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Property Safety

Gas Certificates, EICRs and Smoke Alarms: The Safety Paperwork That Protects You Before Anything Else

The Landlords Brief

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Nov 3, 2026

Regulation Updates

EPC C by 2030: What the Government Has Confirmed, What It Hasn’t, and What to Do Now

The Landlords Brief

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Oct 29, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

“No DSS, No Children” Is Now Illegal: What the Rental Discrimination Ban Means for Your Lettings

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Oct 27, 2026

Regulation Updates

Regaining Possession in 2026: The Section 8 Grounds That Matter, Notice Periods and the Mistakes That Sink a Claim

The Landlords Brief

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Oct 22, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Pets and Tenant Requests in 2026: The 28-Day Rule, What You Can Refuse, and What You Can’t Charge

The Landlords Brief

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Oct 20, 2026

Property Safety

HHSRS in 2026: 21 Hazards, New Scoring and the £7,000 Fine Councils Can Now Issue

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Oct 15, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Raising the Rent in 2026: One Form, One Increase a Year, and the Mistakes That Make Your Notice Void

The Landlords Brief

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Oct 13, 2026

Regulation Updates

The PRS Landlord Ombudsman: Binding Decisions, £25,000 Awards, and Why 2028 Is Closer Than It Sounds

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Oct 8, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

The PRS Database Opens in Nine Weeks: What You Actually Need Ready Before Your Region's Date Lands

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Oct 6, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Rent Repayment Orders Just Got Sharper: Two Years of Rent, and Tribunals No Longer Have a Choice

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Oct 1, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Tenant Fees in 2026: Rent Before Signing Is Now Prohibited, and the Holding Deposit Clock That Catches Landlords Out

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Sep 29, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

HHSRS Three Months On — £3.5 Billion in National Penalty Exposure, 504,808 Properties at Risk, and the Scoring System That Replaced A-J Entirely

The Landlords Brief

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Sep 24, 2026

Regulation Updates

Banning Orders — The 5-Year Real Case That Shows How This Actually Plays Out, and Why "Two Civil Penalties in 12 Months" Is Closer Than You Think

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Sep 22, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Joint Tenancies — One Housemate's Notice Ends It for Everyone, and Once Served It Can't Be Quietly Taken Back

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Sep 17, 2026

Renters' Rights

Section 13 Four Months On — What the First Tribunal Decisions Actually Show, and Why "Shaving, Not Slashing" Is the Pattern to Know

The Landlords Brief

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Sep 15, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Holiday Lets and Airbnb — Why Genuine Short-Term Lets Sit Completely Outside Everything This Newsletter Has Covered All Year, and the C5 Planning Trap That Catches Landlords Trying to Switch

The Landlords Brief

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Sep 10, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Landlord Insurance — Standard Cover Voids After 30 Days Empty, HMOs Are Often Excluded Entirely, and Rent Guarantee Is Not the Same as Loss of Rent

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Sep 8, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Student Lets and Ground 4A — Why a 2-Bedroom Student Flat Now Has No Route to Recover Possession at All

The Landlords Brief

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Sep 3, 2026

Plain English

Council Tax on Empty Properties — Why 13 Months Void Now Costs Double, and the Second Homes Premium Most Landlords Have Never Heard Of

The Landlords Brief

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Sep 1, 2026

Regulation Updates

The 1 August Deadline Just Passed — If You Served an Old Notice Before 1 May and Didn't Get to Court by 31 July, It's Now Dead

The Landlords Brief

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Aug 27, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Ending a Tenancy Properly — Why "No Fixed End Date" Means Your Check-In Photos From Three Years Ago Are No Longer Enough

The Landlords Brief

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Aug 25, 2026

Plain English

Ground 1 and Ground 1A — Selling Up or Moving In Now Comes With a 12-Month Re-Letting Ban, and Getting the Timing Wrong Is a Criminal Offence

The Landlords Brief

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Aug 20, 2026

Renters' Rights

Pets in Rentals — Blanket Bans Are Dead, You Can't Require Insurance, and "Reasonable Refusal" Means Something Specific

The Landlords Brief

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Aug 18, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Ground 8 — The Rent Arrears Threshold Just Rose From Two Months to Three, and Why "The Tenant Paid Just Enough" Trick Still Works Against You

The Landlords Brief

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Aug 13, 2026

Property Safety

Electrical Safety — The EICR, the 28-Day Remedial Window, and the C1/C2/C3 Codes That Actually Decide How Urgent Your Problem Is

The Landlords Brief

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Aug 11, 2026