Plain-English guides for UK landlords and letting agents, from finding a tenant to filing the tax return. Written from legislation.gov.uk and GOV.UK, with no sponsored content.
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Making Tax Digital from £30,000, separate tax rates on rental profit, the PRS Database deadlines and the EPC plans: every 2027 date for landlords in England, in order, each marked law, draft or only announced.
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Since 5 November 2026 a council in England can apply for an empty dwelling management order once a home has been empty for six months, down from two years. What each order does, the ten exceptions, your rights, and the trap after a Ground 1 or 1A notice.
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HMRC already asks letting agents and deposit schemes for rent data in bulk, and booking platforms report their hosts every year. What each source can show, what the new consultation would change, and what to do about rent that was never declared.
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Published prices for 12 UK letting agent tools at 3, 10 and 50 properties on 31 October 2026, with VAT where it is extra, set-up fees and user charges.
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Both send Making Tax Digital updates for UK property. Their prices at 1, 5 and 10 properties, their HMRC finder listings side by side, and a worked year for two properties.
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The Budget announced tax on rental profit of 24%, 44% and 49% from 6 April 2027, with the Section 24 reduction at 24% to match, still to pass in the Finance Bill 2026-27. Stamp Duty, Capital Gains Tax and the Making Tax Digital thresholds stay as they were.
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Damage beyond fair wear and tear is the tenant’s to pay for. Once they have left, the deposit covers it first and a county court claim covers the rest. While they still live there, the deposit stays put and Ground 13 is the route to possession. The routes, the fees and the evidence, for England.
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Let a home to a relative below the market rent and HMRC caps the costs you can claim at the rent you get. The rule, a worked example on the SA105, and the safety and tenancy duties that still apply in England.
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Ground 8 is mandatory but fails if the arrears dip under the line by the hearing. Grounds 10 and 11 are discretionary and catch what it misses. The three rent arrears grounds side by side, as they stand since 1 May 2026, and which to name in your notice.
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For a regulated tenancy in England, a re-registered rent usually cannot go above the maximum fair rent: the rent last registered, raised by RPI inflation since then plus 5%, rounded up to the next 50p. A worked example, and what the tribunal decided in 2026.
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A tenancy granted to a company is not an assured tenancy, so most of the Renters’ Rights Act does not reach it. What governs a company let instead, deposits, Right to Rent for the people who live there, ending it, and the risks.
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Letting agency work is caught by the AML rules only for a let of a month or more at £10,000 a month or more. Since 30 June 2026 that line is in pounds.
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A landlord in England must provide a home fit to live in and kept in repair, working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, safe gas and electrics and an EPC. White goods, carpets, curtains and furniture are not required, but anything you supply must be safe.
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A possession order sets the date the tenant must give the property back. Whether it is outright or suspended turns on the ground proved, and if the tenant stays, the landlord applies for a warrant. The steps from claim to bailiff in England, form by form.
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Islington, Salford, East Staffordshire, Medway and Harrow start licensing schemes between 23 November 2026 and 6 January 2027, and schemes in ten more councils end by 30 April 2027. Each date read on the council’s own page.
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The UK property pages of a 2025-26 tax return, box by box: what goes in each one, a landlord's year worked through to the tax, and when the £1,000 property allowance beats your expenses.
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In a licensed HMO in England, a bedroom for one person over 10 must be at least 6.51 m², for two people over 10 at least 10.22 m², and for a child under 10 at least 4.64 m². Floor under a ceiling lower than 1.5 m does not count, and many councils set larger sizes of their own.
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Since 23 June 2026 the HHSRS in England has 21 hazards, not 29, and three bands. The full list, how a score is worked out, and a check to run at each let.
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No law requires a fire extinguisher in a single let in England. What the law does require depends on the building: a house, a flat in a block or an HMO.
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