12th May 2025 EPCs: to care or not to care? All privately rented properties in England and Wales will need an EPC grade C or better by 2028 for new tenancies, and by 2030 for existing ones.
9th May 2025 Limited companies now dominate landlord property ownership 66% of landlord-owned properties are now held in limited companies, up from 36% in 2020.
9th May 2025 Letting agents face 14th of May deadline for sanctions checks From 14 May, letting agents must screen all landlords, tenants, and beneficial owners against the UK Sanctions List.
9th May 2025 Arrears climb as landlords face tough market Average rent arrears rose 23% year-on-year to £2,237 in Q1 2025.
8th May 2025 Aldermore launches new limited edition BTL deals The lender's new zero-fee buy-to-let products start from 5.74%.
8th May 2025 The bad housemate habits that are costing landlords 40% of shared living tenants say they have or would move out due to bad housemate dynamics
7th May 2025 Pepper Money re-enters BTL space with new product range Landlords can now borrow up to £2m with no income checks under Pepper’s revamped BTL range.
7th May 2025 Majority of buy-to-let brokers predict a 0.25% base rate cut tomorrow Financial markets are expecting three Bank of England rate cuts by the end of the year.
6th May 2025 MT Finance launches sub-3% buy-to-let product The lender has also made reductions of up to 0.24% on other selected buy-to-let products
6th May 2025 Phased EPC rollout needed to protect rental supply, says Paragon 60% of private rental homes in England and Wales are rated EPC D or below, meaning 1.6 million properties would need retrofitting annually to meet 2030 targets.