Guest Authors Archives

Knight in crusader armour holding a sword, symbolising landlords battling rising PRS pressures and regulation.

Why is the Labour government gambling with tenants’ homes?

31st July 2026, 3 days ago | 8

Apparently, the Labour government can redesign the private rented sector, raise landlords’ taxes and remove a possession route used for...

Why Angela Rayner’s return should worry landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

24th July 2026, 1 week ago | 14

The political carousel has spun once again to bring Angela Rayner back into government running England’s housing brief. That’s just...

Digital certificate with security shield and question mark illustrating challenges uploading landlord safety certificates online.

Will the new Landlord Database need digital certificates?

Author: Readers Question

23rd July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 13

Hello, Yesterday, I received an invitation to go online and try out the ‘dummy’ version of the new Landlord Database....

As private landlords disappear, who will replace us?

Author: Landlord Crusader

17th July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 13

Two stories this week caught my landlord eye, and they deserve to sit side by side for a closer analysis,...

Evidence file illustrating the shift from Section 21 to evidence-based Section 8 possession claims for landlords.

Section 21 has gone. Now your evidence file is the case

Author: Tauhid Islam

2nd July 2026, 1 month ago | 0

For years, a Section 21 notice rewarded a particular kind of landlord. The one whose paperwork was simply present and...

Tenant leaving a property as chains break and a rent increase notice highlights guarantor liability after rent rises.

The guarantor trap: How raising the rent could release the person standing behind your tenancy

Author: Tauhid Islam

29th June 2026, 1 month ago | 9

Since the Renters’ Rights Act came into force on 1 May 2026, a lot of the guarantor conversation on here...

How to buy two properties for the price of one

Author: Simon Zutshi

29th June 2026, 1 month ago | 0

One of the biggest challenges property investors face is running out of deposit money. Most investors save a deposit, buy...

Prospective homeowners viewing a commonhold apartment development with shared ownership management

Commonhold explained: What agents should tell buyers and sellers

Author: Mari Knowles

25th June 2026, 1 month ago | 9

The reform debate is moving quickly and consumers are increasingly asking what commonhold is, what it changes and what it...

HMRC Making Tax Digital quarterly update showing corrected Q1 figures and year-to-date totals for landlords.

Got a quarter update wrong? MTD lets you fix an error before your final declaration

Author: David @ SimplifyMTD

24th June 2026, 1 month ago | 0

Now that Making Tax Digital (‘MTD’) for Income Tax is live, the question we hear from landlords more than any...

Nonsense on stilts: The government’s £7,000 death blow for small landlords

Author: Landlord Crusader

22nd June 2026, 1 month ago | 14

Am I reading this right? Am I hallucinating? I can’t be the only small landlord learning about the government’s plan...

How the tenancy pet trap leaves landlords financially exposed

Author: Landlord Crusader

19th June 2026, 2 months ago | 15

If you want to understand exactly how the Renters’ Rights Act is going to restrict private landlords of control over...

Tenant pet request response deadline under the Renters' Rights Act shown with a dog and cat beside a 28-day notice

The landlord’s tenant pet request response window is 28 days — Not 42

Author: David Osborne

15th June 2026, 2 months ago | 15

Several published landlord guides are stating the wrong timeframe for responding to tenant pet requests under the Renters’ Rights Act....

Why rent controls are the wrong answer to a housing shortage

Author: Landlord Crusader

12th June 2026, 2 months ago | 17

Oh, dear, another week and another call for rent controls. This time it’s the turn of Generation Rent, which has...

The price of tenant activist politics: When campaigns collide with reality

Author: Landlord Crusader

5th June 2026, 2 months ago | 6

They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but in England’s private rented sector (PRS), it’s currently...

The RRA trap: Why decent landlords are about to get a £7,000 wake-up call

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th May 2026, 2 months ago | 9

Following on from last week’s theory about the purging of small landlords from the private rented sector (PRS), here comes...

Renters’ Rights Act information sheet with penalty and deadline warnings for landlords

Only 153,000 downloads of the Renters’ Rights Act information sheet with 9 days left

Author: Tauhid Islam

22nd May 2026, 2 months ago | 16

A Freedom of Information response from MHCLG, published last week, revealed that the government’s mandatory Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet...

Are we witnessing a real-time purge of small landlords from the PRS?

Author: Landlord Crusader

22nd May 2026, 2 months ago | 8

When the Tories’ Renters’ (Reform) Bill was progressing, I was among the very first to sound the alarm about the...

Residents reviewing plans outside a modern apartment building illustrating the shift from leasehold to commonhold ownership.

A direct comparison between leasehold and commonhold

Author: Mari Knowles

21st May 2026, 2 months ago | 17

Commonhold is an alternative form of property ownership to freehold and leasehold. Whilst commonhold has existed since 2002, it has...