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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.
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.
As the Renters Right bill finally passes into law there are a lot of nervous landlords and agents in England. Unfortunately, this has been made worse by all the misinformation that has been published around this legislation –
For many landlords, Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for ITSA) will become a reality from next April. From 6 April 2026, MTD for ITSA will apply to unincorporated landlords who have combined trading and property income of £50,000.
Alongside the introduction of MTD, HMRC announced a new penalty regime. The regime is currently levied on VAT registered businesses and will also apply to MTD for Income Tax when it begins from April 2026 and possibly MTD for Corporation Tax when implemented.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self-Assessment (MTD for ITSA) will digitalise record-keeping and the provision of information to HMRC for income tax purposes. It will apply to landlords running unincorporated property businesses and to traders running unincorporated businesses (such as sole traders and partnerships with individual partners) progressively from 6 April 2026 (the 2026/27 […]
Block management, sometimes referred to as leasehold or estate management, refers to the professional management and maintenance of residential buildings that have multiple units in them, like blocks of apartments or flats.
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When I wrote about some of the details of the Renters Rights bill last month I really believed that the next time I would be writing about it would be when it became law. Government have taken an unusual step and at this late stage they have published more amendments, technically they need to be […]
I have written about some of the changes, which the Renter Rights Bill proposes, but while waiting for the bill to finally receive Royal Assent I have been looking at some of the items which I haven’t covered but which need to be considered to prevent them hitting us with unexpected issues. From the last […]
While we are all waiting to see what the final version of the Renters Rights Bill will look like many landlords are considering their future options.
Good communication is the foundation of every strong relationship, whether it’s with your partner, child, employer, or tenant.
Landlords should think of the tenant onboarding process as an opportunity to set the stage for a smooth tenancy and start building a positive landlord-tenant relationship.
