TDS found that the proportion saying they sold property has remained flat at 14%, compared to 13% last year.

Landlords who bought properties this year purchased an average of 2.5 each, up from 2.2 last year. This is also higher than the average of 2.3 properties sold by those selling during the same period.

TDS explains that the rise in rental supply has coincided with a slight easing of financial pressures faced by tenants. While 56% of landlords said they had increased rents over the past 12 months, this was down from 61% the previous year.

This is reflected in the foundation’s recent representative survey of private sector tenants, which has found a slight fall in the proportion of tenants saying they were struggling to afford their rent, which is now at 32%, down from 35% last year.

Among full-time students, the proportion saying they struggled to afford their rent has fallen from 45% last year to 32% now.

Data from the Office for National Statistics has shown that rent increases in the sector are also slowing.

The latest figures show they increased by an average of 6.7% across the UK in the year to June 2025, down from a recent peak of 9.1% in the year to March 2024.

The data comes from a representative survey of over 2,000 private landlords in England carried out by the TDS Charitable Foundation.

TDS Group chief executive and trustee at the TDS Charitable Foundation says: “Whilst cost pressures in the sector might be easing, many tenants are continuing to struggle to afford their rents.”

“Measures in the Renters’ Rights Bill to help tenants challenge unreasonable rent increases will count for nothing unless they are equipped with the information about rents and provided with the detailed information that they need to exercise these rights effectively.

“Alongside this, it’s clear that many low-income tenants are continuing to struggle to cover their rents due to the ongoing freeze on housing benefit rates.”