If you have a tenanted property, the window for serving occupants a Section 21 to regain possession and sell up has almost closed. At the time of writing, the Renters’ Rights Bill – which seeks to ban Section 21 notices – had concluded its third reading in the House of Lords, marking its final passage towards becoming law.
Royal assent is due in autumn 2025, with an expectation that the Act’s contents will be enforceable from spring 2026. As intimated by the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, the ban of Section 21 notices is high on the priority list and may be one of the first new laws introduced.
The news isn’t good for landlords who want to regain possession and sell house fast. Even if a landlord served a Section 21 notice today in July 2025, data published by Lawhive found it generally takes around five to six months from serving a notice to gaining possession.
Two months' notice to vacate the property also needs to be factored in, meaning landlords who need to sell a tenanted house with vacant possession may be unable to market their buy-to-let until late in 2026.
Of course, there is always the option to sell on the open market with tenants in situ but this is not a successful route if landlords need to sell house fast. Property investors are simply not active and they’re pretty much the only people who will buy a tenanted property.
More buy-to-let sales than purchases
In fact, research by Pegasus Insight for the NRLA found 20% of landlords across England and Wales sold property during the last 12 months - almost three times more than the 7% who bought a new buy-to-let. Even if a willing buyer is found, Zoopla says it’s taking 25 weeks between listing to completion – the polar opposite of selling quickly.
As national home buyers, LandlordBuyer can assist landlords who need to sell a rental property with sitting tenants – aimed at those that need to act now and those selling up after the ban of Section 21 notices.
LandlordBuyers’ clear advantage is our willingness to buy tenanted properties – we won’t ever ask a buy-to-let owner to evict their tenants or wait for a fixed-term tenancy to end. As national home buyers with a property management department, we take over existing tenancies seamlessly. This reduces the stress on landlords and provides the incumbent renters with continuity.
Dealing with national home buyers means landlords can also sell house fast without putting the property up for sale on the open market. LandlordBuyer is your waiting purchaser. We don’t need a mortgage and we make instant cash offers to landlords – no open market, no estate agent, no evictions, no viewings, no disappointment.
Your tenants will stay put and you can release capital without having to wait months. LandlordBuyer offers an average ‘offer to exchange’ timeframe of just 35 days, with exchange to completion possible in 7 days, if required.
If you’d like to know more about selling a tenanted house or flat fast, please contact LandlordBuyer today or request your cash offer. We help landlords looking to sell every single day, and are familiar with the unique challenges and complexities that come with buy-to-let.