The Agent Blog - Goodlord (102)

Jun 18, 2019

Customer experience

Landlords

Short-term lets

Letting agents

Have you considered offering short-lets at your agency? Here's why you should

Offering both long and short-term lets has significantly enhanced a York agency’s proposition to landlords.

Jun 17, 2019

Compliance

Legislation

Your complete guide to the English Tenant Fees Ban

Your guide to the English Tenant Fees Act and what letting agents and landlords need to be know about how it affects rent, tenancy and holding deposits, default payments and payments for assignment, novation or variation of a tenancy and early termination of a tenancy.

Jun 17, 2019

Goodlord Group

Goodlord appoints Peter Knight as Non-Executive Director

Goodlord has appointed property expert and entrepreneur Peter Knight to its Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director.

Jun 11, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Referrals

3 ways your agency could get more referrals from your landlords and tenants

People trust recommendations from friends and family more than any other source, so here's three ways you can get more referrals from your landlords and your tenants.

Jun 10, 2019

Compliance

Training

How to stay compliant in lettings: Advice from a leading agency trainer

Letting agents who try to cut corners to save money in the face of increasing lettings legislation risk “getting into more trouble than they would have done before these changes,” says former ARLA Propertymark President Frances Burkinshaw.

Jun 5, 2019

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Average rent £901 nationally in May - Goodlord Rental Index

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

Jun 1, 2019

Customer experience

Landlords

Growth

Why new legislation has helped this agency win new landlords

Landlords should be reviewing the services offered by their current agents in light of the changing legislation, says the director of a specialist letting agency, who has seen legislation drive an increase in landlords.

May 31, 2019

Data

Rents

Affordability

Tenants

Living alone costs Brits over a third of their salaries

Renters living alone in the UK spend 36% of their income on rent, found research by Goodlord.

May 29, 2019

Compliance

Tenancy agreements

Legislation

How are your existing tenancies affected by the Tenant Fee Ban?

The Tenant Fees Act becomes law on 1st June 2019 and will apply to all assured shorthold tenancies agreed from this date. But what does this mean for your existing tenancy agreements?