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Mar 12, 2020

Covid-19

Remote working

Preparing your letting agency for the impact of Covid-19

It’s important that letting agents stay up to date with the latest guidance on the coronavirus (Covid-19) and put the appropriate plans in place to ensure their agencies can continue to operate with minimal impact on their businesses.

Mar 9, 2020

Goodlord Group

Goodlord raises £10 million to accelerate digitisation of renting

Goodlord has raised over £10m in a Series B funding round and plans to invest more resources in the development of its software.

Mar 5, 2020

Data

Voids

Rents

Legislation

Void periods inch downwards but rents reflect season

The latest Goodlord Rental Index has shown an encouraging decline in void rates during February. However, rents proved as expected for the season and dipped slightly across all but three regions monitored.

Feb 12, 2020

Compliance

Energy efficiency standards

How could climate change affect your agency in the next decade?

Climate change regulations will likely have a significant impact on legislation of the private rented sector in the next few years, with Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards just the first in a series of regulations to help the UK reach net zero emissions.

Feb 11, 2020

Data

State of the Lettings Industry

Legislation

56% of letting agents optimistic about their future

Goodlord’s State of the Industry Report has revealed key insights revealing current levels of industry optimism.

Feb 6, 2020

Data

Void periods hold steady but rents dip in January rental market

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

Feb 5, 2020

Goodlord Group

Goodlord State of the Industry report reveals fall-out from Tenant Fees Act

It was widely predicted that the ban on tenant fees would have a significant impact on many agencies’ revenues. The latest Goodlord survey results show that, six months on, this is bearing out.

Feb 1, 2020

Data

Rents

Affordability

Movement

February is the cheapest month for renters to move house

An analysis conducted by Goodlord looked at thousands of lets from across the UK. The research revealed that the average monthly price of a UK rental property was cheapest in February.

Jan 27, 2020

Customer experience

Tenants

Build-to-rent

Build-to-rent is setting the pace in tenant services

Letting agents and landlords will need to keep up with the lifestyle being offered to tenants by new build-to-rent developments in order to stay competitive in the coming decade.