Selling with tenants in place, or after they’ve left? A realistic route to a certain sale
sell empty houses fast. It goes without saying, and certainly judging by the amount of landlords we’re speaking to, that many of you are exiting or getting ready to exit the sector. We’re over and out. It’s time to cash in and invest elsewhere.

But with the decision to sell comes the “how.” How do I sell without overpricing? How do I avoid long delays, price reductions or deals falling apart? And: how do I work with someone who genuinely understands landlord property and can get the job done fast?

At Landlord Sales Agency we specialise in selling tenanted, recently vacated and soon–to–be vacant properties in a way that’s realistic, well-managed and designed to complete.

We’re not a traditional estate agent, and we’re not a fast-sale company either. Our focus is simply on certainty of sale at a fair, achievable price.

Worried about refurb costs? The reality is, most sales don’t need full refurbs. What they actually need is practical, targeted improvements that guarantee a great sale.

At Landlord Sales Agency we have teams throughout the country who can get to you – in some cases within a day – for tidy-ups, basic works, furniture clearance, access issues and ensuring the right certificates are in place. We only do what’s absolutely essential for your properties to sell, and our process is fast, gets the most achievable prices and allows you as a landlord to sit back and relax knowing it’s all in hand.

How do we achieve the best results once we’ve got your properties ready? Easy.

We have an extensive database of over 30,000 active, chain free buyers looking to purchase anything from a single property to full portfolios
Buyers commit with non-refundable deposits, reducing fall-throughs
We use realistic guide pricing to create momentum and competition, driving a bidding war on your properties
And we work in combination with trusted local agents to ensure that your property is marketed via every possible avenue.
What’s more, our team of landlord experts is the best in the country at managing tenants, access and compliance. On average all our properties sell in less than 28 days.

Fast, realistic, structured sales managed by experts that complete with zero fuss. So if you’re a landlord looking to get the job done, we’re ready to do it. There’s no obligation to sell, and absolutely everything to gain.

We’re completely transparent. We don’t promise the highest price at any cost. We don’t sign you up for unrealistic values that leave your properties sitting on the market for months, even years. We focus on the best achievable price that actually completes. And it works. On average all our properties sell in less than 28 days.

So if you’re a landlord looking to get the job done, we’re ready to do it.

There’s no obligation to sell, and absolutely everything to gain.

As we entered boldly into 2026, many landlords started the year with a clear message about the state of the sector. The government’s newly published civil penalty tables, which showed fines of up to £35,000 for breaches under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 was just the tip of the iceberg in a nationwide “crackdown” on landlords.

The fact of the matter is, the regulatory environment has changed, and whilst our end of 2025 mission was to try and deliver more positive news to landlords, there comes a time when we have to be frank and honest about the state of the current climate.

Enforcement has become sharper, faster and more financially damaging. A simple oversight that once might have resulted in a warning can now produce a penalty larger than a year’s rental income. In the most serious cases, councils can apply for a banning order that prevents a landlord from letting or managing any property at all.

These risks are not theoretical. They are written into government guidance and will be used by councils in determining penalties. A missed licence renewal, a possession notice served on the wrong ground or a documentation error can now escalate into a £12,000 fine, a £25,000 penalty or a £30,000 claim relating to possession misuse. For some landlords, a single mistake could wipe out an entire year’s profit or trigger a forced sale under pressure.

It’s why more landlords than ever before are making the choice to sell, before enforcement activity reaches them.

If you’re an avid reader of Property118, no doubt you saw the comments of Mark Alexander, an incredibly well known and respected landlord of over 20 years who shared his thoughts, stating “I wish I could be more positive, but the news is what it is and I cannot change the facts or put any gloss on the situation this time,” he went on to say “As they would say on Dragons Den; and for those reasons, I’m out!” Never again will I be letting another property in the UK.”

His sentiments, and those of the landlords who joined in following the comments, reflect a wider trend we’ve been seeing at Landlord Sales Agency for landlords contacting us to get out of the sector, and it’ll pay to act fast.

At Landlord Sales Agency, we specialise in fast, efficient sales that achieve strong prices driven up by bidding wars. Working with over 30,000 active buyers, portfolio investors and cash purchasers who are ready to proceed, many sellers receive serious offers within days. Our maximum average time to sell is just 28 days.

The process is straightforward, confidential and designed to protect the landlord’s financial position. For some landlords, their decision to get out is one of risk management, for others, it’s the final push they needed towards an end goal they’d already been planning for retirement. Ultimately, it all comes down to control, and selling ensures you’re calling the shots, not the council.

With just 4 months to go until the Renters’ Rights Act becomes fully operational, the time to act is now. Sell, while the choice is still yours, or hold on and risk it all.

For the most entrepreneurial landlords, that choice is obvious. It’s time to get out.

So if you’re a landlord who wants to explore a fast and safe exit, contact us at Landlord Sales Agency using the form below for a confidential discussion, and let’s get you the highest price for your properties. 

It’s finally arrived, The Renters’ Rights Act, one of the biggest overhauls of the private rental sector, will come into action on 1st May 2026. The Act, which amongst other things including tighter regulations, the banning of Section 21 “no-fault” evictions, and the ability for tenants to request pets, whether or not landlords are comfortable with them in their properties, will also grant Councils more powers than ever before.

Come May, any breach of the new system and rules will give Councils the power to issue tougher penalties, with fines of up to £7,000 for breaches.

That figure can rise to £40,000 for repeat or serious violations.

Put bluntly, if you were a landlord contemplating selling, or are in any financial distress, now’s the time to act.

Landlords have just 6 months to sell if they want to avoid finding themselves in hot water.

For many landlords, it’s an easy decision, and there’s still time to get out all the money that they’ve ploughed into their properties over the last decade.

Whilst there are many options to selling your buy-to-let portfolios and properties, time is of the essence, and has never been a more relevant factor than now. It’s why over 150 landlords per month are approaching us at Landlord Sales Agency wanting to sell, fast, and there’s a good reason they’re coming to us:

On average, all our properties sell in just 28 days.

What’s more, as well as selling fast, we sell for the highest prices, encouraging a bidding war between our private database of over 30,000 buyers, the top property buying companies, private funds and first time buyers.

We understand that many of you are scared of the upcoming changes, but there’s a way out and we’re here to provide it, as profitably as possible so you can move your investments elsewhere with the highest amount of capital in the bank.

If you don’t like the prices you get, you don’t have to sell, so there’s every reason to get in touch and let us help you. That’s why so many landlords are coming to us. And we’re delivering.

Many of us found ourselves having a quick chuckle at Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week after she was well and truly stung for not having a landlord licence. But as much as we might have enjoyed seeing government ministers under the spotlight, don’t forget that same lens will now well and truly be on us.

It’s a criminal act not to have one, and if you don’t, tenants will be able to claim back 12 months’ rent. With the new Renters’ Rights Act that will go up to 2 years rent.

Whilst the average monthly rent in the UK varies significantly by region, a recent average came at around £1,300 for all private rentals.

No licence this month? That’s £15,600 tenants can claim back from you. No licence by April next year? Tenants will be able to claim a whopping £31,200.

Landlords need to go back and check every property they own, and call their local councils to make sure they haven’t made any mistakes. This doesn’t just affect landlords thinking of staying in the game, landlords thinking of selling need to be even more vigilant, especially if their reason for selling is to get back on top of their finances.

We also need to look into exactly when the Renters’ Rights Act becomes active. People think it’ll be next year, but the question we need to be asking is: when can you issue Section 21s up until? All the things that can catch a landlord out are well and truly in force. We need to become clued up, and fast.

For many landlords, the stakes have become far too high and they still want to continue selling. Many are taking the same route: issue a Section 21 now, so you can get your properties sold by next April. You might be thinking that you have to do a refurb too.

With National Residential, you don’t have to worry about any of this.

Known for being the UK’s top landlord portfolio exit company, we have such an extensive list of buyers that we’re able to get you a great price as is. No Section 21s, no refurbs, we’ll take the whole thing off your hands and get you the price you’re happy with.

What’s more, you don’t have to compromise on options. Want to sell via an Estate Agent instead? Think you can get a higher price? We have a multi-sales approach, meaning we market your properties not just to our internal database of over 30,000 buyers, we also work with the UK’s top-performing local agents, investors, property buying companies and large private funds. Every person on our books is sent a text message the moment your properties are listed through us, generating a bidding war that drives up prices, no matter what condition they’re in, or whether or not they’ve got tenants.

It also generates sales fast. On average, all our properties sell in less than 28 days.

So if you’re worried about getting out before next April, you can relax, chances are you’ll have all your money in the bank before Christmas.

All you have to do is use the button below to tell us about the property or properties you want to sell.

If you’re a landlord or homeowner looking to sell, you’re probably noticing the market is pretty dire right now. Great if you want to buy – houses are going at a pinch – but not so great for those looking to sell.

Whatever your reasons for selling, you’ve no doubt gone through the same journey as many of us: do I hold out hoping that the right buyer will come along? Will the market improve once The Bill comes out and stops spooking everyone into thinking this is an uncertain market?

You’ve also probably seen adverts from auctions and fast exit companies alike suggesting that “now is the time to sell before it gets worse.” We should know, we’ve been predicting the same trend. So why are people wanting to sell still flocking to us?

The fact of the matter is, for companies like us at Landlord Sales Agency, who get you on average around 85 – 90% market value within 28 days, our model relies on throwing everything at your sale to ensure that we’re able to take out a small portion of profits.

In order for the clients selling to be happy, this means we have to push harder, smarter and faster than anyone else out there. Get a too low price, and everyone’s unhappy, get a higher price than expected, and no one minds a bit cut off the top.

We work tirelessly to contact the best local agents, our personal database of over 30,000 private buyers, property buying funds, new private landlords, first time buyers. Absolutely every resource is thrown at your sale. Got tenants? No problem, we work to either keep them in your properties, or we have relocating procedures to rehome them and, in some cases, even pay for part of their new rents. Every single hurdle is overcome to ensure we’re able to create a bidding war frenzy to push up your property price to the highest possible value.

Recently a landlord in Manchester approached us with 6 houses, 4 of which were tenanted, many with a string of issues, we sold the first property in 22 days. The second in 9 days. The third in just 7 days. And the rest followed in rapid succession. All for prices he was happy with. Another landlord got in touch shortly after and the result was even better: £10K over the price he expected on some of the properties. All we did was go on to take a bit off the top of that in exchange for a job extremely well done.

When you start to look at successes such as these, suddenly 85 – 90% of a price that’s been achieved through everything being thrown at it isn’t the price drop many think it is. What’s more, you’re avoiding hidden costs, fees, and everything else bundled on that ends up gnawing away at the value of your sale regardless.

It really is as simple as that. Of course, we’re not here to tell you to rush into a sale, but as things stand, 85 – 90% of the market now, is going to feel a lot higher than the percentage you might end up getting if predictions are right about a market crash being just around the corner.

So if you’re ready to sell, and you want to get the job done fast for the highest price possible, get in touch. Selling your properties is what we know and do best, and if you don’t want to waste any more time, the time to act is now.

This week, the Green Party backed a plan to see the end of private letting. A motion passed at its party conference at the weekend called for the party “to seek the effective abolition of private landlordism”.

Whilst this is laughable, many landlords aren’t seeing the joke, because the Green Party, despite not being in power, have changed and influenced landlord policies before.

The positioning has been enough to trigger another mass sell-off, with more landlords than in previous weeks approaching portfolio exit companies to sell. Why?

In 2022 to 2024, The Green Party triggered an emergency rent cap and eviction moratorium in Scotland. This went on to become what we now see as long-term rent controls. Then there were Brighton & Hove’s citywide Article 4 restrictions on HMOs.

During 2011 to 2015, the council’s local Green-led administration introduced “additional licensing” for smaller HMOs and began rolling out Article 4 directions so that converting family homes into HMOs required planning consent. These measures tightened controls and conditions on many local landlords. The council later adopted tougher spacing and concentration rules for HMOs and updated licensing and management standards. These changes continue to affect landlords today and purchasers of HMO properties.

In London, sustained Green pressure for renter protections and enforcement helped push the issue up City Hall’s agenda, with the Mayor considering rent-control powers and renters’ support infrastructure.

It’s so easy to disregard when the Green Party makes noise over landlords, but history tells us this isn’t something we should take lightly, and clearly landlords are noticing.

Shirley, a landlord who contacted us at Landlord Sales Agency, said she had to get out because her landlord portfolio era was “over,” echoing the sentiments of an increasing number of landlords who are flooding to us to sell off and get out.

In a year where picking the right company or agent to sell your properties is crucial, we do more than just sell fast, we sell for the highest prices, encouraging a bidding war between our private database of over 30,000 buyers.

What’s more, we’re tenant eviction specialists. Where possible, we sell to new landlords who don’t mind taking tenants on, but if that isn’t possible our eviction-sale process has a 100% success rate.

So if like the influx of landlords this week, you want to get out for the highest possible price before the market drops or the climate gets harder and harder to make profits, now is the time to act.

Simply get in touch via the form below, and we’ll help with the rest.

It’s time to get ahead of the curve. You’ve got nothing to lose, and everything to gain. Just get in touch.

If you were looking for a sign on whether or not to downsize or double down on your property portfolio, recent news has provided mixed messages on how landlords might be affected by the Renters’ Rights Bill.

For many landlords, it’s time to sell, and for good reason: “London tenants are seeing rents fall, data shows, as landlords fail to offload their properties before renters are handed new rights,” says Ed Magnus, senior THIS IS MONEY reporter. Falling rents are trend that’s only set to be amplified as October rolls around.

In fact, the Renters’ Rights Bill, which is set to become law in early 2026 and will put tighter restrictions on landlords, has finally started to dawn on many landlords, who thought that the constant delays in implementation meant they were out of the water.

We’ve been talking about the Bill for ages, but the stark reality is that as we get closer to the end of the year, landlords are going to start panicking. When they do, house prices are likely going to plumet. Coupled with taunts from the Treasury about ‘considering taxing landlords’ rent’ to raise £2bn, and the writing’s on the wall.

If you don’t want to get caught up in any price crash from the rush to ‘get out’, now’s the time to sell.

“I’ve been a landlord for over 20 years and the truth is I’m sick of it” said Darren, a landlord with properties in Liverpool, “I just wanted to get rid of all my debt and headaches and of course with everything that’s happening with tax, licenses, councils going around looking at properties saying you can’t do this and that when tenants are wrecking the properties, I’d just had enough.”

Darren did what many landlords are now doing ahead of October: contacted us, portfolio exit specialists Landlord Sales Agency, to sell 20 properties in Liverpool. He agreed to do a trial on 14 properties to see what happened.

The first batch sold straight after the first viewing, others sold in less than 27 days.

At Landlord Sales Agency, we’re getting properties sold fast, for high prices, and our highly experienced sales team proactively resolves every issue to get sales over the line. We’re seeing landlords finally being able to get out of the market.

What’s more, we consistently achieve up to 90% of market value with an average sale time of less than 28 days.

If you don’t like the prices you get, you don’t have to sell, so there’s every reason to get in touch and let us help you. That’s why so many landlords are coming to us. And we’re delivering.

In what seems like a change to the tide, the property market showed signs of swinging in favour of landlords this month. Following what looked like a tricky time for landlords to sell, it seems that buy-to-let properties are back in demand, and they’re selling fast.

Last week we shared the news that a landlord based in Leicester had been able to secure a buyer through us in 16 days, with tenants in situ, completing her purchase within 15 days of an offer being accepted. This week has followed the same trend, with freehold houses in particular easily shifting in as little as 7 to 14 days.

When a Manchester-based landlord approached us needing to shift his houses, we knew we’d be able to deliver. Like many landlords looking to sell this year as a result of changes to regulations, rent caps, abolishment of Section 21 no-fault evictions, the Renters’ Rights Bill and more, he wanted to sell fast, but he didn’t want to take a huge hit on the price.

He came to us with 6 houses, 4 tenanted. One of them had major structural problems due to fire damage, making traditional mortgage financing impossible for potential buyers.

He chose Landlord Sales Agency, National Residential’s sister company,  because he knew that speed was crucial, but he also wanted to maximise his returns.

Our team of experts did what we do best, taking on the portfolio and immediately marketing it to our private database of buyers, as well as property buying funds and investors.

We sold the first property in 22 days. The second in 9 days. The third in just 7 days. And the rest followed in rapid succession.

For the one with the structural problems due to fire damage, we secured a cash buyer as mortgages had been declined from lenders, selling it just as fast as the rest.

Perhaps most impressively, we achieved prices £10,000 above expectations across the portfolio, enabling us to cover all legal costs and negotiate smooth transitions with the existing tenants. Only one eviction was necessary, in every other case, tenants remained in their homes under new ownership, creating genuine win-win outcomes for everyone involved.

The landlord even decided to sell his final property to his son, completing his total exit from the rental market exactly as planned.

Where everyone else is struggling to sell, we’re knocking it out of the park, and we’re doing it every single week.

Whatever condition your portfolio is in, we’ll sort it, fast, for the best price possible, and completely hassle-free. We take landlord portfolios, navigate every legal and logistical hurdle, and deliver results that exceed expectations.

Ready to sell with maximum return and zero stress? Get in touch today.

Despite moments of silver lining, I think we all agree it’s a tough market for landlords. With changes to regulations, rent caps, abolishment of Section 21 no-fault evictions, the Renters’ Rights Bill and more, it’s no surprise that so many landlords are still thinking of selling.

For a landlord based in Leicester, that’s exactly the decision she came to after being a successful landlord for over 35 years.

Despite trying to keep up with the times and changes, she’d understandably had enough. Her properties, although occupied with tenants, hadn’t had their rents raised in 10 years. In one property, the tenants had been paying £480 per month when the market rate had raised to £850. A decade of losing money.

What’s more, the property was in poor condition, had no electrical certificate, no EPC and was at risk of fines from the council. Like many landlords, this wasn’t purposeful neglect, the constant changes to the sector had simply got the better of her, and the properties had started to become liabilities rather than assets.

She needed to sell, and fast. She also knew that the Renters’ Rights Bill coming in to effect at the end of this year could tip her situation over the edge, and didn’t want to take that risk. She was keen to sell now, for the highest price possible, before the market became unstable. That’s when she reached out to us at National Residential / Landlord Sales Agency to sell.

We see landlords in situations like this every month. We knew exactly what to do, and we delivered.

Taking all of the issues off her hands, we allocated our very best team to the sale, liaising with tenants and marketing to our huge database of private buyers.

We managed to secure a buyer in 16 days, to take the property on in its current condition, with tenants in situ, completing the purchase within 15 days of an offer being accepted.

A phenomenal result for a landlord who thought it would take months or even years to clear debt, cash in and get out, and we’re doing this every single week.

No matter what issues you might have with your properties, we take complex portfolios, navigate every legal and logistical hurdle, and deliver results that exceed expectations.

So, if you’re a landlord looking to sell with zero stress and maximum return, now is the time to act.