The Agent Blog - Goodlord | The Goodlord team (44)

Feb 25, 2022

Compliance

Landlords

Infosheet

INFOSHEET: A landlord's practical guide to lettings legislation

Download and share this brochure covering the basics of lettings legislation, to help your landlords stay compliant when renting our their private rental properties.

Feb 24, 2022

Webinar

WEBINAR RECORDING: Court of Appeal decision: Authorised signatories and the Companies Act - with Robert Bolwell

The Court of Appeal handed down its decision in the case of Northwood Solihull v Fearn & Others, deciding that where a corporate landlord or agent is completing certain statutory forms, such documents do not have to be ‘executed’ in accordance with the formalities set out in Section 44 of the Companies Act 2006.

Feb 24, 2022

Compliance

Webinar

WEBINAR RECORDING: Court of Appeal decision: Authorised signatories and the Companies Act - with Robert Bolwell

The Court of Appeal handed down its decision in the case of Northwood Solihull v Fearn & Others, deciding that where a corporate landlord or agent is completing certain statutory forms, such documents do not have to be ‘executed’ in accordance with the formalities set out in Section 44 of the Companies Act 2006.

Feb 22, 2022

Compliance

Covid-19

Right to rent

IDVT

Right to rent: End date for temporary adjusted checks delayed until 30 September 2022

The government has delayed the end date for temporary adjusted right to rent checks to 30 September 2022 to give letting agents and landlords time to prepare for IDVT.

Feb 14, 2022

Compliance

IDSP

Right to rent

IDVT

Technology

Legislation

Your guide to the new digital right to rent checks for British and Irish citizens

From 6 April, landlords and agents will have the chance to use new digital service providers to conduct the English right to rent checks for British and Irish tenants.

Feb 14, 2022

Data

Goodlord Group

Rents

Referencing

Guarantors

Requests for rental guarantors rise 36% over four years

Goodlord's research shows a jump in the number of landlords asking prospective tenants to provide guarantor, rising by 36% over the past four years.

Feb 8, 2022

Goodlord Group

Rent Protection

Andrews Property Group signs three-year deal with Goodlord

Andrews Property Group, a leading agency group, has renewed its Goodlord contract until 2025, to continue benefiting from the award-winning lettings platform and its insurance products.

Feb 2, 2022

Compliance

Energy efficiency standards

Material information

Landlord register

Decent Homes Standard

Levelling Up White Paper

Section 21

Legislation

Your guide to the rental reforms proposed in the Levelling Up White Paper

The Decent Homes Standard, consulting on a national landlord register, strengthening redress for tenants, and abolishing Section 21 have all been addressed in the Levelling Up White Paper.

Feb 2, 2022

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents hit a 3-month high in January - Goodlord Rental Index

Average rental prices increased in January while void periods grew slightly after an unusually busy December, in the latest Goodlord Rental Index.