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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

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Sean Hooker: This cannot be allowed to continue

Nov 28, 2022

Business

Legislation

Sean Hooker: This cannot be allowed to continue

Sean Hooker shares his view on why now is the time for the private rented sector to pull together and act on raising housing standards.

PODCAST: How to navigate deposit disputes - with Hamilton Fraser

Nov 28, 2022

Business

Deposits

Podcast

Dispute

PODCAST: How to navigate deposit disputes - with HFIS

Suzy Hershman, Dispute Resolution Lead at HFIS, shares advice on how agents and landlords can help make the deposit dispute process easier for all parties involved.

Rising demand for insurance as economic uncertainties grow

Nov 25, 2022

Goodlord Group

Business

Tenants

Rent Protection

Insurance

Rising demand for insurance as economic uncertainties grow

Data from Goodlord and Vouch shows a year on year jump in the use of rent protection amongst letting agents.

Nov 23, 2022

Business

Letting agents

Generating reviews: A step-by-step guide for your agency

Sally Lawson, CEO and Founder of Agent Rainmaker, outlines her five steps to generating a healthy stock of positive reviews for your agency.

Nov 21, 2022

Landlords

Making Tax Digital

Tax

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: 4 key things your landlords need to know

From quarterly tax returns to a new points-based penalty system, here are four key things that your landlords need to know about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.

Nov 17, 2022

Making Tax Digital

Infosheet

INFOSHEET: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: A guide for landlords

The way your landlords file their income tax will change from April 2024. Download this free fact sheet to make them aware of what they need to prepare.

Nov 17, 2022

Landlords

Economy

Key takeaways for letting agents and landlords from the Autumn Budget 2022

From an extension of the energy price guarantee to a halved capital gains tax threshold, here's what landlords and letting agents need to know about the Autumn Budget 2022.

Nov 16, 2022

Compliance

Making Tax Digital

Tax

WEBINAR RECORDING: Making Tax Digital: How your agency can prepare - with Robert Bolwell

Robert Bolwell, Senior Partner at Dutton Gregory Solicitors, discusses how to avoid making errors in tax reporting and how your agency and landlords can prepare for the changes under Making Tax Digital.

Making Tax Digital webinar: How your agency can prepare for the changes

Nov 16, 2022

Compliance

Business

Making Tax Digital

Podcast

Tax

PODCAST: Making Tax Digital: How your agency can prepare for the changes - with Robert Bolwell

Robert Bolwell, Senior partner at Dutton Gregory joins Goodlord's CEO, William Reeve, to discuss how your agency can prepare for what's changing under the Making Tax Digital initiative.

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