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Everything UK landlords and letting agents need to stay compliant

22 plain-English guides, a competitor comparison, two free checkers and two free handbooks, checked against the 2026 rules — including everything the Renters' Rights Act changed on 1 May 2026.

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The UK Landlord Handbook 2026

Nineteen guides in one place — the certificates you need, the deadlines that matter, what the Renters' Rights Act changed, and how to keep more of what you earn.

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The UK Letting Agent Handbook 2026

Client money, redress, AML, the Tenant Fees Act, deposits, possession, the certificates you chase for landlords, and what agents actually charge. Nineteen chapters.

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For letting agents

You carry two sets of rules: the ones that govern your agency, and the ones that govern every property you manage.

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The Renters’ Rights Act for agents

What is in force, the deadlines that have passed, and the penalties that name agents directly.

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ProPixa vs Alto

An honest comparison — the price, the 24-month auto-renewal, and where Alto is genuinely better.

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What agent software actually costs

Thirteen systems with their real published prices, the seven who quote only on request, and where ProPixa loses.

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How long can you keep an applicant?

When chasing an enquiry becomes marketing, the five soft opt-in conditions, and what the ICO actually asks on retention.

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Safety & certificates

The checks and records with hard deadlines and five-figure penalties.

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Gas safety certificate (CP12)

Annual check, 28 days to existing tenants, before move-in for new ones, records kept two years.

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EICR electrical safety

Every five years, 28 days for remedial work — and the maximum penalty is now £40,000.

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EPC rules for landlords

Band E is the current minimum. Band C by 1 October 2030 is confirmed policy, not yet law.

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Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms

One smoke alarm per storey, CO alarms by fixed combustion appliances, working on day one.

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Repairs: who fixes what

Section 11, fitness for habitation, and where the tenant’s responsibility actually starts.

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Damp, mould and Awaab’s Law

What social landlords must already do, and what is coming to the private rented sector.

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Tenancies & the law

Everything the Renters’ Rights Act changed on 1 May 2026, and what it did not.

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Tenancy deposit protection

Thirty days, prescribed information, and the reason an unprotected deposit now blocks possession.

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How to evict a tenant in 2026

Section 21 is gone. The grounds that replaced it, and the notice each one carries.

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Is this rent increase valid?

Free checker for a section 13 notice — the four date rules, and the deadline to challenge it.

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How to increase the rent

Section 13, Form 4A, two months’ notice, once in twelve — and why the tribunal only goes down.

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Pets in rental properties

Twenty-eight days to answer, and consent that cannot be unreasonably refused.

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Right to rent follow-up date

Free calculator. The rule is the later of the two dates, not the earlier — and almost everyone gets it backwards.

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Right to rent checks

The three ways to check, why physical BRPs are dead, and the new Code from 1 October 2026.

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The PRS Database

What has to be registered, by whom, and why nobody can register yet.

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HMO licensing explained

Mandatory, additional and selective licensing — and how to check before you let.

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Money & tax

Keeping more of what you earn, and keeping HMRC happy while you do it.

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Making Tax Digital for landlords

Dates, thresholds, and the digital records HMRC now expects you to keep.

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Allowable expenses

What you can claim against rental income, and the traps in mortgage interest relief.

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The Rent a Room Scheme

£7,500 a year, tax-free — who qualifies and how to claim it.

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Landlord insurance

Why home insurance will not pay out, and what a landlord policy actually covers.

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Getting started

If you are new to letting, or choosing the systems you will run it on.

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How to become a landlord

The eight things to sort before your first tenant moves in, in order.

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Landlord software: how to choose

What good software does, what to compare it on, and where the free tools fall down.

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Stop tracking all of this by hand

ProPixa keeps every property, tenancy, certificate, deposit and repair in one place — and warns you before a deadline, not after. Tenants get a free app. Landlords from £7 a month; agents from £5 per property.

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