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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

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Your guide to the Scottish rent caps and pause on evictions

Mar 28, 2024

Compliance

Rents

Landlords

Tenants

Rent controls

Economy

Scotland

Your guide to the Scottish rent cap and moratorium on evictions

The temporary Scottish rent cap and pause on evictions will lift on 1 April 2024. Here is everything to know about this legislation.

Nov 22, 2023

Business

Economy

Legislation

Autumn Budget 2023: 7 key takeaways for letting agents and landlords

The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has presented the Autumn Statement for 2023. Here’s what’s relevant to property professionals.

Jun 23, 2023

Business

Economy

How will the base rate increase affect your landlords?

The base rate has increased again to 5% - a bigger increase than anticipated and the 13th in a row - but what does this mean for your landlords and supply in the private rented sector?

May 22, 2023

Business

Economy

Letting agents

Christopher Watkin: 5 steps to get landlords to switch to your agency

Chris Watkin, Business Generation Guru for letting agents, outlines the five things your agency could be doing to attract landlords to you over your competitors.

Mar 15, 2023

Business

Economy

Legislation

Spring Budget 2023: 7 key takeaways for letting agents and landlords

The Chancellor has announced the UK will avoid a technical recession - and shared details of measures to give the economy a boost.

Nov 17, 2022

Landlords

Economy

Key takeaways for letting agents and landlords from the Autumn Budget 2022

From an extension of the energy price guarantee to a halved capital gains tax threshold, here's what landlords and letting agents need to know about the Autumn Budget 2022.

Nov 7, 2022

Business

Affordability

Stock

Economy

What can agents learn from the rental crisis in Ireland?

Ireland is facing a rental stock shortage, leading its government to assess the different routes it could take to help boost stock and incentivise landlords.

Nov 2, 2022

Business

Growth

Economy

How you can retain your agency's landlords into 2023 and beyond

The current economic landscape is causing uncertainty for all, not least landlords - and that's where letting agents come in, as Ricky Purdy, Director of Lettings at Dawsons, explains.

Oct 31, 2022

Business

Economy

Legislation

Sean Hooker: After the storm, smooth sailing for renters' reform?

Sean Hooker picks through recent events and outlines what they all mean for the property industry and rental reform at large.

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