Room-only revolt: 14% of sharer landlords ditch joint tenancies
14% of landlords letting to sharers in England have switched to room-only tenancies since the Renters Rights Act. What it…
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£150 Warm Home Discount: Is Your Tenant Missing Out?
The £150 Warm Home Discount runs to 2030/31, but tenants on bills-included lets often miss out. Who qualifies, how landlords…
Buy a ready-made HMO or convert? The 5% stamp duty maths
Ready-made HMO or a house you convert? We run the real costs: the 5% stamp duty surcharge, licences, Article 4…
Stoke HMO crackdown: planning permission needed from 23 October
Stoke-on-Trent's city-wide Article 4 means new small HMOs need planning permission from 23 October 2026. Who is caught, the £610…
Room rents hit record £769: when does an HMO beat a single let?
UK room rents hit a record £769 as supply falls 4.7%. We crunch when letting by the room beats a…
Student landlords’ 24.3% yield hotspot: the cheap cities winning
Middlesbrough tops student let yields at 24.3% gross v an 8.4% average. See top cities, official prices, new Ground 4A…