As we draw ever closer to May 1st 2026, an increasing number of houses and apartments are appearing on the market. The effect? The market is slowing, but it’s not yet ground to a halt.
Come January, though, the rush of landlords wanting to sell as they “get out” before the new regulations kick in is predicted to flood the market, meaning hundreds of additional properties that yours will have to compete with to sell. According to Knight Frank, most UK economic forecasts have been revised downwards in recent months, and this will not be an exception.
The answer is simple: get your houses on the market now, and find someone who can sell this side of Christmas.
It’s easier said than done, many landlords who can’t afford to accept a price drop on what they need to get for their properties are making the mistake of listing with traditional Estate Agents. The logic has historically made sense: if you have time to wait, in most cases they’ll get you a far higher price than any other methods: online, auctions etc. But the effects of choosing this strategy on a time-crunch is potentially devastating.
At National Residential, on average we achieve up to 90% market value on the properties we sell. Traditional Estate Agents might be able to get you full market value, but there’s a catch. Traditional Agents not only charge hefty fees after sale but the average UK house sale takes a whopping six months via traditional Estate Agents. In a market that’s dropping, your 100% market value now is likely to be substantially less in 6 months time. By that point you’ll be deep into the new Renters’ Rights Bill: good luck shifting tenants or getting out in that market.
Contrast this with our average sale time of just 28 days, and up to 90% of the CURRENT market, with zero fees, and you can see why so many landlords are rushing to us to sell before Christmas. Put simply: it blows the traditional Estate Agent strategy out the window.
By selling now, through National Residential, landlords can benefit from the current market values, no strict regulations and a more favourable market environment.
Don’t just take our word for it, in the last week alone, we’ve spoken to 100 landlords who wanted to sell, fast. They also wanted a sale where they didn’t have to take a huge hit on price. And we delivered.
For those thinking, “I’d rather risk it and wait with a traditional Estate Agent,” we have a multi-sales approach meaning we don’t just 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. Think of us like a one-stop-shop. With Estate Agents you’re getting one route of sale, with us, you’re getting hundreds.
As well as marketing your property online via our Modern Auction, every agent, company and buyer 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’s why we’re able to sell so quickly, and we’re doing it every week in the run up to December.
So if you have properties you want to sell, fast, for the best price possible, get in touch today, and let’s get you sold with all that money in the bank before Christmas.
Tell us about the properties you want to sell and we’ll tell you what we can do for you.

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.
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 been a tense few weeks as landlords were hit with mounting financial and regulatory pressures. As the countdown continues to the Renters’ Rights Bill, another blow seemed to hit when the Green Party passed a motion at its conference calling for “
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.
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.
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.


As the saying goes: one step forward, two steps back. Just as we thought we were getting out of the danger zone, this week’s shot to the jugular kicked off with the resurfacing of videos referencing Prime Minister Keir Starmer claiming that landlords “do not qualify as working people.” It was the scandal of last October, and as Labour’s rumoured tax plans were announced, the past reared its ugly head with the simple truth that: landlords are in trouble.
Let’s be honest, there’s many reasons you might be thinking of selling right now, and many ways to potentially sell, but nothing’s going to beat the success we’re seeing at Landlord Sales Agency. In the last week alone, we’ve had almost 70 landlords reach out to us and sell, and with the Renters’ Rights Bill just around the corner, that number is increasing daily.
It’s hard not to laugh at the current governmental interference when it comes to landlords and our properties. First, they hit us with the Renters’ Rights Bill, an aggressive swipe that could see thousands of landlords destroyed, down and out, then this: Keir Starmer’s 

Just when we thought this year was the year we’d be able to start clawing things back (goodbye incorporation challenges and downsizing drama) the true test for landlords is yet to come.
A landlord’s buy-to-let flats sold for £1.15 million in 4 weeks, another in just 2 weeks for 18% higher than market value, and property portfolios performing at the same level of profitability as when we started in the rental sector 15 years ago: these might sound like numbers from years back, but this is exactly what Landlord Sales Agency is achieving for landlords right now.
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