The Agent Blog - Goodlord (102)

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.

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.