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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...

Act now!

Sep 9, 2019

Business

Acquisitions

Growth

Acquisitions are the fastest way to grow your managed portfolio, says this agency

Growth by acquisition has been the focus for a Luton agency, which has grown its managed portfolio from nothing to almost two hundred properties in just two years.

Sep 4, 2019

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Void periods at record lows in August - Goodlord Rental Index

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector in August 2019 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents, tenancy lengths, voidage periods and more, in the Goodlord Rental Index.

Sep 2, 2019

Goodlord Group

Goodlord updates product ahead of Welsh Tenant Fee Ban

Following the announcement from the government of the introduction of the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act, we've updated our platform to ensure our customers are compliant no matter where their tenancy is.

Aug 28, 2019

Compliance

Tenancy agreements

How to ensure your tenancy agreements are fair and meet your legal obligations

Letting agents need to be aware of their legal obligations around supplying prospective tenants with a copy of the agreement, and explaining what it means.

Aug 20, 2019

Business

Revenue

State of the Lettings Industry

Legislation

State of the Industry Report: 90% of agents predict drop in revenue post-Tenant Fees Act

Goodlord's first State of the Industry Report reveals how letting agents throughout the UK are feeling during a summer of massive change for the industry.

Aug 19, 2019

Business

Revenue

Management fees

3 simple ways to increase your management fees

Stop talking in percentages, change your mindset and invest more in finding great tenants, is one expert's advice for letting agents looking to increase their management fees.

Aug 15, 2019

Compliance

Wales

Legislation

Your complete guide to the Welsh Tenant Fee Ban

Your guide to the Renting Homes (Fees Etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 and its impact on rent, tenancy and holding deposits, default payments and more.

Aug 12, 2019

Compliance

Deposits

Legislation

Your guide to tenancy deposit law

There's more to tenancy deposit law than tenant deposit protection schemes (TDPs). You also need to make sure you're complying with deposit caps, and the legal timelines for providing prescribed information and returning the deposit at the end of a tenancy.

Aug 7, 2019

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents drop in five regions - Goodlord Rental Index

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector in July 2019 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents, tenancy lengths, voidage periods and more, in the Goodlord Rental Index.

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