How much does it cost to register a rental property on the PRS database?

Government guidance puts the fee at £65 a year for each property, paid when you register and each year you renew, pro-rated during the planned roll-out from 15 December 2026. The amount is not fixed in law.

England's landlord database, called "Register your rental property", is created by the Renters' Rights Act 2025. Once the rules are in force, landlords of assured or regulated tenancies must register themselves and each property they let. This page is about what it costs. For the sign-up process and the documents you need, see how to register your rental property on the PRS database. This is general information for landlords in England. For your own case, check GOV.UK or get help from a solicitor or housing adviser.

How the fee works

The £65 figure appears on the government's Housing Hub page, not in the draft Private Rented Sector Database Regulations 2026. Regulation 14 leaves the amount to the database operator, and the Explanatory Memorandum says the regulations "do not set the fee", so it can change, for example with inflation. The Act also allows a higher fee to reactivate an entry that has lapsed for certain reasons, such as missing a renewal.

The draft regulations were laid before Parliament on 9 September 2026 and considered by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments on 14 October 2026. Debates in both Houses are due on 28 October 2026, and on 26 October 2026 they had not yet been approved or made.

What it adds up to

At the planned £65, for a full year, before any pro-rating:

You pay once for each property, not for each tenant or each owner. Only one active entry can exist for each property, apart from a short overlap allowed when a let property is being sold.

When you first pay

Under the draft regulations, which Parliament still has to approve, registration opens on 15 December 2026, starting in the West Midlands, and moves region by region. Each region has 3 months from its start date, and every landlord actively letting should be registered by 14 November 2027. The deadline follows where the property is, not where you live. You may register early, including all your properties at once if they are in different regions. The register deadline checker gives the date for a postcode.

What this means for you

Say you let 2 houses in Coventry and 1 flat in Leeds. Coventry is in the West Midlands, so those 2 must be registered by 14 March 2027. Leeds is in Yorkshire and Humber, deadline 14 July 2027. If you register all 3 together, the full-year cost at £65 each is £195, and the Leeds flat renews on the same date as the first property. The first-year amounts may be lower because of pro-rating.

The cost of not registering is higher. When the rules come into force, councils can fine up to £7,000 for letting or marketing without active entries, or up to £40,000 where the conduct is an offence. Courts will not make most possession orders while you have no active entry, except on anti-social behaviour grounds 7A and 14. These parts are waiting for further commencement regulations, which had not been made on 16 October 2026.

Keep the receipt with your rental records. HMRC's general rule is that expenses wholly and exclusively for renting out the property can be deducted from rental income. Our guide to what expenses landlords can claim explains the rule.

Steps to budget for the fee

1. Count the properties you let on assured or regulated tenancies. Empty homes do not need registering yet.
2. Check each property's region and deadline.
3. Budget £65 a property for the first full year, and expect a pro-rated amount at first.
4. Register and pay for each property, then note its renewal date.
5. Recheck the fee on GOV.UK before each renewal, as it can change.

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