The Agent Blog - Goodlord (79)

Apr 6, 2021

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents rise alongside incomes during March - Goodlord Rental Index

Each region monitored by Goodlord saw a rise in the average cost of rent during March, the first time we have seen such a uniform increase across England since July 2020.

Mar 31, 2021

Business

Referrals

Why you should actively seek out reviews and referrals from your landlords

Don't sit back and wait for your landlords to provide you with reviews and referrals. Make sure you're leveraging the loyalty you've earned by asking for a review and highlighting referral schemes.

Mar 25, 2021

Compliance

Client Money Protection

Letting agents must comply with client money protection legislation by 1 April 2021

Letting and property agents in England must belong to a client money protection scheme by 1 April 2021, when the two-year grace period comes to an end.

Mar 24, 2021

Data

Revenue

Students

Student rent revenues drop by 30% year on year

An analysis of 255,000 tenancies shows that revenues from student lets dropped by 30% in 2020, with the amount spent on student properties dropping from 12p in every £1 to just 8p between 2018/19 and 2020.

Mar 23, 2021

Data

Covid-19

12 months of Covid-19: The impact on the lettings market in numbers

Once lockdown came into effect on 23rd March 2020, the impact on the sector was swift, but the pace of activity appears to be increasing, pushing volumes much closer to those seen in 2020 before the pandemic hit.

Mar 22, 2021

Covid-19

Business

Stamp duty

Is it time to reform Stamp Duty?

Stamp Duty has been a hot topic in the property industry in recent months, with the government's Stamp Duty holiday announced in 2020 and its recent extension. So, is now the time to consider long-term reform? Paul Starkey, Chief Commercial Officer of Reapit, shares his thoughts.

Mar 18, 2021

Customer experience

Business

Referrals

Growth

How to leverage customer loyalty to win more business for your agency

Your agency can tap into positive sentiment from your landlords to help ensure their continued loyalty, encourage more take up of all the services that you have to offer, and win more instructions. Find out how, in this extract from "How to win more landlords in a challenging environment".

Mar 15, 2021

Business

Tenants

Insurance

Why agencies who don't offer tenants' insurance could be missing out on a valuable opportunity

Offering your tenants contents and liability insurance is an easy way to improve your bottom line and provide your tenants with more protection.

Mar 8, 2021

Business

GDPR

Referencing

How digital-first referencing helps ensure GDPR compliance

Referencing is a data-heavy process, gathering a lot of personal information for applicants. Using a digital-first referencing company, such as Vouch, helps to mitigate the risk of any GDPR compliance issues - as Beau Findlay, Software Development Lead at Vouch, explains.