Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
GB Bank raises property lending limit to £25m for portfolio borrowers
GB Bank has raised its maximum property lending limit to £25m, with funding available for buy-to-let, commercial and mixed-use projects.
Latest UK Landlord News
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Bristol court orders £58,271 over HMO licence and repair breaches
Bristol Magistrates’ Court has ordered a landlord to pay more than £58,000 after HMO licensing, repair and management offences.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Landbay adds 11 BTL trackers and cuts rates by 15bps
Landbay has added 11 buy-to-let tracker options and cut selected rates by up to 15 basis points, with a no-ERC 65 percent LTV deal at Bank Rate plus 0.29 percent.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Orkney offers £25,000 loans to return empty homes to rent
Orkney Islands Council is offering landlords up to £25,000 per empty home, but borrowers must provide affordable private rents and prioritise essential workers for five years.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
Menzies flags £18.5m SDLT gap in six-home rule
Menzies LLP says a reported £265m Chelsea sale highlights how the SDLT six-dwelling rule can change tax treatment for portfolio purchases.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Propertymark urges licence-fee reporting as costs top £1,000
Propertymark has called for five-year cost reporting on landlord licensing schemes after warning that some fees now exceed £1,000 per property.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Beauchamp: prime London house rents jump 67%
Beauchamp Estates found prime central London house rents averaged £4,177 a week in H1 2026, up 67.15 percent on 2025.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
HomeLet: over-70 renters spend 46.8% of income on rent
HomeLet’s latest affordability report finds renters aged 70 and over spend 46.8 percent of gross income on rent, based on millions of references to August 2026.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
MHCLG: councils spend £2.93bn on temporary accommodation
MHCLG data shows English councils spent £2.93bn on temporary accommodation in 2025-26, raising pressure on private-sector supply and local budgets.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Telford Council withdraws £1,500-plus HMO licensing plan
Telford and Wrekin Council has withdrawn its smaller-HMO licensing designation after an NRLA challenge, removing proposed fees of more than £1,500 per property.
Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Rely adds 2.85% fixes as Santander pulls fee-free BTL deals
Rely has added 2.85% buy-to-let fixes with a 3.5% fee, Pepper offers five-year deals from 5.70%, and Santander has pulled fee-free options.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
NRLA: BTR delivers 61% of homes in eight regeneration areas
NRLA Living and Bidwells say Build to Rent delivered an average 61 percent of new homes across eight regeneration areas in research released on 17 September.
