Recent reforms from the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, and related consultations, have pushed clearer service charge handling in the rental housing market up the agenda. The stated objective of these reforms is to build trust and make costs more predictable and accountable.
If you are an income-tax paying landlord, from April 2026, you will have to submit quarterly reports via MTD for Income Tax. This regulation is targeted at the property businesses, and demands accurate record-keeping to avoid penalties.
Following on from our recent blog on ECP C by 2030, we’ve received many calls about how best to get started and how to ensure that landlords hit the targets set, but without overspending.
This time of year more than any is the season of damp and mould – it’s cold outside, the heating is on, and there’s very little choice about where to dry your clothes. All this adds up to a lot of condensation, with nowhere to go, and that’s their favourite climate.
In 2020, the government launched consultations proposing that all new tenancies in the private rented sector needed to meet EPC Band C as a minimum standard. Recently, it has been confirmed in the latest MEES update that by 1 October 2030, all rental properties will reach EPC C.
Although there have been fluctuations across the years, the stats show that buying a property to let out has been one of the best ways of building wealth in the UK. However, there’s more to it than just choosing the right property and putting down a deposit.
Rent Guarantee Insurance is becoming more important for landlords because the new Renters’ Rights Act raises the arrears threshold and lengthens the process before you can regain possession, increasing the period with no rent coming in.
Every year in the UK, thousands of people become “accidental landlords” through inheriting a home, and they then face the same dilemma: sell it or let it?
From 1 May 2026, the Renters’ Rights Act will give private tenants in England a legal right to request a pet and will stop landlords from refusing without a fair reason – and for landlords, that brings both risk and opportunity
Rachel Reeve’s recent budget has delivered more financial pressures for landlords across the UK, accompanied with a side dish of new operational challenges for letting agents and property management companies, like Urpad.