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Published: [DATE] · Reading time: 7 minutes If you’ve been following the Renters’ Rights Act 2025, you’ll know that 1 May 2026 marks the biggest shake-up to private renting in a generation. But before you even get to the headline changes — the end of Section 21, rolling tenancies, new eviction grounds — there’s something […]

This article was written by Joanna Dabrowska. Ever since the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 received Royal Assent last autumn (27 October 2025),landlords in England have been waiting, perhaps not eagerly, for the next addition to their legalobligations under the new legislation.

By failing to prepare, you’re preparing to fail – Benjamin Franklin The Renters Rights Act may have received Royal Assent in October 2025 but it is the coming year when each item in this Act will actually begin to be enacted and will change the way we let and manage properties in England forever.

This important new legislation has left many landlords (and tenants) with more questions than answers because when it originally received Royal Assent  on 27th October 2025 we were left with a huge number of changes about to happen but no clear dates as to when.

Good landlord tenant communication is the foundation of any successful tenancy. When both parties understand each other, rent payments are made on time, repair requests are handled quickly and everyone feels comfortable raising concerns before they snowball.

Property management has changed more in the past decade than it did in the previous fifty years. Where landlords once relied on paper ledgers or creaky spreadsheets, most now manage their rental businesses entirely online. That shift has been powered by cloud-based property management software – tools designed to simplify life for landlords, agents, property […]