Let’s be honest – no landlords signed up to become compliance officers, legal experts, or legislative gurus. They signed up to invest in property. And yet, the weight of the regulatory obligation that’s landed on their shoulders has never been heavier.  And that’s even before the Renters’ Rights Act swept…

The Renters Rights Act is proving largely counterproductive. This is according to Knight Frank which says the law – introduced in May – has effectively pushed rents higher. It says that one reason is a shortage of supply as more landlords have sold due to the prospect of tighter margins…

Some 14,275 council homes were sold under the Right to Buy scheme in England during 2025-26, an increase of 90% compared to 2024-25, reported by local authorities. Local authorities received £1.61 billion from eligible Right to Buy sales during 2025-26, an increase of 99.6% compared with 2024-25.  The average receipt…

London’s Labour Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan is to spend some £400,000 on the recruitment of Renters Rights Act enforcement officers and other tenant’s rights services. The funding will go towards the training of newly-recruited officers in boroughs across the capital. The rest of Khan’s ‘Renters Rights Enforcement Fund’ will go…

A lettings industry body says the government’s new Private Rental Sector database – coming later this year – must be open to entries from agents acting on behalf of landlords. The database will be compulsory and will require landlords to pay a fee to be listed. It’s being trialled at…

New research reveals that almost 80% of landlords believe tenant fraud is becoming more common, with some incidents costing thousands of pounds to resolve. Almost 80% of UK landlords believe tenant fraud has become more common over the last three years, according to new research from LegalforLandlords, highlighting growing concern…

SPF Private Clients’ Mark Harris warns that if service charges breach 1% of a property’s value, a lender “may decide not to lend”. Flats are becoming increasingly unmortgageable due to soaring service charges, it has been claimed. Several banks are refusing to lend on flats where the annual service charge…

OpenRent is featured heavily during BBC programme looking at how some private rentals have been hijacked by criminals. Landlords who find their flats have been taken over by criminal gangs were featured in a BBC Panorama programme due to be broadcast last night. One flat was turned into a drugs…

A quarter of businesses, including landlords, still haven’t signed up for Making Tax Digital, according to Tide. The first deadline for Making Tax Digital (MTD) is approaching in a matter of weeks but there are fears that hundreds of thousands of landlords still aren’t ready. Since April, sole traders and…

SPF Private Clients’ Mark Harris warns that if service charges breach 1% of a property’s value, a lender “may decide not to lend”. Flats are becoming increasingly unmortgageable due to soaring service charges, it has been claimed. Several banks are refusing to lend on flats where the annual service charge…

Propertymark is on the warpath to get equal treatment for Airbnb-style short lets and the mainstream private rental market. The demand comes as official figures show that over 100m guest nights were spent in UK short-term lets during 2025. Government data shows that 100.9m guest nights were recorded – an…

mydeposits says tenants using its custodial deposit protection scheme have now donated some £500,000 to the Centrepoint homelessness charity.  The donations have been made through an interest donation option, which enables tenants to contribute the interest accrued on their protected deposits to Centrepoint at the end of their tenancy.  The past…