The Agent Blog - Goodlord | Compliance (22)

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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

Act now before it is too late...

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Apr 1, 2019

Compliance

EPC ratings

Energy efficiency standards

Client Money Protection

CMP and EPCs: Your guide to two major legislation changes for lettings agents

Client Money Protection (CMP) is now mandatory, and there have also been changes to the energy efficiency regulations, which could impact your landlords.

Jan 24, 2019

Compliance

Revenue

Management fees

Legislation

ARLA CEO David Cox urges letting agents to prepare for Tenant Fee Ban

David Cox emphasised the extent of the penalties for not complying with the new legislation at our webinar on the Tenant Fee Ban.

Jan 23, 2019

Compliance

WEBINAR: ARLA's David Cox answers questions on the Tenant Fee Ban

We were delighted to host the second in a series of webinars with ARLA CEO David Cox, focusing on the impact of the Tenant Fee Ban when it comes into law on 1 June 2019 and how letting agents need to prepare for this.

Jan 16, 2019

Compliance

Legislation

ARLA CEO David Cox answers questions on the Tenant Fee Ban

ARLA CEO David Cox will be answering more questions from letting agents on the June 1st Tenant Fee Ban during his second webinar with Goodlord.

Jan 9, 2019

Compliance

Technology

Referencing

Revenue

Viewings

5 predictions for the future of PropTech

What role will PropTech play for letting agents in 2019? We predict it could help with everything from referencing to compliance... and perhaps even see viewings go virtual.

Nov 14, 2018

Compliance

Suppliers

Technology

Referencing

Time saving

What is the key to an efficient pre-tenancy process?

Technology can transform the lettings experience for both tenants and landlords - while reducing the amount of manual administration for agents.

Nov 5, 2018

Compliance

Data

Affordability

Legislation

Poorest areas of the country could pay more as a result of the Tenant Fees Bill

Goodlord analysed 30,000 tenancies to assess whether it is possible for the Tenant Fees Bill to deliver on its objective of helping renters across England and Wales - and found the impact would be minimal.

Oct 22, 2018

Compliance

Business

Growth

Legislation

Letting agents think the fee ban could wipe out rogue agents

The "unregulated market could fall away" as a result of the Tenant Fee Ban, leaving the best agencies to rise to the top and improving the industry overall.

Oct 16, 2018

Compliance

Business

Landlords

Growth

Increase in lettings legislation could help agents to win more instructions

Landlords will need more advice and support from letting agents in order to navigate the increasing compliance required to rent out a property.

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