Section 21 abolished for all tenancies
England · Effective 1 May 2026
Features
Four differentiators, then everything else you need.
Most landlord software is a filing cabinet. TheCora starts from the dates that cost you money if you miss them, then covers the day-to-day around them.
The Alert Engine
One engine watching every date-driven risk
Rather than a reminder bolted onto each module, TheCora runs a single cross-module engine. It scans compliance expiries, mortgage rate and ERC dates, licence renewals, deposit protection deadlines and Right to Rent recheck dates, then ranks what needs you first.
- Urgency bands: green 31–90 days, amber 8–30, red 7 days or overdue
- Runs on a schedule, not only when you open the app
- Re-fires a dismissed alert if its urgency escalates
- Email notifications with a lead time you choose — 7, 14, 30 or 60 days
Needs attention
Top 8 by urgency
Deposit protection deadlineNew tenancy · 7 Pike Lane3 days
Gas Safety (CP12) expires14 Bramley Road, Leeds6 days
Right to Rent recheckA. Okafor · 14 Bramley Road21 days
Mortgage rate expiry3 Wharf Court, Manchester27 days
Selective licence renewal88 Cotton Street, Salford63 days
Dismiss one and it stays dismissed — unless its urgency escalates, when it comes back.
Mortgage Command
The single most consequential date you manage
Rate expiry is the date that quietly costs portfolio landlords the most, and it is the one thing no competitor tracks. TheCora holds each property's mortgage — lender, rate, type, balance, monthly payment — and counts down to the moment your rate ends.
- Alerts at 90, 60, 30, 14 and 7 days before rate expiry
- Early repayment charge end dates tracked and alerted separately
- Buy-to-Let, Consent-to-Let and Residential, per property
- Read-only mortgage summary surfaced back on the property record
3 Wharf Court · Buy-to-Let
4.29% fixed
27 days
until rate expiry · 12 Sep 2026
90d
60d
30d
14d
7d
Alerts fire at each step, and again if the early repayment charge window closes first.
Compliance Alerts
Every certificate, with the document attached
Gas Safety (CP12), EICR, EPC, PAT, Legionella risk assessment, fire risk assessment, smoke and CO alarms — each with issue date, expiry, the engineer who signed it and the certificate itself. The grid is filterable by type and property and colour-coded by status.
- Alerts at 60, 30 and 7 days, escalating to overdue
- EPC band syncs to the property record automatically
- Provider and engineer details held alongside each certificate
- Filter across the whole portfolio: valid, due soon, expired
14 Bramley Road · Certificate grid
Gas Safety (CP12)6 days
EICRValid · 2029
EPCBand C
Legionella RA22 days
Fire Risk AssessmentValid
Smoke & CO AlarmValid
Licensing Hub
Council licensing treated as more than a checkbox
Mandatory HMO, additional and selective licences, each with its issuing authority, licence number and expiry — plus the full conditions text, which is where the obligations that actually catch landlords out are written.
- Mandatory HMO, additional and selective licences tracked separately
- Issuing authority recorded independently of council tax authority
- Conditions held as searchable free text, not a fixed field set
- Article 4 direction flagged on the property it affects
Mandatory HMO licence
88 Cotton Street
- Authority
- Salford City Council
- Licence no.
- HMO/24/00817
- Issued
- 14 Nov 2021
- Expires
- 13 Nov 2026
Conditions
Maximum 5 persons in 5 households. Interlinked mains-wired smoke detection to be maintained on all floors. Kitchen to provide not less than 2 sinks with drainers…
Searchable free text — not a yes/no field
Regulatory Feed
A maintained feed, aware of your jurisdiction
The Renters' Rights Act, Awaab's Law, MEES and EPC tightening, Rent Smart Wales, Scottish private residential tenancies. Entries are written and published by us, tagged by jurisdiction and effective date, and linked back to the official source.
- England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland tagged separately
- Every entry links to legislation.gov.uk, gov.uk or the relevant body
- Flagged where a change affects only certain property types, such as HMOs
- Latest three entries appear on your dashboard
Regulatory feed
Awaab’s Law hazard timescales extended to the PRS
England · Phasing in
Rent Smart Wales registration renewals
Wales · Ongoing
The latest three entries surface on your dashboard automatically.
Maintenance & Tenant Portal
One record, whoever reported it
Tenants are invited once by magic link, then sign in normally to view their tenancy and report issues. Their report becomes the same ticket you work from — no separate inbox, no re-keying.
- Issue, assigned, contractor, completed, invoice — one clear workflow
- Photos and priority on every ticket, from either side
- Contractor coordination opens a pre-filled email in your own client
- Landlord Preview lets you see exactly what a tenant sees
Ticket · Broken boiler · Urgent
14 Bramley Road
- 1Issue
- 2Assigned
- 3Contractor
- 4CompletedCurrent
- 5Invoice
When the invoice lands, log it as an expense in one tap.
Expenses
Built around the UK tax year, and Section 24
Expenses log per property against the 6 April to 5 April year, with a Self Assessment summary. Mortgage interest is handled correctly by default — not an allowable expense, but tracked separately as the basis for the Section 24 credit.
- Categories for mortgage interest, repairs, insurance, service charge, agent fees
- Allowable-for-tax defaults set per category, always overridable
- Log a maintenance invoice as an expense in one tap
- CSV export of any filtered view
Tax year 6 Apr 2026 – 5 Apr 2027
- Total expenses
- £14,280
- Allowable for tax
- £9,960
- Mortgage interest (S24 credit basis)
- £4,120
- Non-allowable
- £200
Export the filtered view to CSV for your accountant.
Every deadline in your portfolio, watched.
Add your properties, upload your certificates, and let TheCora tell you what needs attention — before it becomes a problem.