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May 1 2026 - Renters' Right Act Commencement Day

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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

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Sep 13, 2019

Compliance

Section 21

Section 8

RoPA

David Cox

Letting agents need to make voices heard on Section 21, says ARLA Propertymark CEO

ARLA Propertymark CEO David Cox is urging letting agents to participate in the consultation on the repeal of Section 21.

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 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.

Your guide to the Regulation of Property Agents Report (RoPA)

Jul 23, 2019

Compliance

RoPA

Licensing

Your guide to the Regulation of Property Agents Report (RoPA) [+ video]

Recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents Report (RoPA) could signal the beginning a new era for estate agents and letting agents alike.

Jul 8, 2019

Compliance

Legislation

Welsh agencies bracing for impact of Tenant Fee Ban

Wales is the next country to be hit by a ban on tenant fees, when new legislation comes into effect on 1st September 2019.

Jun 26, 2019

Compliance

Energy efficiency

Rent controls

Short-term lets

Build-to-rent

Global renting round-up: Rent controls, an Airbnb backlash and build-to-rent

We round up the biggest stories from the private rented sector around the world, visiting Europe, the US, Canada and Australasia.

Jun 25, 2019

Compliance

Landlord register

Licensing

Selective licensing should be retained and a register of landlords created, says review

Selective licensing schemes should be retained but could be improved with introduction of a national register of landlords, along with a number of other recommendations from an independent review of the schemes' effectiveness.

Jun 17, 2019

Compliance

Legislation

Your complete guide to the English Tenant Fees Ban

Your guide to the English Tenant Fees Act and what letting agents and landlords need to be know about how it affects rent, tenancy and holding deposits, default payments and payments for assignment, novation or variation of a tenancy and early termination of a tenancy.

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