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A record 66,587 buy-to-let companies were set up in 2025 as landlords increasingly shift to corporate structures to offset tax rises and higher mortgage costs.

Housebuilders warn that the UK’s second staircase rule for flats over 18 metres is choking housing supply, with analysts estimating up to 90,000 homes will not be built despite little evidence of improved safety.

Barclays has increased mortgage rates by up to 0.15%, following similar moves by HSBC and Nationwide, as rising inflation and swap rates pressure borrowers.

Howard and Aidan Barclay have six weeks to avoid bankruptcy after HSBC action, as creditors move to sell assets held by Trenport Property Holdings following the collapse of Yodel owner Logistics Group.

UK housebuilders are showing early signs of recovery, with Barclays data revealing rising confidence, stronger pipeline activity and a surge in planned investment in innovation, skills and AI.

UK property transactions rose 5% year-on-year in December, with experts saying lower mortgage rates and improved affordability are helping the housing market begin to thaw.

Holiday lets have been exempted from tougher energy efficiency rules under the Warm Homes Plan, with owners welcoming the move while residential landlords criticise it as unfair.

Ground rents will be capped at £250 a year for existing leaseholders in England and Wales under Labour’s new Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill, with ministers pledging to end the “feudal” leasehold system.

Just 8.2% of rental listings in England are pet-friendly despite the incoming Renters’ Rights Act, with landlords taking a cautious approach ahead of new rules on pet ownership.