Landlords

Winter can be hard on everyone’s portfolio of properties. Storms can expose weak points in the roofs, and frost can cause foundations to heave, not even thinking about what’s going on inside.

The relationship between tenants, landlords and pets is changing – and about time too, say many. With the dawn of the Renters’ Rights Act, the long-standing ‘no pets’ default in rental properties is being addressed.

The emergence of the new Private Rented Sector (PRS) Landlord Ombudsman is another change that tenants and landlords in England will no doubt have seen recently. Here’s what we can tell you…

The UK Private Rental Sector (PRS) has shown overall growth over the last decade, however there’s been a subtle shift away from the smaller ‘casual landlord’ portfolios toward larger corporate landlords.

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.

Recent reforms from the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 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.

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.

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.