Key takeaways An agent can register a property on the PRS Database. The legal duty stays with the owner. That split means a landlord who assumes it was handled still receives the penalty. For agents, the exposure is spread across the whole managed book rather than one property. Written confirmation with a date is the […]
Key takeaways Civil penalties for failing to register start at EUR equivalent of 7,000 pounds and rise to 40,000 pounds for repeat breaches. An unregistered landlord cannot obtain a Section 8 possession order except on anti-social behaviour grounds. An agent or portal cannot advertise the property. An HMO licence cannot be renewed while unregistered. With […]
Key takeaways The PRS Database is a national register of landlords and rented properties in England only, created by the Renters’ Rights Act 2025. Registration opens region by region from late 2026 and completes across England during 2027. An agent can file for you. The legal duty stays with the owner. The registration itself is […]
Key takeaways The Irish rent cap is the lower of 2 per cent or CPI inflation, applied once every 12 months. CPI has run above 2 per cent through most of 2026, so the 2 per cent limb is currently the binding one. The legal test uses the movement in CPI index numbers between your […]
Key takeaways Every private tenancy created from 1 March 2026 is a Tenancy of Minimum Duration lasting 6 years. The end of each 6 year cycle is the one moment a landlord may reset the rent to market rate. Between resets the rent is capped at 2 per cent or CPI, whichever is lower, once […]
Key takeaways Since 1 March 2026 Irish law distinguishes large landlords, meaning 4 or more tenancies, from small landlords. Any corporate entity is a large landlord regardless of how many tenancies it holds. One property in a company counts. The split does not change the rent cap. It changes what you can do at the […]
Key takeaways Setting rent at market rate now requires 3 comparable tenancies from the RTB Rent Register, attached to the notice as evidence. Each comparable must have begun in the last 3 months, so evidence cannot be gathered once and reused across a portfolio. Comparables must match on size, type and character, and that now […]
The 5 capabilities that decide whether property management software works in Ireland and the UK, rewritten as the statutory outputs each one has to produce, plus 8 questions to ask any vendor.
Key takeaways Since 1 March 2026 a rent setting or rent review notice must reach the tenant and the RTB on the same day. If the RTB does not get it, the notice is invalid no matter how correct the figure is. Sending the copy late does not fix it. A corrected notice restarts the […]
The RTB received 7,062 Notices of Termination in Q1 2026, a record. Only 10.8% blamed a tenant. Here is what actually breaks week to week for Irish landlords.
