Buy-to-let investment has reached its highest share of purchases since 2016, with a record proportion of landlord acquisitions coming from other landlords exiting the sector.

Buy-to-let mortgage rates have surged to levels not seen since 2023, prompting landlords to shift towards interest-only deals, shorter fixes and cash injections at remortgage.

A decade after the second home stamp duty surcharge, analysis suggests 2.2 million potential rental homes are missing from the private rented sector.

More than three-quarters of all new buy-to-let purchases are now made through limited companies.

Strong first-time buyer numbers helped keep rents down in 2025, with Hamptons data showing newly agreed rents ended the year lower than they started for the first time since records...

The North West delivered a 45.4% average gain for sellers in 2025, outperforming London's 44.6% and all Southern regions outside the capital.

Over half of London leavers stayed within 50 miles of the capital in 2025, up from 47% last year, as buyers prioritised proximity over distance.

Hamptons has forecast that house prices in Great Britain are set to rise by 2.5% in Q4 2026.

Millennials are projected to establish 33,395 buy-to-let companies in 2025, a 142% increase since 2020.

Newly agreed rents fell 0.4% year-on-year in August 2025, marking the largest decline seen since Covid.