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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

Act now before it is too late...

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Oct 2, 2023

Pets

Infosheet

INFOSHEET: Quick guide to proposals to allow pets in lets

New rules under the Renters (Reform) Bill will make it easier for tenants to keep pets. Here's a free, downloadable overview of how it could work for your landlords.

Estate agent showing around potential tenants

Sep 28, 2023

Business

Podcast

PODCAST: Are you an above average letting agent?

What is it like being a letting agent in 2023? A panel of experts joined this webinar recording to share their experiences and insights.

Sep 25, 2023

EPC ratings

Landlords

Why things are looking up for landlords

After recent announcements, is the future looking brighter for landlords and letting agents? Oli Sherlock, Goodlord's Director of Insurance, shares his thoughts.

Sep 25, 2023

Data

Business

Growth

Renewals

How you can win more landlords using data

Data can help make estate and letting agents more efficient, demonstrate concrete value to customers, and help you make more informed business decisions.

Sep 20, 2023

Compliance

EPC ratings

Future energy efficiency requirements to ease for landlords

Rishi Sunak has announced that the government's plans to amend EPC rating requirements for properties and ban gas boilers will be watered down for homeowners and landlords.

Your guide to the possession action process

Sep 20, 2023

Compliance

Section 21

Section 8

Possessions

Legislation

Your guide to the possession action process

Letting agents or landlords seeking possession of a property need to follow strict guidance to stay compliant and resolve the situation fairly with their tenants, where possible.

Sep 18, 2023

Compliance

8 compliance updates you and your landlords need to know

Since its summer recess, the government has been busy updating guidance and releasing its plans for future legislation that affects lettings compliance. Here's an overview.

Sep 18, 2023

Compliance

Landlords

Sean Hooker: How agents and landlords can plan for the rest of the year

Sean Hooker, Head of the Property Redress Scheme, outlines 12 things that landlords and letting agents need to consider, to help them through 2023.

Sep 14, 2023

Compliance

Podcast

PODCAST: What English agents can learn from Scotland and Wales

Ricky Purdy from Dawsons and Kevin Davidson-Hall with the Property Franchise Group joined Goodlord's Trilly Martin to share what English letting agents can learn from the experiences of Scotland and Wales under new systems of tenancy law.

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