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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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Feb 26, 2020

Customer experience

Landlords

Management fees

How your agency could benefit by offering landlords fully customisable packages

“We can be as flexible as the landlord wants us to be,” says the founder of a Northern lettings agency, where every single management package is fully customisable.

Feb 19, 2020

Customer experience

Landlords

Revenue

Property management

Meet the agency offering renovations alongside property management

Diversifying their service offering has allowed a Shrewsbury-based agency to provide their landlords with more value, while improving its bottom line.

Feb 17, 2020

Compliance

Anti-money laundering

What is customer due diligence and how do you apply it?

Customer due diligence means not only verifying that your customers are who they say they are, but also having an understanding of the purpose and intended nature of their relationship with your business.

Feb 12, 2020

Compliance

Energy efficiency standards

How could climate change affect your agency in the next decade?

Climate change regulations will likely have a significant impact on legislation of the private rented sector in the next few years, with Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards just the first in a series of regulations to help the UK reach net zero emissions.

Feb 11, 2020

Data

State of the Lettings Industry

Legislation

56% of letting agents optimistic about their future

Goodlord’s State of the Industry Report has revealed key insights revealing current levels of industry optimism.

Feb 6, 2020

Data

Void periods hold steady but rents dip in January rental market

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector in January 2020 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents, tenancy lengths, voidage periods and more, in the Goodlord Rental Index.

Feb 5, 2020

Goodlord Group

Goodlord State of the Industry report reveals fall-out from Tenant Fees Act

It was widely predicted that the ban on tenant fees would have a significant impact on many agencies’ revenues. The latest Goodlord survey results show that, six months on, this is bearing out.

Feb 3, 2020

Business

This agency says that 9 out of 10 of its referrals are a guaranteed instruction

A Hertford agency says that 90% of its referrals from its current landlords result in instructions, which make up over half of the agency's new instructions.

Feb 1, 2020

Data

Rents

Affordability

Movement

February is the cheapest month for renters to move house

An analysis conducted by Goodlord looked at thousands of lets from across the UK. The research revealed that the average monthly price of a UK rental property was cheapest in February.

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