Landlords who feel recent laws have singled them out may be interested to know that one group of property owners appears to have avoided significant regulation.
An investigation by the BBC and a group called Transparency International shows that owners of around 50,000 UK properties held by foreign companies remain hidden from public view, despite new laws.
The Register of Overseas Entities, launched in August 2022, was meant to reveal who ultimately owns UK property. Overseas companies with property in the UK – bought since January 1999 in England and Wales and since December 2014 in Scotland – were supposed to reveal the identity of their owners by January 31.