Tag: PRS database

Landlords face £65 annual PRS Database fee as HMRC takes on rent increase disputes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th September 2026, 1 month ago | 103

Landlords will have to pay a £65 registration fee per property annually under the government’s new national landlord registration service....

Government urged to expand PRS Database to include rent and eviction data

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st September 2026, 2 months ago | 17

The Private Rented Sector (PRS) Database “must not be viewed as an administrative register” but as a tool to empower...

PRS Database must be more than a licensing fee collector – Propertymark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th August 2026, 2 months ago | 5

An industry body has warned that the PRS Database must not become a duplication of selective licensing. Propertymark says schemes...

Free maintenance reporting launched for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th August 2026, 2 months ago | 0

Small landlords can now use a free system to log repair reports and retain evidence showing how each case was...

PRS Database could drive up costs without improving standards – Propertymark

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th August 2026, 2 months ago | 11

The Private Rented Sector (PRS) Database must be workable for landlords and letting agents, claims an industry body. Propertymark is...

Why Labour needs a rogue tenant database to protect decent tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th August 2026, 2 months ago | 28

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act, which was sold as a tool for ‘levelling the playing field’ for tenants, brought into being...

Government admits it lacks data on landlord enforcement by councils

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th August 2026, 3 months ago | 3

The government has admitted it does not collect data on how enforcement action against landlords has changed over the past...

PRS database risks being a costly failure – TLIC

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2026, 3 months ago | 17

The government’s planned PRS database could become an expensive administrative burden unless it is designed around the day-to-day work of...

Government confirms agents can submit Database information on behalf of landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st July 2026, 3 months ago | 19

The government has confirmed that letting agents can support landlords in registering their properties on the PRS Database. Under the...

The PRS Database has been tested on real landlords. What happens next will separate the professionals from everyone else

Author: Tauhid Islam

20th July 2026, 3 months ago | 21

The PRS Database stopped being an abstraction this summer. The government has been beta-testing its “Register your rental property” service...

Tenants could claim £25,000 in compensation under PRS Ombudsman scheme

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th July 2026, 3 months ago | 26

The government hints tenants could be awarded compensation of £25,000 under the PRS Ombudsman Scheme. Under the Renters’ Rights Act,...

Committee calls for raising standards and stronger enforcement across PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd July 2026, 4 months ago | 7

A government committee has urged the government to introduce incentives for landlords to raise standards in the private rented sector...

Government signals enforcement may be funded via PRS Database fees

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2026, 4 months ago | 9

The government has hinted that fees collected from the Private Rented Sector (PRS) Database will be used to fund council...

Landlords face £40,000 fines for misuse of possession grounds

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2026, 4 months ago | 7

Landlords could face fines of up to £40,000 if they “knowingly or recklessly” breach rules under the Renters’ Rights Act....

Landlords face renewed National Insurance tax proposal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd June 2026, 5 months ago | 27

Landlords already dealing with Renters’ Rights Act compliance deadlines are now facing another tax proposal being resurrected. The Daily Telegraph...

Government launches PRS data drive to track Renters’ Rights Act impact

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st June 2026, 5 months ago | 8

The government has announced a new data collection strategy to monitor the private rented sector (PRS). In a policy paper...

Government confirms councils will use PRS database for landlord enforcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th May 2026, 5 months ago | 42

The government has confirmed it is working with councils to support the use of information from the Private Rented Sector...

Councils urged to take proactive approach to enforcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th May 2026, 5 months ago | 3

The government has claimed councils “should take a proactive approach to enforcement” under the Renters’ Rights Act. In a written...

Government claims PRS Database will crack down on subletting

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th March 2026, 7 months ago | 8

The Private Rented Sector (PRS) Database will help tackle illegal subletting, claims the government. Under the Renters’ Rights Act, all...

PRS Database to ease administrative burden claims government

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2026, 7 months ago | 10

The government claim they want to minimise the administrative requirements on landlords with the upcoming Private Rented Sector Database. Under...

Putting your home address on Labour’s public Landlord Database?

Author: Readers Question

16th February 2026, 8 months ago | 14

I, having left the PRS, would not be putting my home address on Labour’s ill-thought-out and honestly quite dangerous publicly...