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73 Section 13 cases have been through a tribunal since the Renters' Rights Act took effect. It's the first full picture ...
12/10/2026

73 Section 13 cases have been through a tribunal since the Renters' Rights Act took effect. It's the first full picture of how rent increases are being handled under the new rules.

So we've read each and every published decision to see what's working for landlords and what isn't...

Where they landed:

👉 60% of tenants who challenged secured a lower rent than the landlord proposed
👉 Among those, the median saving was £100 a month
👉 85% came away with a lower rent, a later start date, or both
👉 The median case took 50 days from application to decision

The gap between the 60% and the 85% is made up of cases where the landlord's figure stood and the start date moved anyway. Timing is doing as much work here as the number on the notice.

Are you planning to raise your rent in the next 12 months? We've turned what the tribunals are looking for into a free guide for landlords.

How to set the figure, what evidence to gather, and when to serve notice.

Comment 'GUIDE' and we'll send it over đź“©

Raising your rent just got a lot harder. Since the Renters' Rights Act came in on 1st May, a Section 13 notice is the on...
06/10/2026

Raising your rent just got a lot harder.

Since the Renters' Rights Act came in on 1st May, a Section 13 notice is the only way to raise the rent on an existing tenancy, and any tenant can challenge it at a tribunal.

We’ve analysed every published Section 13 rent determination since the Act took effect, so that you don’t have to rely on horror stories and hearsay when it comes to planning your next rent increase.

Our results:
👉 Only 40% of landlords were awarded the full increase they asked for
👉 In 41% of cases the tribunal set a smaller figure, and in 15% it awarded no increase at all
👉 85% of the tenants who challenged came away with a lower rent, a later start date, or both

The pattern in the ones that held up is fairly consistent. The figure was built from comparable rents with dates and sources, a sitting tenant was priced differently from a new let, and the notice was timed so a challenge had little room to push the start date back.

You can find our findings in this free guide for landlords that explains the process in plain English: how to set the figure, what evidence to gather, and when to serve notice.

Comment 'GUIDE' and we'll send it over đź“©

Sam's our Head of Finance, but he was a client here long before he was a colleague. When he first got in touch, he said ...
05/10/2026

Sam's our Head of Finance, but he was a client here long before he was a colleague. When he first got in touch, he said something we hear a lot: he didn't have the network, and he didn't know who to trust.

He and his partner had a young family, careers, and evenings and weekends they weren't prepared to hand over to a second job. They wanted flexibility later in life and something to pass on to their kids. Property was the obvious route. They just didn't know how to start.

So he did the groundwork himself. He listened to The Property Podcast, read the weekly newsletter, and saved hard for a deposit.

The part he couldn't do alone was finding the right deal and getting it over the line, so he booked a strategy call with one of our Portfolio Managers.

From there:
👉 We sourced the deal and secured the unit
👉 We found the tenant and appointed the letting agent
👉 18 months from his first call, Sam completed his buy-to-let

He now owns a city-centre apartment in the East Midlands and a house in West Yorkshire, both bought from his home in the North West. He's never stepped foot in either one. He picked them because the numbers worked, not because they were down the road.

It takes him around half an hour a month to run, and a third purchase is already in the works.

Comment 'STORY' and we'll send you Sam's full write-up.

04/10/2026

Phase two of the Renters' Rights Act has a date on it now, and it has gone almost unreported.

From 15th December 2026, every rented property in England starts going onto a government register.

👉 Every property you own goes on it at £65 a year each, and the details have to stay current. The rent, the safety certificates, whether it's tenanted.
👉 Without a registration number, you can't advertise the property, and you can't evict.
👉 Every previous attempt at landlord registration relied on someone reporting you. This one doesn't, because you can't operate without it.

For one or two properties it's a few minutes of admin and a diary reminder. Across a portfolio, the minutes add up and so does the fee, so it's worth getting into your figures now rather than when the first bill arrives.

So what can you do to stay on the right side of the Renters’ Rights Act? We’ve put together a comprehensive guide that tells you exactly what you need to do in Phase 2.

https://propertyhub.net/go/h4drzy

01/10/2026

Rents across the UK are up around 35% in the last five years, and the average has reached about ÂŁ1,250 a month.

In areas such as London, tenants have run out of room to absorb another rise.

That growth now turns up somewhere else.

Richard Donnell, Executive Director - Research at Zoopla, sat down with us to explain where it goes.

The strongest growth is now in markets where rents average under ÂŁ750 a month, and most of those sit in the Midlands and the North of England, in towns on the edge of the big cities.

The rental market hasn't grown in size for a decade, so the demand the city can't house ends up next door, and rents there rise to meet it.

Which towns near you have become the more sensible place to rent?

The full conversation is over on our YouTube channel. Subscribe to propertyhubuk ▶️

Landlords, you may have thought the worst was over. But the Renters' Rights Act isn't finished with you just yet.Phase 2...
27/09/2026

Landlords, you may have thought the worst was over. But the Renters' Rights Act isn't finished with you just yet.

Phase 2 is coming. So what does that mean for your portfolio?

Here's what's in it:
👉 Every rented property in the country goes onto a national register.
👉 Without a registration number you can't advertise the property and you can't evict.
👉 £65 per property per year, plus 28 days to log any change. The rent, the safety certificates, whether it's tenanted etc.

So what can you do to stay on the right side of the Renters’ Rights Act? We’ve put together a checklist that tells you exactly what you need to do.

Comment 'CHECKLIST' and we'll send it to you đź“‹

24/09/2026

Ask ten landlords whether they'd rather own one property outright or three with mortgages on them, and you'll get a whole spectrum of strategies.

So we put four of these dilemmas to Business Development Manager, Lauren đź‘€

11/09/2026

Where would you invest? We put Alex from our sourcing team on the spot and made her pick one city in every round.

The winner surprised a few people in the office đź‘€

09/09/2026

Period or new build? We get asked this all the time. And the honest answer is that it's the wrong question.

Start with the area. In some locations, period property is genuinely sought after - and that demand feeds stronger growth. In others, buyers couldn't care less.

Then you have to price the maintenance. A hundred-year-old house and a ten-year-old one aren't even in the same ballpark when it comes to running costs. That needs to be in your numbers before you buy, not showing up as a surprise three years later.

Plenty of older property is well worth owning once you've accounted for that.

As for new builds, the common worry is whether they'll start looking tired after a few years. And it does happen. But mostly to average buildings from average developers who cut corners on the spec.

The new builds that hold up had something lasting from day one. A build quality nothing else nearby can match, or a location nothing else can copy.

So the rule of thumb isn't period vs new build. It's good vs average.

Which would you rather invest in, a period house or a new build?

08/09/2026

Warren Buffett built his fortune on one idea: work out what an asset is really worth, then buy it for less. That's value investing. It started in the stock market, but the same test works for property too.

So let's put it to the test...

Forget what a house is listed for. Instead, ask what it would cost to build one from scratch? The land, the materials, the labour, all of it.

Across most of the UK, that figure comes out higher than what homes are selling for. Which is why almost nothing new is being started right now, which is part of why supply is so tight.

That's the gap a value investor goes looking for.

It's just one of the tests Rob & Rob ran on the latest podcast episode.

For a full breakdown of Warren Buffet's rulebook, comment 'PODCAST' and we'll send you the episode.

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