Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further.  UK Renters Rights Bill: an update In September 2025, the UK Government rejected all of the House of Lords’ amendments to the Renters Rights Bill. Many of the Lords’ amendments were in [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further.  UK Parliament The Renters Rights Bill: An update The Renters Rights Bill did not receive Royal Assent prior to the UK parliament breaking for summer recess on 22 July. The bill was [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further. UK Government Spending Review: Rent and Housing measures In the Spending Review on 11 June, the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced that she will almost double the UK government’s spend on affordable [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further.  Commonhold White Paper – the end of the leasehold system The UK government published the Commonhold White Paper on 3 March 2025. Under the new plans, new leasehold flats will be banned [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further.  Renters’ Rights Bill continues to progress through UK Parliament The Renters’ Rights Bill returned to the UK Parliament for debate on 14 January and included some new changes: Cap on advance rent [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further. MTD for Income Tax Prior to the Autumn Budget, there was hope that the new Labour Government might further delay the introduction of Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (MTD for IT). [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further. FHLs abolition - Clarification In the Autumn Budget 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the abolition of the furnished holiday lettings (FHL) status from April 2025. On 7 November, HMRC published the document [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further. Autumn Budget 2024 – a summary for property landlords The Autumn Budget took place on 30 October 2024. This was Rachel Reeves’ first budget as Chancellor and it intended to restore stability [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further. Renters Rights Bill On 11 September 2024, the Renters Rights Bill was introduced in the House of Commons. This bill follows the Conservatives’ Renters Reform Bill, which did not complete its passage [...]

Welcome to our monthly newsletter for property landlords. We hope you find this informative and please contact us to discuss any matters further. Interest Rate Cut to 5% - impact on mortgages On 1 August, the Bank of England announced a 0.25% cut to its base rate, which now stands at 5%. The base rate [...]