Editor's note: This brief was summarised by The Property AI Team from a report by Property118. Read the original article for full details.
Landlords Secure Full Rent Rises in Just 28% of Tribunal Cases
Landlords received their proposed rent increase in full in just 28.4% of tribunal cases decided in England in September. Cyborg Finance examined 74 publicly available First-tier Tribunal decisions from that month to arrive at the figure.
The remaining cases ended with a smaller increase than requested, an unchanged rent, a reduction, or the case being struck out. According to the report, a strike-out does not [continue — details beyond this point were not included in the source excerpt].
What the Findings Mean for Letting Agents
The headline figure suggests that, in the majority of the September tribunal decisions examined, landlords did not achieve the rent increase they had proposed. For letting agents handling rent reviews on behalf of landlord clients, the findings underline the uncertainty that can accompany a tribunal referral when a proposed increase is contested.
The analysis was based on 74 publicly available First-tier Tribunal decisions from September, as examined by Cyborg Finance. The outcomes across the remaining cases varied: some resulted in a smaller increase than requested, some in an unchanged rent, some in a reduction, and others in the case being struck out.
The report notes that a strike-out does not [further detail was not available in the source material].
A Note on the Data
This brief is based on the figures and details reported by Property118. The source does not provide a breakdown of outcomes by property type, region, or the specific reasons behind individual tribunal decisions, nor does it set out the total number of rent increase cases referred to tribunal across England in September. Agents should therefore treat the 28.4% figure as a snapshot of the 74 decisions examined, rather than a complete picture of tribunal outcomes nationally.
Source: Property118