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Are you fully prepared for the 31 January Self-Assessment Deadline? It’s that time of year again, the tax deadline looms, the end of the month is neigh! For most landlords, the Self-Assessment deadline is the tax equivalent of a roof repair: you knew it was dodgy, you...

Why do some buy-to-let landlords thrive while others want to sell-up? Some landlords say buy-to-let is dead, while others see an expansionary buying opportunity. One landlord I spoke to recently thinks it is bonanza time. For a couple of years now, a steady drumbeat...

Great Yarmouth landlords have won the backing of their local MP in a campaign to pause the council’s upcoming selective scheme. Eastern Landlords Association (ELA) is considering taking legal action in a bid to pause the scheme, which is due to launch on 1st April. In...

Rogue landlords face jail as sentencing review widens housing offences UK landlords are being warned that custodial sentences and community orders are now firmly on the table for serious housing offences, following a new consultation launched this week by...

Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has thrown its weight behind additional funding to help those facing eviction. But it wants the government to speed up the process. The government has announced a multi-million-pound funding package to expand access to free...

Self Assessment deadline for landlords is three weeks away HMRC Deputy Director for Self Assessment, Jashoda Pindoria, writes: Whether you’re a new business owner, have invested in a rental property, started a side hustle or sold assets between 6 April 2024 and 5...

HSBC UK has reduced its buy-to-let (BTL) affordability stress rates for domestic customers. The move is a bid to give landlords greater borrowing flexibility, particularly for remortgaging and raising additional funds. Under new stress rates, landlords are able to...

2026: The Private Rented Sector's 'big bang' It is clear that for many landlords, 2026 isn't just another year on the calendar; it is the "Big Bang" implementation of the most significant changes to the Private Rented Sector (PRS) in 40 years. The assessment that the...

Landlords forced to file tax 'updates' 10 times under new HMRC digital self-assessment rollout Nearly a million landlords and freelancers will have to report their taxes quarterly, rather than every year, from April under HMRC’s “Making Tax Digital” project. The tax...

First stage of Renters Rights Act now implemented The first phase of the Renters Rights Act (RRA) kicked in on the 27th December 2025. Although many of the biggest changes created by the RRA – including the removal of Section 21 powers – do not come into force until...