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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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Oct 26, 2022

Marketing

Business

Revenue

Management fees

How can your agency stay ahead of lettings changes?

Sally Lawson, CEO and Founder of Agent Rainmaker, shares some tips on how you can boost your managed portfolio and help future proof your agency.

Dec 13, 2021

Business

Rent Protection

Revenue

Management fees

Is this the top way to increase your property management fee in 2022?

There is one simple reason behind why Goodlord has seen some agents increase their management fee by 2% on average, and that's a strong rent protection service offered as part of their property management package.

Nov 29, 2021

Business

Renewals

Revenue

Management fees

5 ways that renewals and fixed-term contracts can boost your agency's revenue

How can your agency generate revenue and save costs by renewing your landlord's tenants onto a fixed-term tenancy? Emily Popple, Head of Customer Success, explains.

May 18, 2021

Business

Revenue

Management fees

Letting agents

6 ways to increase your lettings agency's profits

Letting agents wanting to grow their businesses profits could benefit from these six tips from Agent Rainmaker’s Sally Lawson, CEO and Founder, and Kate Gregory, Chief Customer Officer.

Apr 19, 2021

Business

Rent collection

Management fees

Property management

Get property management right and watch your business prosper, says Martyn Gerrard

Innovative estate and letting agency, Martyn Gerrard, stepped up its full property management offering to clients two years ago, using rent protection insurance to bolster the value of its proposition to its loyal customers. In doing so, it ensured a continuous flow of income and new business throughout the pandemic.

Apr 13, 2021

Business

Growth

Management fees

3 ways to upsell landlords from let-only to your fully managed service

Hamilton Fraser's Paul Shamplina and Goodlord's Director of Insurance Oli Sherlock share their top tips for making sure landlords choose your fully managed service.

Feb 26, 2020

Customer experience

Landlords

Management fees

How your agency could benefit by offering landlords fully customisable packages

“We can be as flexible as the landlord wants us to be,” says the founder of a Northern lettings agency, where every single management package is fully customisable.

Nov 11, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Technology

Recruitment & retention

Management fees

Why taking a team-based approach to clients is this agency's key to success

Traditional estate agents weren't client-focused and were riddled with inefficiencies, says the founder of London's Madley Property, so he decided to start one of his own and try a different way of doing things.

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.

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