Category Archives: The UK PRS (Private Rented Sector)

A landlord who wanted to increase the rent on a four-bedroom Manchester property by £200 a month has had the increase approved in full by the First-tier Tribunal. In fact, the Tribunal decided the property was worth £100 a month more than the landlord was asking. Yet after successfully defending his proposed rent, the landlordContinue reading “A Warning To Landlords: Don’t Ignore A Rent Challenge”

Zoopla says buyer searches are now 7% higher than a year ago, increasing across every region and country of the UK for the first time since August 2025. That makes September potentially one of the best opportunities landlords have had this year to sell. It’s called the September Bounce and it alone is a greatContinue reading “Mortgage Warnings, Property Tax Rumours And 7% More Buyers”

There have always been bad landlords, just as there are bad operators in every industry, and nobody is suggesting councils shouldn’t act when tenants are being put at risk. But something else appears to be happening in the Private Rented Sector. New research from the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) suggests hostility towards landlords isContinue reading “Looking At Recent Cases, Is It Any Wonder Landlords Feel Persecuted?”

There haven’t been any government announcements. No Budget has proposed an increase. Yet conversations about higher CGT seem to be everywhere. So what’s changed? Part of the answer may lie in the wider political conversation. Since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister, he has repeatedly argued that wealth and assets should play a bigger role inContinue reading “Capital gains tax has climbed back up the list of landlords’ concerns”

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Making Tax Digital is changing the way landlords report their taxes, but understanding what you can actually claim is becoming just as important. One of the best examples is the surprisingly complicated rules surrounding replacement kitchens. We recently read an interesting article from LandlordZONE highlighting HMRC’s increasingly aggressive stance on landlord tax compliance. While HMRCContinue reading “Landlord Taxes: Why One New Kitchen Is Tax Deductible… But Another Isn’t”

Friday 31 July marks the final opportunity for landlords to start court proceedings using a Section 21 notice served before the Renters’ Rights Act came into force. Miss that deadline and, in almost every case, recovering possession will mean relying on the new Section 8 process instead. That brings a very different set of challenges.Continue reading “A Cautionary Tale for Landlords Using Section 8 To Arrange Vacant Possession”

Why the PRS Database is about far more than registration. Most landlords think the new PRS Database (officially the Private Rented Sector Database, often referred to as the landlord database) is simply another registration scheme under the Renters’ Rights Act. Most commentary has focused on the annual registration fee and the paperwork involved. They’re wrong.Continue reading “The New Rule That Could Delay Landlords Getting Their Properties Back”

A recent LandlordZONE article looked at an Upper Tribunal tax case that could have important implications for landlords considering transferring their portfolio into a limited company. The legal arguments are complicated. Fortunately, the practical message is much simpler. The case itself wasn’t about landlords directly. It involved an investment partnership and whether it qualified asContinue reading “Is Being a Landlord a Business or Just an Investment? A New Tax Case Has Landlords Talking”