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May 1 2026 - Renters' Right Act Commencement Day

You have 0 days to:

Serve any final Section 21 notices

Stop accepting above-asking rent offers

Prepare for the rental bidding ban

Remove “No DSS” from adverts

Remove “No Children” from listings

Show one clear rent price

Stop using fixed-term agreements

Switch to periodic tenancy templates

Check which tenancies go periodic

Stop taking rent before signing

Take no more than one month’s rent

Move all evictions to Section 8

Train staff on new notice rules

Create Section 13 process flow

Add two months to rent reviews

File court claims for Section 21s

Update landlord move-in grounds

Update landlord selling grounds

Send the RRA Information Sheet

Create written terms where missing

Update How to Rent processes

Review tenant screening questions

Update pet request processes

Stop backdating rent increases

Discuss rent protection backbooks

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Jun 26, 2019

Compliance

Energy efficiency

Rent controls

Short-term lets

Build-to-rent

Global renting round-up: Rent controls, an Airbnb backlash and build-to-rent

We round up the biggest stories from the private rented sector around the world, visiting Europe, the US, Canada and Australasia.

Jun 25, 2019

Compliance

Landlord register

Licensing

Selective licensing should be retained and a register of landlords created, says review

Selective licensing schemes should be retained but could be improved with introduction of a national register of landlords, along with a number of other recommendations from an independent review of the schemes' effectiveness.

Jun 24, 2019

Customer experience

Tenants

Revenue

Why tenants can still be valuable customers - even since the Tenant Fee Ban

You can still charge tenants for additional services, as long as the decision to take up these services is optional, and tenants will pay for services that will make their lives easier.

Jun 18, 2019

Customer experience

Landlords

Short-term lets

Letting agents

Have you considered offering short-lets at your agency? Here's why you should

Offering both long and short-term lets has significantly enhanced a York agency’s proposition to landlords.

Jun 11, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Referrals

3 ways your agency could get more referrals from your landlords and tenants

People trust recommendations from friends and family more than any other source, so here's three ways you can get more referrals from your landlords and your tenants.

Jun 10, 2019

Compliance

Training

How to stay compliant in lettings: Advice from a leading agency trainer

Letting agents who try to cut corners to save money in the face of increasing lettings legislation risk “getting into more trouble than they would have done before these changes,” says former ARLA Propertymark President Frances Burkinshaw.

Jun 1, 2019

Customer experience

Landlords

Growth

Why new legislation has helped this agency win new landlords

Landlords should be reviewing the services offered by their current agents in light of the changing legislation, says the director of a specialist letting agency, who has seen legislation drive an increase in landlords.

May 29, 2019

Compliance

Tenancy agreements

Legislation

How are your existing tenancies affected by the Tenant Fee Ban?

The Tenant Fees Act becomes law on 1st June 2019 and will apply to all assured shorthold tenancies agreed from this date. But what does this mean for your existing tenancy agreements?

May 22, 2019

Business

Landlords

Acquisitions

Growth

Expansion through acquisition is "worth the risk" for agencies who want to grow

Purchasing another agency is a complicated process, but can help you achieve growth much quicker if managed well, says a Joint Venture partner at a student accommodation provider that's expanded nationwide.

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