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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

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May 10, 2019

Data

Affordability

Tenants

One in five tenants need a guarantor to rent

Goodlord analysed 55,000 tenants who applied for a property through our platform and found that 20% cannot rent without a guarantor.

May 7, 2019

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Affordability

Void periods averaging three weeks throughout England and Wales - Goodlord Rental Index

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector in April 2019 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents, tenancy lengths, voidage periods and more, in the Goodlord Rental Index.

May 2, 2019

Compliance

David Cox

Legislation

Updated: Q&A on the Tenant Fee Ban with ARLA CEO David Cox

David Cox provides detailed answers to questions from letting agents from around the country about the Tenant Fee Ban.

May 2, 2019

Compliance

David Cox

Legislation

“There are no loopholes,” says ARLA CEO David Cox on the Tenant Fees Act

The ARLA CEO has reiterated the severe penalties that letting agents will face if they are found to have breached the new legislation from 1st June.

May 1, 2019

Compliance

David Cox

Legislation

WEBINAR: The Tenant Fee Ban - one month to go

This morning we hosted the third in a series of webinars with ARLA CEO David Cox, focusing on the impact of the Tenant Fee Ban.

Apr 26, 2019

Business

Landlords

Growth

Revenue

Management fees

Why 99% of landlords opted in when this agency increased their management fees

How did one lettings and property management agency in the North increase their management fees with almost no objections from their landlords? By offering them even more value for money.

Apr 23, 2019

Compliance

Business

Revenue

Legislation

Full implications of the Tenant Fee Ban still unknown, making adaptability crucial

“You need to be able to adapt very quickly to changing market conditions,” says one lettings director, whose agency is exploring new avenues to help them overcome the Tenant Fee Ban.

Apr 15, 2019

Customer experience

Suppliers

Tenants

Technology

An AI-powered virtual assistant could help agencies qualify potential tenants faster

Tenants are making more enquiries online, outside of standard office hours, and agencies need to be able to respond and qualify them faster, says the founder of a virtual assistant for agents.

Apr 11, 2019

Customer experience

Tenants

Build-to-rent

Long-term leases only the residents can break "a step forward" for renters

“We will never break the contract - we’ll let them stay as long as they want,” says the founder and managing director of a residential property management company.

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