Tag: Property management

Landlord voids now exceed three weeks in England

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st October 2026, 5 hours ago | 0

Landlords in England now face an average wait of more than three weeks between tenants, with voids lengthening for the...

Regulation puts self-managing landlords under pressure

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th September 2026, 3 days ago | 4

Compliance and legislation are the biggest sources of stress for self-managing landlords, as many weigh up whether managing their own...

Renters’ Rights Act piles work on letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd September 2026, 4 weeks ago | 0

Landlords using letting agents may face slower communication and decisions as the Renters’ Rights Act adds to their administrative workloads....

Landlord voids fall after the Renters’ Rights Act introduction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th August 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Average void periods across England fell to 21 days in June, three days below the 24-day figure recorded in May...

Most Property Management teams do not lack information they lack visibility

Author: Readers Question

1st July 2026, 3 months ago | 0

Property management in 2026 often feels less like managing block properties and more like reconstructing events from scattered evidence. Most...

Tenant complaints against letting agents rocket

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th June 2026, 3 months ago | 0

Tenant complaints against letting agents jumped by almost half last year, from 2024’s figure of 2,863 to last year’s 4,220,...

Rising void costs hit landlord returns

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th June 2026, 4 months ago | 0

Landlords are losing more than £1,100 on average each time a property sits empty between tenancies, with void costs increasingly...

Property managers set for Renters’ Rights Act boost

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2026, 4 months ago | 1

Landlords facing heavier compliance duties under the Renters’ Rights Act are expected to drive further demand for professional property management....

Leaseholders left out as bill excludes action on embedded managers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th May 2026, 5 months ago | 2

The government has confirmed that its draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill does not currently include measures to tackle so-called...

Tenant trust gap persists despite strong agent ratings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th April 2026, 6 months ago | 0

More than half of tenants rate their letting agent positively, though a sizeable minority questions whether agents act in their...

We’ve built a property management tool for small landlords

Author: Readers Question

13th April 2026, 6 months ago | 36

Hello Property118 readers: I’m William Harford. I co-founded Harthing with Neil Carthy and Adam Saul. We’ve built a property management...

Letting agents must evolve to stop landlords selling up – Agent Rainmaker

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th April 2026, 6 months ago | 4

As the Renters’ Rights Act edges closer to coming into force, many landlords are deciding now is the time to...

23) When every decision in your portfolio still depends on you

Author: Landlord Consultant

22nd March 2026, 6 months ago | 0

What would happen if you stepped back from those decisions?

Rental property been infested by cockroaches?

Author: Readers Question

10th October 2025, 12 months ago | 3

An agent did a viewing with a new prospective tenant and noticed cockroaches. Unfortunately, the agent didn’t inform us and...

Mystic Mortar Landlord Horoscope 29 Aug 2025

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th August 2025, 1 year ago | 3

Mystic Mortar’s Landlord Horoscope Edition: Friday 29 August 2025 Welcome, star-gazers and key-holders. The skies hum with moving vans and...

New Sanctions Checks from 14 May 2025?

Author: Readers Question

21st July 2025, 1 year ago | 2

Does anybody have a definitive interpretation of the new regulations? These are for Agents to do checks on Tenants and...

Rightmove promises a revolution in tenant finding for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th July 2025, 1 year ago | 2

Landlords are being promised a streamlined tenant selection process by Rightmove which is integrating its enhanced leads feature with letting...

Joint freeholding shareholders should also be Directors?

Author: Readers Question

6th June 2025, 1 year ago | 4

Hello, We have an Annual General Meeting (AGM) coming up and possibly 2 (more recent appointees) likely to resign as...

How do you stay on top of landlord admin?

Author: Readers Question

3rd June 2025, 1 year ago | 15

Hi all, I’m genuinely curious how you all are managing everything as landlords these days. Just want to compare notes...

Who pays for fire doors?

Author: Readers Question

27th May 2025, 1 year ago | 11

Hi, I run a management company that needs to install fire-resistant doors. There are 12 flats, and each owner is...

Renters’ Rights Bill amendments will safeguard possession rights

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th April 2025, 1 year ago | 2

A new amendment to the Renters’ Rights Bill clarifies that landlords can still reclaim their properties by serving notice prior...