The Agent Blog - Goodlord | The Goodlord team (52)

Nov 2, 2020

Compliance

RoPA

Regulation of Property Agents: Creating a younger industry?

In this excerpt from our latest e-book, "Your guide to lettings and the law, Vol II", the move towards regulation of estate and letting agents has progressed in 2020, with a consultation on the Code of Practice - and agents are looking ahead to the changes the regulation may bring to the industry.

Oct 20, 2020

Goodlord Group

Technology

Referencing

Goodlord adds facial recognition technology as part of referencing revamp

Goodlord customers will now be able to use a bank-grade authentication service that uses facial recognition to match photos of applicants to the photo on their ID as part of its revamped referencing service.

Oct 19, 2020

Covid-19

Possessions

ARLA Propertymark Q&A: Managing Covid-19's continued impact on the possession process

A legal expert for ARLA Propertymark answers letting agents' questions on kickstarting the possession process for stayed cases, how long it could take for cases to be heard, accelerated procedures, notice periods for arrears, and more.

Oct 16, 2020

Covid-19

Rents

Section 8

Possessions

ARLA Propertymark legal expert says landlords can serve Section 8 notice twice, if needed

Robert Bolwell, Senior Partner at Dutton Gregory, which manages the ARLA Propertymark Legal Helpline, said letting agents and landlords should consider serving a second Section 8 notice if rental arrears accrue to more than six months of missed payments.

Oct 6, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Voids reassuringly steady despite movement in rents - Goodlord Rental Index

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector for September 2020 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents and voidage periods, in the Goodlord Rental Index.

Sep 30, 2020

Data

Covid-19

Affordability

State of the Lettings Industry

1 in 4 tenants concerned about paying the rent, survey of tenants reveals

A quarter of tenants have either missed rental payments, had to make alternative arrangements to pay their rent, or are concerned about paying their rent in the future, found our survey of 2,750 tenants for our State of the Industry Report.

Sep 14, 2020

Data

Covid-19

Business

State of the Lettings Industry

Optimism about future of lettings increases following pandemic - State of the Industry report

Property professionals are feeling more optimistic about the lettings sector than they were at the outset of 2020, despite the challenges of Covid-19, shows Goodlord's State of the Industry Report for Summer 2020.

Sep 7, 2020

Goodlord Group

Goodlord and Reapit announce new software integration to further simplify tenancy creation

Goodlord has announced the integration of its award-winning lettings software with Reapit, the industry’s leading property management software provider, to further streamline the lettings process for agents.

Sep 4, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Voids settle but rents on the rise as market starts to steady - Goodlord Rental Index

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector for August 2020 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents, tenancy lengths, voidage periods and more, in the Goodlord Rental Index.