The Agent Blog - Goodlord (81)

Feb 3, 2021

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Voids up but rents hold steady during January - Goodlord Rental Index

Rents are holding steady in the regions monitored by the Goodlord Rental Index, despite the slower pace of lettings at the beginning of the year.

Feb 1, 2021

Customer experience

Landlords

How you can help your landlords navigate new and changing legislation

Legislation is now one of the key drivers for landlords choosing to take up a letting agent's services. Showing how much you can do for landlords in this area could be the difference between bringing them on as let-only or fully managed, say agents in an extract from Goodlord's e-book "How to win new landlords in a challenging environment".

Jan 27, 2021

Covid-19

Business

Referencing

How Covid-19 has accelerated the digital evolution of referencing

The pandemic has exposed a number of shortcomings in traditional lettings industry processes, not least in referencing, with many agents now demanding more. Simon Tillyer of Vouch shares his view on how referencing has progressed in the past year.

Jan 25, 2021

Customer experience

Marketing

Growth

Letting agents

Christopher Watkin shares his tips for letting agents on winning more landlords

Christopher Watkin shares why letting agents should use newsletters, blogs, videos, and social media to win more landlords by providing information about their local property market.

Jan 13, 2021

Covid-19

Rent arrears of greater than six months exempt from evictions ban - including rent accrued since March 2020

The guidance for landlords and tenants during Covid-19 has been updated to make serious rent arrears "greater than 6 months' rent" exempt from the extended evictions ban in England - removing the stipulation that rent accrued since the start of the first lockdown in March 2020 could be discounted.

Jan 13, 2021

Marketing

Business

Starting an agency

Letting agents

3 tips to help make your new lettings agency a success

This agent made the decision to set up a new lettings agency, Cloverhill Properties, bringing together her in-depth knowledge around relationship building and implementing digital solutions to create an efficient business with unique selling points from the get-go.

Jan 11, 2021

Business

Section 21

Stamp duty

Lettings industry representatives give their predictions for 2021

2021 is a difficult year to plan for - but there are certain predictions that can be made based on the current state of play in the property market. Five experts share their prognosis for the coming 12 months.

Jan 6, 2021

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Lettings market remarkably resilient throughout December - Goodlord Rental Index

The cost of rent saw only minimal change in the regions monitored by Goodlord during December, with average void periods either improving or holding steady.

Jan 5, 2021

Covid-19

Update: Your guide to what the Tier 4 and third lockdown restrictions mean for letting agents and house moves

As under Tier 4 restrictions, the lettings industry can continue to operate during the third national lockdown in England. Letting agencies can "continue to work" and people are permitted to move home.