19th January 2026
Big slump in landlord purchases of properties to let
Buy to let activity continued to slide in 2025, with just 10.9% of properties in Britain bought by landlords. According to the Hamptons agency, this is down from 12.0% in 2024 and well below the 15.8% recorded in 2015. The latter figure was before the 3% stamp duty surcharge was first introduced in...
