Landlord Registration Archives

Rental house divided into two sections with SMI tenant symbols, PRS Database registration and £80,000 fine warning.

Help me avoid an £80k landlord database fine!

Author: Readers Question

3rd November 2026, 1 week ago | 4

By the 14th April ’27, I have to register my rental properties on the new landlord database. This should be...

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Running a tenancy for my expatriate Father?

Author: Readers Question

3rd November 2026, 1 week ago | 3

Hello, my father is 90, lives abroad and is an accidental landlord, the property being my late Mum’s parents’ place...

Rising rents and risks in UK rental market illustrated with terraced houses and rent signage

Landlords raise rents after Renters’ Rights Act implementation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2026, 1 week ago | 21

More than a third of landlords have increased rents in response to the Renters’ Rights Act, a survey reveals. Tenants’...

Secure landlord records and property documents beside a question mark, highlighting privacy concerns over the landlord database.

Landlord database audit trail and privacy concerns raised by MPs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 8

Landlords could be exposed to administrative mistakes and enforcement risks without an audit trail showing changes to their landlord database...

Why not have data protection for landlords?

Author: Readers Question

12th October 2026, 4 weeks ago | 8

Hello, Why do I need to pay a fee to ICO to protect tenants, yet this new landlord database is...

Broken landlord licensing sign beside a national property database, illustrating proposed licensing reform

Call to scrap landlord licensing after database rollout

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th October 2026, 1 month ago | 9

Discretionary landlord licensing schemes should be scrapped once England’s national landlord database is fully operational, ministers have been urged. In...

PRS landlord database and home address privacy concerns illustrated alongside a vandalised rental property

Is the government’s PRS Database registration putting landlords at risk?

Author: Readers Question

24th September 2026, 2 months ago | 35

Hello, Although such cases may be in the minority, we had a tenant who turned out to be a criminal....

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

Why the nonsense £65 landlord database tax is just the start

Author: Landlord Crusader

11th September 2026, 2 months ago | 23

There is something almost insulting about being told by the government that £65 is not much money. It is apparently...

Crumbling building policy structure representing unstable landlord regulation, taxes, standards, supply and costs

Building policy in shaky foundations making things worse for tenants?

Author: Readers Question

11th September 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Many landlords have stood dazed, on the ropes – taking blow after blow. Confused and unable to think they have...

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, 4 months ago | 13

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

Northern Ireland rental homes with safety and compliance icons representing landlord registration reforms

Propertymark backs stronger landlord register rules in Northern Ireland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th June 2026, 5 months ago | 2

Propertymark has backed plans to toughen Northern Ireland’s landlord registration rules, with gas certificates, electrical checks and alarm details among...

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Government promises to address landlord privacy concerns amid PRS database rollout

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th December 2025, 11 months ago | 59

The government claim they “will try to balance landlords’ privacy concerns with private tenants’ needs to make informed decisions” for...

Man walking out door with Scottish flag and "lost" sign, symbolizing landlords leaving Scotland’s rental sector

More than 50,000 homes lost from Scotland’s PRS due to landlords leaving

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2025, 2 years ago | 5

More than half of Scottish landlords (53%) plan to leave the sector due to rent control proposals and hostility towards...

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NRLA warns landlord database will fail tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th November 2024, 2 years ago | 14

The NRLA has criticised the government’s plan for a landlord database as “bureaucratic”. Under the Renters’ Rights Bill, a private...

Enforcement not legislation – PRS Hit Squads

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd October 2013, 13 years ago | 64

There is already more than enough funding and legislation to police the Private Rented Sector. The last thing we need...

Fit and Proper Landlords and Tenants – Consequences?

Author: Mark Alexander

17th September 2013, 13 years ago | 15

I have heard the words “Fit and Proper” mentioned a lot of late in terms of regulation of landlords and...

Rant About Scottish Letting Regulation

Author: John Gell

13th September 2013, 13 years ago | 30

As the Scottish Government gets set to embark on the regulation of letting agents – regulation which is badly needed...

Alternatives to Landlord Licencing Schemes

Author: Mark Alexander

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

The alternatives to Landlord Licensing Schemes require joined up thinking, changes to data sharing protocols within local authorities and revised...

Tenant Information Pack – Scotland

Author: John Gell

11th June 2013, 13 years ago | 2

Since 1st May 2013 landlords in Scotland have had a new statutory obligation to give new tenants a Tenant Information...

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Deposit Deadline of May 15th in Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2013, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords in Scotland are urged to beat the deposit deadline and avoid huge penalties. Over half of deposits for private...

Landlord Regulation is NOT the Answer

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd January 2013, 14 years ago | 7

There is no doubt that our sector is attracting the criminal elements, however, landlord regulation is not the answer. Why...

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