BTL Lenders Hike After BoE Hold: November Rate Risk Builds
The Bank of England voted on 17 September to hold the base rate at 3.75%. Six members of the Monetary Policy Committee voted to hold. Three voted to raise to 4%.
Read articleUK Rents 4.6%, North West Prices +4.7% as London Slides
The Office for National Statistics released its September 2026 Private Rent and House Prices bulletin this week, covering data through August 2026. UK private rents rose 4.6% annually.
Read articleMillennials and Gen Z Will Own 62% of UK BTL Within a Decade
Research published this week by Rely puts hard numbers on something anyone who has spent time at property networking events over the last few years has already noticed. The BTL market is getting younger.
Read articleStoke Tops Student BTL Yields at 9.42%: Where the HMO Numbers Stack Up
Paragon Bank published its annual student rental yield league table this week, and Stoke-on-Trent is top again.
Read articleZoopla: Rental Supply Falls for First Time in Three Years
Zoopla published its September 2026 Rental Market Report this week with a headline that caught my attention. Rental supply has fallen for the first time in three years.
Read articleBTL Company Boom Ends: First Decline in New Firms Since 2008
Hamptons published its September 2026 analysis of BTL company incorporation data this week.
Read articleUK Housebuilder Collapse: 34% Fewer Firms, BTL Supply Gap Deepens
Connells Group published data this week showing the scale of the UK housebuilder collapse since Help to Buy closed in October 2022. In the first seven months of 2026, 6,815 new housebuilder companies registered.
Read articleRICS: Rent Expectations Surge to 44% as Sales Market Steadies
RICS published its August 2026 UK Residential Market Survey on 10 September. The headline from the lettings data: respondents expecting rents to rise over the next three months came in at 44%, up from 33% in July.
Read articleRICS June 2026: Sales Supply Falls and the BTL Buyer Window is Closing
RICS published its June 2026 UK Residential Market Survey on 9 July.
Read articleUK Rents Jump 6.5% in June: The RRA Effect on Starting Rents
The Goodlord Rental Index for June 2026, published on 2 July, contains a number most investors have missed because it sits behind a trade press paywall.
Read articleONS June 2026: UK Rents Up 3.3% But the North East Is at 5.9%
The Office for National Statistics published its June 2026 Private Rent and House Prices bulletin this morning. Average UK private rent: £1,383 per month, up 3.3% in the twelve months to May 2026.
Read articleUK Flat-House Price Gap Hits 30-Year High: What BTL Investors Need to Know
Zoopla published analysis this week showing the gap between average UK house prices and average flat prices is the widest it has been in at least thirty years. Houses average £327,000. Flats average £193,000.
Read articleRightmove June 2026: Biggest Asking Price Fall in 14 Years
Rightmove published its June 2026 House Price Index on 16 June. Average asking prices fell 0.6%, dropping £2,113 to £376,191. That is the biggest June fall in 14 years. The media is calling it a shock.
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