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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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London city image of the financial district with the gherkin

Jan 20, 2023

Goodlord Group

Business

Stock

Goodlord acquires lettings platform Halo as expansion plans continue

Halo becomes the Goodlord Group's third acquisition in the rental technology sector, following Vouch in 2020 and acasa in 2021.

Jan 13, 2023

Energy efficiency

Rents

Landlords

Energy crisis

Tenants

Cost of living

Energy price cap

UPDATE: Your guide to the energy price guarantee and equivalent business support

The existing energy price guarantee has been extended for a further three months, until June 2023, helping save the typical household £160.

Jan 9, 2023

Compliance

Business

Landlords

Tenants

6 expert predictions for the lettings industry in 2023: From inflation to fraud

As the new year begins, here are six predictions from the lettings experts to help agents and landlords as they plan for 2023.

Jan 4, 2023

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Affordability

Rental market steady in December as demand stays high

The latest Rental Index from Goodlord shows the rental market remained steady while the average cost of rent slightly decreased.

Dec 22, 2022

Goodlord Group

Business

RentingDoneRight

Open letter to government addressing pressures on the private rented sector hits 300 signatures

The open letter to the government addressing the concerns of business leaders in the lettings industry, has now attracted more than 300 signatures.

Snowy weather chills rental market ahead of Christmas

Dec 22, 2022

Goodlord Group

Business

Movement

Snowy weather chills rental market ahead of Christmas

How did the snow affect the lettings market? Goodlord and Vouch's data has the answer.

Dec 19, 2022

Compliance

Landlords

Making Tax Digital

Making Tax Digital: Preparing your agency and your landlords

Landlords will have more time to prepare for the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax rules, as the government pushes back the deadline to April 2026.

Dec 14, 2022

Business

Webinar

WEBINAR RECORDING: Lettings predictions for 2023

A panel of experts - William Reeve, CEO at Goodlord, Peter Knight, Founder of Property Academy, and Greg Tsuman, Lettings Director at Martyn Gerrard - look forward to 2023 in the final webinar of the year.

Dec 14, 2022

Business

Podcast

PODCAST: Lettings predictions for 2023

Peter Knight, Founder of Property Academy, Greg Tsuman, Lettings Director at Martyn Gerrard, and Goodlord's CEO, William Reeve, analyse the events of 2022 and look ahead to what we can expect from the lettings industry in 2023.

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