The Agent Blog - Goodlord (46)

Jan 31, 2023

Compliance

Business

Podcast

PODCAST: Your agency's 2023 lettings and compliance checklist

Goodlord's founder and COO Tom Mundy welcomes Goodlord's Director of Tenancy Services, Rik Smith, and the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme, Sean Hooker, to talk through some of the changes on the horizon that will affect the lettings sector and how you can prepare for them.

Jan 30, 2023

Business

Energy efficiency standards

Material information

Legislation

Sean Hooker: What your agency should be preparing for the year ahead

Sean Hooker, Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme, explains the set of circumstances converging in the coming months that will affect the rental sector.

London city image of the financial district with the gherkin

Jan 25, 2023

Goodlord Group

Business

Stock

Alto announces new integration with Goodlord

The integration will enable customers to process a tenancy in just 90 seconds.

Jan 23, 2023

Business

Tax

Your guide to section 24 and its tax relief implications for landlords

Section 24 of the Finance Act 2015 places restrictions on the tax relief that landlords can receive on their finance costs - yet a petition calls for this measure to be reversed.

Jan 23, 2023

Business

Energy efficiency

Energy crisis

Energy efficiency and the extra safeguard against rent arrears

Rik Smith, Goodlord's Director of Tenancy Services, outlines key energy market and energy efficiency takeaways for letting agents and landlords in 2023.

Jan 23, 2023

Business

Podcast

PODCAST: A 2023 energy update for letting agents and landlords - with Rik Smith

Rik Smith, Director of Tenancy Services at Goodlord, shares insights on the energy market in 2023, and takes a look at some of the government proposals in the works for improving energy efficiency in private rented properties.

Jan 20, 2023

Goodlord Group

Business

Stock

Goodlord acquires lettings platform Halo as expansion plans continue

Halo becomes the Goodlord Group's third acquisition in the rental technology sector, following Vouch in 2020 and acasa in 2021.

Jan 18, 2023

Business

Sales

The housing market: Trends and predictions for 2023

Predictions abound as to the state of the housing market in 2023 - so here are six of the top trends and predictions for the year.

Jan 16, 2023

Business

EPC ratings

Is the private rented sector ready for changing EPC rules?

From 2025, all newly-rented properties are expected to need an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of C or above. How prepared are landlords for the change? Rik Smith, Goodlord's Director of Tenancy Services, shares his view.