Register your rental property service: guidance for letting agents and property managers
How you can help landlords to use the Register your rental property service, which has been introduced as part of the Renters’ Rights Act.
Applies to England
As a letting agent or property manager, you can choose to help landlords register their rental properties in England on GOV.UK.
The Register your rental property service will launch with functionality that lets you and your team enter some of a property’s details on behalf of a landlord and keep those details updated.
Using this feature is voluntary. You should discuss with your landlords how they’ll approach registering their properties before the service launches.
In order to undertake lettings agency or property management work, you are also required to be registered with a relevant redress scheme.
About the service
Under the Renters’ Rights Act 2026, private landlords will need to register themselves and their privately let properties in England.
We are rolling out the service regionally. The first region’s registration period (West Midlands) starts on 15 December 2026.
Table: region registration periods
| Region | Start date | End date (before midnight) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Humberside | 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 |
Which properties need to be registered
During the service’s rollout, landlords will only have to register properties that are let under an assured periodic or regulated tenancy at the time of the registration deadline for their region, or properties which become let after that deadline.
Tenancies that are included in the meaning of supported exempt accommodation set out in Section 12 of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 do not need to be registered.
In the future, properties available for let will also require the landlord and property to be registered before they can be marketed and advertised. This includes unoccupied properties. When this happens, you’ll need to confirm the landlord and property have been registered before you can market it.
You will also need to include the landlord and rental property number on any property adverts. Landlord numbers are formatted L-XXXX-XXXX and rental property numbers are formatted P-XXXX-XXXX.
What landlords need to do
Landlords will need to register themselves on the service to get their landlord number.
Landlords must start all property registrations. It’s their legal responsibility to register each of their properties and make payment.
When registering a property, they can choose for you to provide certain information about how the property’s rented out. To do this, they’ll need an email address for your agency.
We’ll then send out a link to provide these details.
Landlords will need to pay the property’s annual registration fee on the service.
What letting agents and property managers can do
Using the link we send to your agency, you can provide details about how a property’s rented out:
- details about any House in Multiple Occupation (HMO), additional or selective licences
- the number of tenants and households in the property
- if the property is furnished, partly furnished or unfurnished
- how much the rent is
- any bills the rent includes
You can also provide a property’s compliance certificates and issue/expiry information:
- gas safety certificate (if the property has a gas supply)
- Electrical Installation Condition Report (EICR) or Electrical Installation Certificate (EIC)
- energy performance certificate (EPC)
You’ll be able to keep these sections of a property’s registration updated.
You’re responsible for the accuracy of any property information you submit, so you may wish to begin preparing this in advance of the launch if you intend to engage with the service. Landlords will also receive a notification of any data you submit.
Landlords remain responsible for ensuring this information is provided. If it is not submitted within 28 days, the property’s registration will become inactive and the landlord may breach their legal duties. We will send landlords a reminder if any required information has not been provided during this time.
Landlords also have a responsibility to keep all information up to date within 28 days of any change, such as if the number of occupants or amount of rent changes, or if a certificate expires and is replaced. You can support them by providing these updates on their behalf using the same links.
Using and sharing property access links
You’ll receive a unique link for each property.
The first time you use a property’s link, we’ll ask you to set a password. You’ll use this password each time you need to update the property’s registration.
Anyone in your agency can update a property’s registration, so long as they have access to the link and password. This means different departments can update different parts of the registration.
You should plan how you’ll store these links and passwords safely.
You cannot reset these passwords yourself. If you need to set a new password, ask the landlord to cancel the access link and send you a new one.