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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

Act now before it is too late...

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Mar 13, 2023

Compliance

Rent controls

Rent freeze

What happens to the Scottish rent freeze from April 2023?

The rent freeze and moratorium on evictions in Scotland is changing from April 2023.

Mar 2, 2023

Compliance

Legislation

Who's liable for property compliance in a rent-to-rent contract?

The Rakusen v Jepsen final court ruling is in - and it places the responsibility of the rent repayment order on the immediate landlord, not the property owning landlord.

Mar 1, 2023

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Affordability

Rents rise and voids plummet as market shifts up a gear

February sees voids drop, rents rise and salaries stay high.

Feb 28, 2023

Compliance

Business

Tenants

What will the new consumer protection review of the rental sector address?

The Competition and Markets Authority will probe housebuilding and consumer protection in the rented sector in a new market study and research project.

Feb 27, 2023

Goodlord Group

RentTech

Goodlord maps ever expanding world of RentTech with new ‘supergraphic’

Say hello to RentTech. Goodlord outlines, for the first time, 100+ companies that help agents, landlords and four million private renters across the UK.

Feb 27, 2023

Compliance

Making Tax Digital

Q&A

Legislation

Q&A: 7 of your top lettings legislation questions answered

A recent Goodlord webinar highlighted some audience questions around upcoming lettings legislation - and here's what the experts had to say in response.

Feb 27, 2023

Compliance

Right to rent

Landlords

Do your landlords understand right to rent checks?

A government report highlights how landlords currently engage with right to rent checks. Here's a breakdown of what letting agents need to know.

Feb 22, 2023

Business

Renting Done Right

PODCAST: What can agents do about unsustainable pressures in the private rental sector?

Megan Eighteen, Business Development Manager at Haslams, and Robert Bolwell, Senior Partner at Dutton Gregory, joined Goodlord's CEO, William Reeve, to discuss what agents can do about unsustainable pressure in the private rental sector.

Feb 20, 2023

Business

Short-term lets

Tax

Short-term let rules: Retrospective changes and delayed deadlines

Short-term lets in England, Scotland, and Wales face new and proposed regulation in the coming months - here's a breakdown of what to expect.

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