It is now just over a week since John Healey announced savage tax hikes for landlords. Here our chief executive Ben Beadle explains what this will mean for the sector and what we are doing to challenge it.
October is when the clocks go back, the leaves come down and tenants start switching the heating on for the first time. It's also when small maintenance issues turn into big, expensive ones. A little prep now means fewer emergency call-outs, happier tenants and a property that stays in great shape through the colder months. Here are four checks worth ticking off this month, and how Airtasker local taskers can help you get each one done:
Welcome to ‘Buy-to-Let Market’, a column aimed at providing you with recent criteria and product updates within the buy-to-let lending markets. Note, any product update reflects the lenders most recent update, rather than all updates since the previous publication. The information within this article is correct as at 15/10/2026.
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