real-estate customers put the typical cost of meeting proposed energy-efficiency standards at about £9,000 per property.
