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1st May 2026 - Renter’s 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...

Act now!

Jun 9, 2020

Data

State of the Lettings Industry

Pre-tenancy admin "painful" for almost half of property professionals

Pre-tenancy administration is proving time-consuming for many property professionals, with almost half of agents saying it took them more than three hours to complete in a survey of the lettings industry by Goodlord.

Jun 8, 2020

Covid-19

UPDATE: Six-month notice period comes into law and "winter truce" on evictions announced

Landlords will need to give tenants six months notice if they intend to regain possession of their property and no tenants will be evicted over Christmas.

Jun 8, 2020

Customer experience

Covid-19

Training

Meet the agency doing crisis training to “be there for people, first and foremost”

Ensuring all senior managers are well-equipped to advise tenants on the financial support available was one measure E Property Agent took to counter the impact of the coronavirus.

How to get to know your customer better and boost your agency's marketing success

Jun 4, 2020

Customer experience

Marketing

Business

How to get to know your customer better and boost your agency's marketing success

Boost your agency's marketing with buyer personas, content, and a more flexible approach, and start winning more business.

Jun 3, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

UK rental market bounces back as restrictions lift shows latest data

Goodlord's Lettings Activity Tracker and latest Rental Index show a remarkable bounce back in lettings activity since restrictions around moving house were lifted in mid-May.

Jun 2, 2020

Covid-19

Landlords

Landlords' top concerns and how to address them during COVID-19

Legislation and tax, property repairs and damage, and managing void periods are among the top concerns of landlords for the year ahead, in addition to the impact of the pandemic on rent payments.

Jun 1, 2020

Compliance

Electrical Safety Standards

Property management

Legislation

Your guide to the new regulations for Electrical Safety Standards

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 came into force on 1 June 2020 and require five-yearly inspections of electrical installations and inspection reports to be supplied to tenants.

Jun 1, 2020

Covid-19

Property management

Your guide to inspections, repairs, and gas safety checks in the post-lockdown period

Letting agents, landlords and contractors can now visit tenants’ homes to carry out a range of essential and non-essential work or maintenance, as long as they are following the guidance on working in people’s homes.

Jun 1, 2020

Business

Contingency planning and “steep learning curves” part of this agency’s pandemic response

Contingency planning has meant a smooth transition to home work for this agency - and a culture of training has helped it adapt to respond to the needs of its tenants and landlords.

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