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L&Q is holding an open day at Barking Riverside for Londoners who want to find out about London Living Rent (LLR), a more affordable way to rent in the capital. The free event runs on Saturday 3rd October from 10am to 4pm. Visitors can learn about the Government-backed scheme and view the last few one-bedroom apartments still available.

Private landlords could play a greater role in helping councils reduce their reliance on expensive temporary accommodation, says a letting agency expanding its homelessness prevention work across the South Coast.   The call follows new figures from homelessness charity Crisis showing English councils spent a record £2.9 billion on temporary accommodation in the year to March 2026 – almost double the £1.6 billion spent five years earlier.

Autumn 2026 will see significant changes to the UK’s illegal working civil penalty regime. The reforms will take effect on 1 October 2026. They arise from provisions contained within the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025, and will widen the circumstances in which illegal working civil penalties can arise. With penalties being up to £60,000 per illegal worker, the changes are extremely important to businesses who engage workers. 

In 2024, I wrote about the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill and the significant changes it could bring for leaseholders, freeholders and the wider property industry. Even then, it was clear that reform was about more than lease extensions and ground rents. Transparency around charges and standards of property management were also becoming increasingly important.

Expectations around residential amenities have changed significantly over the past few years. Previously, having a good quality gym, swimming pool or spa was regarded as a premium, stand out development. Today, these facilities remain hugely important to support a generation rapidly driven by the importance of health and fitness … but with growth comes a shift in resident expectation. “Health and Fitness” has evolved into “Health, Fitness and Well-being” elevating our responsibility to enhance the mind and body. 

Faced with a lengthy chain of resident correspondence before a Resident Management Company (RMC) meeting, a property manager finds an AI tool that could summarise it in minutes. But before they can use it, they need approval, and if that process takes six weeks, they are unlikely to wait. Instead, they may open a free account, paste in the correspondence, and complete the task, leaving the business unaware of where that resident data has gone.

Cyclists across the professional services industry have helped to raise more than £160,000 for children’s charity Action Medical Research. They were taking part in Möntare, a new three-day ride which saw 51 participants cycle to Paris from 3 to 6 September, raising vital funds for children’s medical research. 

Running a buy-to-let business – whether that’s having just one property or a large portfolio – can be profitable over time. It’s one of the few asset classes that can deliver ongoing income while also growing in capital value, and that’s as true in 2026 as it has always been. The caveat is that being a landlord is, and always has been, a long-term investment strategy.

As artificial intelligence changes how people discover homes, the leading UK platform dedicated to professionally managed renting, Love to Rent, says better technology must be matched by richer, more transparent information about the experience renters can expect. Love to Rent is calling for the next generation of rental search to move beyond bedrooms, price and postcode and give consumers a clearer understanding of what it will actually be like to live in a home. 

It sounds like a straightforward question, but the true answer extends far beyond the cost of an individual repair. Prompted by a client enquiry, the Earl Kendrick team examined the available research and found surprisingly little published evidence comparing the full financial and operational costs of proactive and reactive maintenance, particularly in the residential property sector.

When a new managing agent takes over a residential development, there is often a maintenance list waiting for them. Sometimes it is short. Sometimes it is not. The temptation is to promise to get everything sorted quickly, but that is rarely the best way to start. First, you need to work out what is genuinely outstanding, what matters most and what can realistically be done with the money and information available.