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May 1 2026 - Renters' Right Act Commencement Day

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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 9, 2021

Tenants

Referencing

Viewings

Five steps to select the most suitable tenants before referencing

Letting agency Property Shop Yorkshire undergo an extensive pre-qualification process to find tenants suitable for their landlords' properties before referencing starts.

Jun 7, 2021

Goodlord Group

Vouch

Vouch launches Home Move Assistant to create new revenue streams for agents

Referencing company Vouch, which joined the Goodlord family under the umbrella of the Goodlord Group in 2020, has launched "Home Move Assistant", a new portal to help letting agents boost their revenue streams with commission-based services for tenants.

Jun 3, 2021

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Voids tumble as ‘summer of lettings’ swings into gear - Goodlord Rental Index

Voids are tumbling across the country and rents continue to be more resilient than predicted, shows the latest Goodlord Rental Index.

May 19, 2021

Goodlord Group

Paymentshield and Goodlord sign a five year partnership

Goodlord sets its sights on becoming UK’s biggest referencing business with a new five year partnership with General Insurance provider Paymentshield.

May 6, 2021

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents steady as incomes rise, but voids see a slow down in April - Goodlord Rental Index

There was little change to average rents in England in April 2021 showed the latest Goodlord Rental Index, but void periods rose in most areas of the country.

Apr 7, 2021

Compliance

RoPA

Sean Hooker on the Regulation of Property Agents: enforcement, costs, and timelines

What could enforcement, agency costs and a potential timeline for the Regulation of Property Agents look like? Sean Hooker, Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme, shared his expert view at a recent Goodlord webinar.

Apr 6, 2021

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents rise alongside incomes during March - Goodlord Rental Index

Each region monitored by Goodlord saw a rise in the average cost of rent during March, the first time we have seen such a uniform increase across England since July 2020.

Mar 31, 2021

Business

Referrals

Why you should actively seek out reviews and referrals from your landlords

Don't sit back and wait for your landlords to provide you with reviews and referrals. Make sure you're leveraging the loyalty you've earned by asking for a review and highlighting referral schemes.

Mar 24, 2021

Data

Revenue

Students

Student rent revenues drop by 30% year on year

An analysis of 255,000 tenancies shows that revenues from student lets dropped by 30% in 2020, with the amount spent on student properties dropping from 12p in every £1 to just 8p between 2018/19 and 2020.

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