The Agent Blog - Goodlord (73)

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.

Aug 9, 2021

Customer experience

Energy efficiency

Sales

Landlords

Buy-to-let

How to show your landlords that buy-to-let is still a good investment

With stock levels low for many, it's vital you're able to advise your landlords on why the property market is still a good investment. Build a stronger talk track with these five things you need to know about buy-to-let trends, opportunities, and shifting priorities.

Aug 4, 2021

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

The rental market sees ‘record breaking’ July as demand surges - Goodlord Rental Index

The lettings market in England experienced a hugely busy July, with rents up and voids down across the board, as demand for rental properties goes from strength to strength.

Aug 2, 2021

Compliance

Deposits

Tenancy agreements

Sean Hooker: Joint Several Tenancy Agreements and deposit protection

A recent county court case involving a Joint Several Tenancy Agreement (JSTA) could have wider ramifications for deposit protection schemes, writes Sean Hooker.

Jul 30, 2021

Business

Recruitment & retention

Stamp duty

What can letting agents learn from the stamp duty frenzy?

The stamp duty holiday fuelled one of the best sales markets in over a decade, but the coming months and years look set to be dominated by steady growth in demand for lettings. The crucial question is whether the industry has learnt from the sales frenzy how to handle this rising tide of lettings demand.