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Buy-to-let market update: June 2025
Welcome to ‘Buy-to-Let Market’, a column aimed at providing you with recent criteria and product updates within the buy-to-let lending markets. The information within this article is correct as at 28/05/2025.
Six top tips for landlords to minimise rent arrears and ensure prompt payments
In an ideal world, tenants pay their rent on time, every time. However, in the face of more economic uncertainty, with rising living costs and funding cuts impacting household finances, the potential for tenants falling behind on payments is ever present. As a property dispute management organisation, the Strikes Property Services Group team deal with the sharp end of these financial difficulties. In many cases, we see that unpaid rent could have been prevented by taking a few simple steps.
Making Tax Digital
There are big changes ahead, and the way that many landlords report their income and expenditure has changed from April 2026, when Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment came into effect. Making Tax Digital (MTD) is part of the government initiative to improve efficiency, modernise and streamline the tax collection system, affecting landlords and small businesses. NRLA recognised supplier, RITA4RENT tells us more.
Uninvited guests: Dealing with ants, wasps and rats in rental properties
From ants invading the kitchen, to wasps setting up camp in the loft, to rats making the most of overflowing bins, summer brings its fair share of unwanted visitors. And when tenants start reporting creepy crawlies or furry intruders, the big question landlords often face is: “Who’s responsible for sorting this out?”. In this blog, the Tenancy Deposit Scheme shares what landlords need to know about handling summer pest issues, who is responsible, and how to avoid things escalating into a deposit dispute.
7 tips to help reduce the costs of an empty property
In the UK, many landlords experience periods where their rental properties remain vacant. Tenant turnover, a slower rental market, seasonal market fluctuations, and renovations can all play a part in explaining why many properties remain empty. To help mitigate and avoid these costs, read on for tips from Gallagher, the NRLA’s trusted Landlord Insurance partner.
How much can it cost to evict a tenant?
With many costs increasing for landlords, gaining repossession of a property can be no exception. Rentguard, the NRLA’s Legal Expenses and Rent Guarantee Insurance partner, has summarised what is typically involved in the eviction process and the costs it can incur.
The rent’s due: Why landlords must rethink risk in 2025
We’re at a crossroads in the UK rental sector. Economic pressures are building, regulatory reform is accelerating, and traditional ways of managing tenancy risk are quickly becoming outdated. From my vantage point at NRLA recognised supplier, RentGuarantor — working closely with letting agents and landlords every day — one thing is abundantly clear: the next phase of the rental market will reward those who adapt, not those who resist.
Feeling the pressure from the Renters’ Rights Bill?
The Renters’ Rights Bill is changing the game. With Section 21 on the chopping block, stricter regulation, and uncertainty around how landlords will operate in the future it’s no wonder so many of you are rethinking your next move. But what if you could future-proof your portfolio, secure long-term income, and create lasting social impact - all at once? NRLA recognised supplier Living Redefined, tells us more.
Check your dates: Does your EICR need renewing?
June marks five years since the introduction of mandatory Electrical Installation Condition Reports (EICR) for new private rented sector tenancies. NRLA Chief innovation officer and founder of Safe2 James Kent explains why now’s the perfect time to check your renewal date.
Deposits and no-fault evictions in Wales
The Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 introduced a number of key changes to the private rental sector in Wales. However, one aspect of the new legislation that remains consistent with the previous legal framework is the requirement to protect a deposit and provide the contract-holder with required information, and the potential consequences for failing to do the same. NRLA recognised supplier, Redkite Solicitors gives us some tips.
