Selling properties in Liverpool, Nottingham or Manchester could get you higher prices than other landlords

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Selling properties in Liverpool, Nottingham or Manchester could get you higher prices than other landlords

As we hit the middle point of January, data has started to come in about where landlords are selling, and which ones are getting higher prices than anyone else. Whilst landlords still need to be realistic on price, it seems that some areas are starting to perform substantially better than others.

Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds consistently came in as achieving the best results for landlords looking to sell tenanted properties. In part, that’s driven by the fact that for properties £300K and under, there’s simply more buyer options for your rental houses – you’ll likely either sell to a new landlord buyer, or a first-time buyer wanting it as a residential home. That’s first time buyers and investors both chasing the properties.

The result? Prices drive up fast, and landlord exit companies, such as ours at Landlord Sales Agency, are able to manage this to create a bidding war, resulting in far higher prices than anywhere else.

For houses in London fetching higher prices, however, the situation is substantially harder. First-time buyers can’t afford them, you’re only likely to get a smaller pool of second-time buyers, and investors don’t want to touch them. If they’re tenanted, which they mostly are, it doesn’t quite work for the auction style pricing to drive bidding wars. These are generally more suited for traditional estate agents, unless you want to wait and it take a little longer.

Put simply, the way that the market is going at the moment, landlord properties need to be in the right area for the right price. And in Liverpool, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds, we’re seeing landlords coming to us and walking away with big wins.

For landlords who have properties in these areas looking to sell, Landlord Sales Agency specialises in helping landlords like you both overcome the problems of the Renters’ Rights Act coming into play this May 1^st, the end of Section 21 and the raft of tax penalties and new regulations.

For these reasons and more, like many landlords you’ll probably be considering selling. That’s where we come in. With years of experience in tenanted sales, and a database of over 30,000 active buyers looking to purchase anything from a single property to a full portfolio, Landlord Sales Agency can quickly match you with the perfect buyer. We send out text messages to our database the moment your property is listed with us as well as listing it on our modern online action and working with local agents.  The result is a bidding war, driving the prices for your properties up beyond what traditional agents are able to achieve in a quarter of the time. On average all our properties sell in less than 28 days.

What’s more, we’ll also make sure your property is compliant with all current regulations, essential to prevent a buyers solicitor stopping a sale in its tracks. You’ll get the tenanted sales advice and expertise that traditional estate agents rarely offer.

Our process is straightforward, confidential and designed to protect the landlord’s financial position. Whether you’re a small, private landlord, an experienced landlord or a landlord looking to retire, we’ve got the best team in the UK to assist.

So if you’re a landlord with properties in one of these areas, get in touch today.

There’s no obligation to sell, we’re simply determined to help landlords win. And it’s about time.

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Landlords: Should I stay or should I sell?

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Landlords: Should I stay or should I sell?

The Clash song ‘Should I stay or should I go’ should become the anthem for landlords everywhere because the chasm between Britain’s private landlords and the Westminster bubble has never been wider. On one side stand millions of ordinary people, often pensioners, self-employed workers or families, who have shouldered the nation’s housing burden for decades.

On the other side are MPs, tenant advocacy groups and a Labour government that treats landlords as public enemy number one.

Reading about Parliamentary debates this week on Property118 is not to read about policy issues but one-sided trench warfare.

It’s one thing to talk about the Renters’ Rights Act as a long overdue rebalancing of the sector, even a victory for fairness but there’s an inconvenient truth that the clowns in Westminster seem unable, or unwilling, to acknowledge.

When you make providing homes unworkable, fewer homes get provided.

Landlords invest for their futures

No one appreciates that small landlords are not faceless corporations and most of us are ordinary people who invested for retirement or for family security.

Many did so because self-employment offered no pension, no sick pay and no safety net.

We borrowed, maintained properties, paid tax in more ways than most people realise – this includes income tax, CGT, stamp duty, VAT on repairs – and we’ve housed millions without costing the state a penny in capital expenditure.

And for what?

The Labour government still appears genuinely surprised that landlords are selling.

This isn’t hearsay, the data has been there for years, including from bodies like Propertymark.

This week it revealed that the PRS is dominated by older, small scale landlords who are moving towards retirement.

Let’s face it, many of us simply don’t want the hassle, risk or cost of another sweeping regulatory overhaul layered on top of Making Tax Digital, licensing schemes, compliance creep and punitive enforcement powers.

Selling earlier than planned is now act of self-preservation in the face of what’s coming.

PRS isn’t a charity

I’ve said it before but let’s accept that the unintended consequence of the Renters’ Rights Act is obvious to anyone who has ever run a business.

Being a landlord is not a charity because every extra cost or risk gets priced into the rent.

If costs rise, rents rise and if risk becomes intolerable, supply falls.

That isn’t an unacceptable ideology but basic economics and it’s how markets have worked for decades.

But landlords are treated as if they are hoarding homes out of spite.

It’s ludicrous that penalties of up to £40,000 can be imposed at the discretion of councils and rent repayment orders can claw back up to two years of income for technical breaches.

Throw in confiscation orders and banning orders and more than 2.8 million landlords are subject to a compliance regime that barely existed before 1988.

Landlords forced out

It’s incredible that the housing minister Matthew Pennycook had the audacity to say ‘not all regulation is bad regulation’ when answering a question about regulations forcing landlords out.

Really? On that test, Labour’s current approach has failed by a country mile, especially for tenants on benefits, who will increasingly struggle to find anywhere willing to take them once risk and arrears become harder to manage.

In the 1980s, becoming a landlord was seen as aspiration and a way to take control, work hard and invest in the future.

For me, that dream has been slowly dismantled by the politics of envy.

Landlords are vulnerable since we carry personal debt, regulatory risk and unlimited liability without the protections that almost everyone else in the housing system enjoys.

The tedious narrative paints us as villains but we are still desperately needed to house people and keep the lights on.

So, when will ministers answer this simple question: When more small landlords sell, where exactly do the tenants go?

Social housing waiting lists are already bursting and build to rent cannot fill the gap fast enough.

If the goal is to punish landlords, fine but say it openly and don’t pretend the regulations help tenants.

Because when the last small landlord switches off the lights, it will not be MPs or campaign groups looking for somewhere to live.

Until next time,

The Landlord Crusader

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January house price cuts lure buyers

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January house price cuts lure buyers

More than a third of homes for sale across England are being marketed at reduced asking prices, offering scope for buyers wanting early-year savings before the market tightens.

An analysis from Benham and Reeves shows 37% of current listings have already been cut, creating a pool of potential January deals.

Yet the flow of fresh reductions is slowing, with only 0.8% of discounted properties added since 1 January, hinting that choice may shrink as momentum builds.

Researchers reviewed active listings nationwide to identify how many properties had been repriced and when those adjustments occurred.

Lower prices to find a buyer

Marc von Grundherr, a director of Benham and Reeves, said: “2025 was a steady but subdued year for the property market and, as a result, many sellers will have experienced little to no buyer interest, particularly across the more inflated regions of the South and London.

“So, it’s only natural that a sizeable proportion have resorted to reducing their asking price expectations in order to secure a sale and, as a result, there remains a strong opportunity for buyers to find a discounted property today.”

He added: “However, we’re already seeing early signs that the tide is beginning to turn.

“With Autumn Budget uncertainty now firmly behind us, both buyers and sellers have re-entered the market with renewed confidence and those vendors who have listed their home during the opening days of 2026 have been far less willing to budge on price.”

Vendors will negotiate

The firm’s data shows that 337,071 homes are available, with 125,216 now being offered below their original price.

That leaves more than one in three properties with room for negotiation at the start of 2026.

The South East leads on repricing, where 39% of homes on agents’ books carry a reduction.

The South West follows at 38.9%, with the East of England close behind on 38.4% and London records 37.9%.

However, despite that range of choice, signs suggest the trend is already easing.

The firm says that just 1,003 of the reduced-price homes entered the market during the first seven days of the year.

That, it says, reflects greater reluctance among new vendors to soften their stance, even though later adjustments remain possible.

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