The Government has published details of the new ‘Register your rental property’ service, which will form part of the landlord database requirements. If you’re a landlord of an assured or regulated tenancy, then you must register yourself and each of your properties through the service.
Fee
There’s an annual £65 registration fee per property, and you’ll need to renew your registration each year. If you don’t register your properties, then you risk being fined. Offline registration routes will be available for landlords who need them.
When?
The Government is rolling out the service on a regional basis across England from 15 December 2026, beginning in the West Midlands. Registration deadlines are based on your property’s location – for example, if you live in London but your rental property is in Birmingham, then you’ll need to meet the deadline for registering in the West Midlands.
Register your rental property’ service – Registration deadlines
Once properties in a particular region are required to be registered, you will have a 3-month window in which to do so. After this deadline, councils in this region will be able to initiate enforcement activity.
If you wish to register before you are required to do so, including if you let properties in multiple regions and would like to register these all at once, you will be able to do this.
| Region | Date regulations commence | Deadline to register |
| West Midlands | 15 December 2026 | 14 March 2027 |
| East of England | 15 January 2027 | 14 April 2027 |
| East Midlands | 15 February 2027 | 14 May 2027 |
| South East | 15 March 2027 | 14 June 2027 |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 15 April 2027 | 14 July 2027 |
| North West | 15 May 2027 | 14 August 2027 |
| North East | 15 June 2027 | 14 September 2027 |
| London | 15 July 2027 | 14 October 2027 |
| South West | 15 August 2027 | 14 November 2027 |
At the moment you are only required to register your properties if they are currently let, or become let during the rollout period. Under future rules, you will also be required to register any unoccupied properties before you or your agent markets them for let. You and your letting agent will also need to ensure your unique landlord and property identifiers are included on adverts at this point.
Information You Will Need to Provide
You’ll need to record details of your properties, like the address and the number of residents and bedrooms, as well as the amount of rent you are receiving for a property. You’ll also need to demonstrate you meet health and safety standards by uploading gas, electric, and energy performance certificates.
For individual landlords
- Name
- Date of birth
- Residential address
- Telephone number
- Email address
Dwelling information
- Address of dwelling.
- Name of the person who is the residential landlord, or who intends to become the residential landlord, of the dwelling and a correspondence address (which cannot be a PO Box number) in England and Wales and an email address for that person in relation to the dwelling.
- Ownership type.
- Dwelling type.
- Number of bedrooms in the dwelling.
- Whether the dwelling is currently under let.
- Name and email address of any of the following—
- the owner of the freehold property which includes the dwelling;
- any other superior landlord;
- the property manager for the dwelling
Tenancy information
- Number of occupants of the dwelling.
- Number of households occupying the dwelling.
- Information as to whether the dwelling requires a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence, an additional licence or a selective licence, and if so, the numbers of those licences, if available.
- Whether the dwelling is let furnished, partly furnished or unfurnished.
Rent information
- Rent charged and frequency of payment, and
- Whether the rent is inclusive of utilities and if so, what utilities are included.
Health and safety information
Health and safety information you should provide:
- If the dwelling has a gas supply— (a) a copy of the gas safety record, if one exists, and (b) the gas safety record issue date
- Electrical safety information as follows— (a) a copy of the Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR), if one exists, or appropriate Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC), and (b) EICR or EIC expiry date
- Information as to whether the landlord was required to give a valid Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) to the person who is the tenant currently occupying the dwelling, and if so, a copy of the most recent EPC, if one exists
- If the most recent EPC for the dwelling is no longer valid, the date the current tenancy started
- If the most recent EPC for the dwelling gives an energy performance rating of below the minimum level of energy efficiency, information as to whether the dwelling has a registered Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) exemption, and if so, what types of exemption apply
Further Information
For the full details and FAQs, please see Get ready: ‘Register your rental property’ service – Housing Hub