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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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Aug 31, 2021

Business

Technology

Viewings

6 ways to take your virtual viewings to the next level

Virtual viewings gathered pace during the pandemic and they're showing no signs of slowing down. Here are six ways to get the most from your virtual viewings and secure more tenants with less work.

Aug 26, 2021

Compliance

Covid-19

Right to rent

UPDATED: Government extends remote right to rent checks until 5 April 2022

Covid-adjusted right to rent checks will remain in place until 5 April 2022, when the government will look to introduce a permanent online solution for carrying out right to rent checks remotely for all nationalities.

Aug 25, 2021

Landlords

Buy-to-let

Movement

Reapit: Is the buy-to-let outlook improving for landlords?

Landlord confidence is on the rise and tenant demand is high. Does this mean a shift towards a more optimistic outlook in the buy-to-let market?

Aug 24, 2021

Goodlord Group

Technology

Time saving

The Lomond Group partners with Goodlord to protect its landlords and streamline its processes

The Lomond Group is proud to announce that it has partnered with Goodlord to streamline lettings processes across the group's brands.

Aug 23, 2021

Customer experience

Tenants

Referencing

Progress lets faster in four steps [+ download a free tenant moving guide]

Letting your tenants know what to expect from the pre-tenancy tenancy process will help them move through it faster. Here are four areas you can advise them on plus a downloadable guide to moving home for your tenants, to help them speed through the rental process.

Aug 23, 2021

Compliance

Rent controls

Vouch: Is rent control around the corner for London - and the rest of England?

Estate and letting agents and their landlords need to know that the question of rent control is back on the agenda for London - with a template that could be expanded to the rest of England and Wales.

Aug 18, 2021

Data

Voids

Rents

Students

Student lets yield high rents as university term draws near - Goodlord analysis

An analysis of 5,000 student lets processed through the Goodlord platform between January 2021 and July 2021, shows the student rental market recorded a huge boost in the cost of rent for tenancies that began during July.

Aug 11, 2021

Customer experience

Covid-19

Rents

Tenants

The furlough scheme is nearly over and rent arrears are high - what now for your tenants?

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has started to wind down - so what levels of arrears will this leave in the aftermath and what financial support is still available for your agency's and landlord's tenants in England, Scotland and Wales?

Aug 9, 2021

Covid-19

UPDATED: Notice periods for rent arrears of less than four months reduced to two months

Notice periods for cases where there are rent arrears of less than four months have reduced to two months in England from 1 August 2021, with the notice period for arrears of more than four months remaining at four weeks.

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