UK property, buy-to-let and landlord guides covering yields, regulations, licensing and tax. Sourced from GOV.UK, HMRC and official housing data.
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Nationwide's House Price Index shows the average UK home rose 0.1 percent in July 2026 to £277,542, the first monthly gain in three months. Annual growth slowed to 1.8 percent as higher mortgage pricing and a held 3.75 percent base rate kept the market subdued.
1 Aug 2026 · 5 min read
New government case studies show model assessments for all 21 hazards under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System, from damp and excess cold to fire and overcrowding. How HHSRS scoring works, when councils must act, and what landlords and tenants should know.
30 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
Landlords in England must fit carbon monoxide alarms in every room with a boiler, fire or log burner, and councils can fine up to £5,000 per breach. The full rules, what tenants can demand, and what to do if an alarm sounds.
23 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
From late August 2026, HM Land Registry application emails will carry a secure link valid for 200 days instead of PDF attachments. What changes, the official sender address, and how to spot fakes.
22 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
The average UK house price reached £271,000 in May 2026, up 2.7% in a year. The fastest and slowest regions, why London is falling, flats vs houses, and what it means for first-time buyer deposits.
22 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
It depends what you leave in the property. There are 2 landlord contents situations: furnished lets, where your furniture and appliances need cover, and unfurnished lets, where limited cover for carpets, curtains and white goods is often enough. Tenants' belongings are never yours to insure.
21 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Standard landlord insurance covers the boiler only against insured damage, such as fire or flood. Breakdown from age or wear is excluded unless you add home emergency or boiler cover. Landlords must also have gas appliances safety-checked every 12 months regardless of insurance.
21 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
A landlord's insurance stack has 4 core covers: buildings insurance at rebuild value, property owners' liability, loss of rent, and landlord contents for furnished lets. Add-ons like rent guarantee, home emergency and legal expenses sit on top. Here is what each does and who needs which.
21 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Yes: renting to family changes 2 things but removes neither. You must still disclose the letting to your insurer, and many standard landlord policies restrict or exclude family lets, so the arrangement needs declaring and sometimes a specialist policy. Informal family lets void cover fastest.
21 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
No UK law makes landlord insurance mandatory, but 2 forces make it near-essential in practice: buy-to-let mortgage conditions that require it, and the gap it fills, since standard home insurance is typically invalid once tenants move in. Here is what actually applies to you.
21 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
The government confirmed on 16 July 2026 a ban on selling high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s from April 2027. Here is what it means for parents, what retailers must do, and how it fits with other child health measures.
17 Jul 2026 · 5 min read
NHS newborn screening now tests for Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Here is exactly what the UK Code on Genetic Testing and Insurance says insurers can and cannot use, sourced directly from the Government and ABI agreement.
16 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
HM Land Registry's 2025-26 Annual Report shows faster processing, the first mortgage completed with a Qualified Electronic Signature, and £63 million in fraudulent applications prevented.
15 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
Average Band D council tax in England rises to £2,392 for 2026-27, up 4.9%. New High Value Council Tax Surcharge on £2m+ homes under consultation, expected from April 2028.
14 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Catalyst Property Finance has launched a ground-up development finance product for residential and mixed-use schemes up to 20 units, rates from 5.25% plus base rate. What developers and brokers need to know.
12 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
NatWest has overhauled its protection insurance range for retail and mortgage customers, expanding critical illness cover to 52 conditions and building life insurance into its digital mortgage journey. Underwritten by Aviva.
12 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
The UAE's Golden Visa grants a renewable 10-year residence permit for a AED 2 million property investment, with no minimum stay requirement. It does not, and never has, offered any path to UAE citizenship.
11 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Turkey grants full citizenship directly for a $400,000 property investment, unlike Portugal, Greece or the UAE, which grant residence only. Turkish citizenship also opens the US E-2 investor visa, a route British citizenship does not.
11 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
Greece's golden visa now runs on three property tiers, €250,000, €400,000 and €800,000, depending on location. It grants residence, not citizenship, and its own path to citizenship requires far more than the visa itself does.
11 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
UK citizens use the term second passport to mean two different things: a concurrent British passport from HMPO, or citizenship of a second country. This guide separates the two, with current official fees and routes for each.
10 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
The National Housing Bank has agreed £35 million in loans across Salford, Bromley and Ludlow, unlocking around 2,500 new homes as part of its plan to invest up to £16 billion in housing and regeneration finance over the next decade.
10 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
No land value tax has been formally proposed, but the idea has returned to the spotlight following Keir Starmer's resignation. Here's what's actually on the table and what it could mean.
9 Jul 2026 · 7 min read
Airbnb is sharing data with councils to catch social housing subletting fraud. 470 cases already found, costs put at £78,300 per case and penalties up to 2 years in prison.
8 Jul 2026 · 8 min read
The FCA opened just 1 mortgage fraud investigation in 2025, down from 18 total since 2018, even as UK Finance reports £1.17bn lost to fraud and Cifas finds 1 in 6 adults know someone who misled a lender.
7 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
The Bank of England now expects over 5 million UK homeowners to face higher mortgage costs by 2028, up from 3.9 million forecast in December, with regional variation across the UK.
7 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
The government has confirmed the framework for a new mandatory Landlord Ombudsman under the Renters' Rights Act 2025, with compensation of up to £25,000 per complaint.
7 Jul 2026 · 3 min read
A UK lender has streamlined its buy-to-let mortgage range, a move reported this week in trade press.
7 Jul 2026 · 1 min read
New lender data shows incorporated buy-to-let ownership has risen from under 8% of purchases in 2018 to 43% in 2025, with portfolio sizes growing alongside it.
7 Jul 2026 · 4 min read
Keir Starmer remains Prime Minister but is standing down once a successor is chosen. Andy Burnham, the only declared candidate, has floated a land value tax and other property reforms. None of it is enacted policy yet, but here is what is on the table.
7 Jul 2026 · 6 min read
The Bank of England held the base rate at 3.75% for a seventh straight month. Average five-year fixed mortgage rates remain near 5.5%, more than double 2021 levels, leaving borrowers who fixed cheaply facing a steep jump when they remortgage in 2026.
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