Buy-to-let Property News, Finance
Octane revives specialist BTL loans up to £15m
Octane Capital has revived specialist buy-to-let lending up to £15m and 80 percent gross LTV for portfolio landlords, HMOs and multi-unit blocks.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Medway confirms 4 January licensing start for seven wards
Medway Council has confirmed that selective and additional HMO licensing will start in seven named wards on 4 January 2027.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government plans caps on leasehold permission fees
The Government plans powers to cap leasehold permission and administration fees, while a future property-agent regulator would require licences and qualifications.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
Brent fines HMO manager £50,000 over Wembley overcrowding
Brent Council has fined a Wembley HMO manager £50,000 after more than 20 people were found in a property licensed for fewer than half that number.
Buy-to-let Property News, Licensing
St Helens issues £35,000 HMO penalties over licence breaches
St Helens Council has issued £35,000 in HMO civil penalties after finding a five-person shared home was unlicensed and poorly managed.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
NRLA sets five priorities for 2030 rental energy roadmap
NRLA and Energy Saving Trust set out five delivery priorities on 28 September, warning that a 2030 rental energy target needs an early roadmap, finance and skilled installers.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Government cuts empty-home intervention threshold to 6 months
The Government says councils will be able to seek empty-home management orders after six months, rather than two years, under reforms announced on 27 September.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Policy Exchange proposes 10th-percentile LHA reset
Policy Exchange proposes freezing Local Housing Allowance until spending falls in real terms, then resetting it to the 10th percentile of local rents.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
Resolution Foundation proposes 0.7% property tax
Resolution Foundation has proposed replacing Council Tax and Stamp Duty in England with a 0.7 percent annual tax on property value paid by occupiers.
Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation
Morningstar: 52% of upgraded rentals stop at EPC E
Morningstar DBRS finds 51.8 percent of previously F- or G-rated rental homes improved only to EPC E, highlighting the scale of work still ahead before 2030.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
NRLA warns 46% CGT talk could stall landlord sales
The NRLA has warned that reported Capital Gains Tax rates of up to 46 percent could deter landlord sales ahead of the 28 October Budget, although no change is confirmed.
Buy-to-let Property News, Market
Foxtons: London rental competition hits 2026 high
Foxtons’ August index records 24 London renters per new instruction, its highest competition reading of 2026, after activity spread across July and August.
