About 562 properties are being lost from the market every day in the third quarter of 2026, the highest rate since 2016.

Property data company TwentyCi says at this point last year, the daily rate was 495 while at the start of the decade the number was only 167 per day. It reports that 44,000 rental homes have been sold across Britain since the start of July, however, stock across the rental sector still increased year-on-year, driven largely by new build-to-rent properties coming on to the market. Available properties increased by 1.3% on average, reversing years of decline.

In the year to date, the supply of properties to let in the UK has risen by 118,100 (13.6%) compared with this time last year, its highest point in seven years.

Colin Bradshaw, CEO of TwentyCi, says stock availability for renters is actually rising. “The build-to-rent sector is delivering new homes to rent at volume, and other factors are likely playing a part too,” adds Bradshaw. “For example, larger, professional landlords who can weather the storm better will be looking for investment opportunities and restructuring their portfolios, and with fixed term tenancies abolished under the Act, existing properties are re-entering the market more frequently as tenants move on more quickly.”

Concentrated

Paragon’s new analysis of the PRS found that almost half of all private tenancies are now concentrated among landlords with five or more properties, despite these larger investors making up less than a fifth of the landlord population.

It says those with five or more properties represent just 17% of landlords but account for 49% of tenancies, while those with a single property make up 45% of the landlord population but account for just 21% of tenancies.

It reports that a record 66,587 buy-to-let limited companies were incorporated in 2025, taking the number of active BTL companies to 443,272 by the end of the year, compared with 91,278 in 2016. Paragon says the growth illustrates a structural change in the way landlords own and manage property, in a market increasingly influenced by those with greater scale, more formal ownership structures and a stronger commercial focus.

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