The Agent Blog - Goodlord (101)

Your guide to the Regulation of Property Agents Report (RoPA)

Jul 23, 2019

Compliance

RoPA

Licensing

Your guide to the Regulation of Property Agents Report (RoPA) [+ video]

Recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents Report (RoPA) could signal the beginning a new era for estate agents and letting agents alike.

Jul 19, 2019

Goodlord Group

Goodlord expands offering to include Corporate Lets

Corporate let tenancies are now available to process through Goodlord, helping agents to streamline their processes and maximise efficiencies.

Jul 15, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Landlords

Revenue

Management fees

How this agency charges management fees of almost 20% while others are dropping their fees

Landlords are opting to pay 18% of their rental income for a Surrey agency's comprehensive, top-tier management service.

Jul 8, 2019

Compliance

Legislation

Welsh agencies bracing for impact of Tenant Fee Ban

Wales is the next country to be hit by a ban on tenant fees, when new legislation comes into effect on 1st September 2019.

Jul 5, 2019

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents rise in four regions, but drop 6% in South East - Goodlord Rental Index

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

Jul 1, 2019

Customer experience

Tenants

Build-to-rent

"You have to think of today's tenants as tomorrow's landlords": the importance of tenant experience

Providing your tenants with a good experience could be crucial to your business in the future, says Nicholas Edwards of Gibbs Gillespie.

Jun 26, 2019

Compliance

Energy efficiency

Rent controls

Short-term lets

Build-to-rent

Global renting round-up: Rent controls, an Airbnb backlash and build-to-rent

We round up the biggest stories from the private rented sector around the world, visiting Europe, the US, Canada and Australasia.

Jun 25, 2019

Compliance

Landlord register

Licensing

Selective licensing should be retained and a register of landlords created, says review

Selective licensing schemes should be retained but could be improved with introduction of a national register of landlords, along with a number of other recommendations from an independent review of the schemes' effectiveness.

Jun 24, 2019

Customer experience

Tenants

Revenue

Why tenants can still be valuable customers - even since the Tenant Fee Ban

You can still charge tenants for additional services, as long as the decision to take up these services is optional, and tenants will pay for services that will make their lives easier.