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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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Nov 3, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents down and voids increase as market cools across UK - Goodlord Rental Index

October proved a slower month for the UK rental market, with the average cost of rent decreasing and void periods increasing in all regions monitored by Goodlord.

Oct 6, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Voids reassuringly steady despite movement in rents - Goodlord Rental Index

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

Sep 30, 2020

Data

Covid-19

Affordability

State of the Lettings Industry

1 in 4 tenants concerned about paying the rent, survey of tenants reveals

A quarter of tenants have either missed rental payments, had to make alternative arrangements to pay their rent, or are concerned about paying their rent in the future, found our survey of 2,750 tenants for our State of the Industry Report.

Sep 14, 2020

Data

Covid-19

Business

State of the Lettings Industry

Optimism about future of lettings increases following pandemic - State of the Industry report

Property professionals are feeling more optimistic about the lettings sector than they were at the outset of 2020, despite the challenges of Covid-19, shows Goodlord's State of the Industry Report for Summer 2020.

Sep 4, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Voids settle but rents on the rise as market starts to steady - Goodlord Rental Index

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

Aug 5, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rental market continues to enjoy bumper summer - Goodlord Rental Index

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

Jul 20, 2020

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Hybrid work

Remote working

47% of agents say they want more flexibility to work remotely in a Goodlord poll

Almost half of agents want their agencies' cultures to shift to one of increased remote work, found a poll by Goodlord.

Jul 2, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents up and voids down as lettings market caters to unprecedented demand

Goodlord's Lettings Activity Tracker and latest Rental Index show a continuation of the strong demand seen since restrictions on moving home were lifted, and rent increases nearly across the board.

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.

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