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What Is a Fair Rent Increase in the UK? A Strategic Guide for Landlords in 2026?
Redefining "Fairness" in the Modern Rental Market "Fair" is a word that landlords and tenants often use to mean very different things. For a landlord, fairness might mean keeping pace with inflation, covering rising operational costs, and reflecting current market conditions. For a tenant, it might mean an increase they can afford without hardship. However, the law does not define fairness in percentage terms. Instead, it establishes a framework within which fairness is asses

Amanda Woodward
Jul 269 min read


What Benefit Are Included in the Benefit Cap? A UK Landlord Guide
The Short Answer: Which Benefits Count Towards the Benefit Cap? The Benefit cap limits the total amount of certain benefits that a working-age household can receive. The current official list includes Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Child Benefit, Employment and Support Allowance, Jobseeker's Allowance, Bereavement Allowance, Incapacity Benefit, Maternity Allowance, Severe Disablement Allowance and certain windows' or windowed parents' benefits. The Government's current li

Amanda Woodward
Jul 249 min read
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