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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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Sean Hooker: The heat is on for lettings legislation and governance

Jul 27, 2022

Compliance

Material information

Fairer Private Rented Sector White Paper

Legislation

Sean Hooker: The heat is on for lettings legislation and governance

As temperatures peak across Great Britain, preparations for the Renters' Reform Bill continue apace despite government turmoil, says Sean Hooker.

How could your agency benefit from the changing material information rules?

Jul 19, 2022

Business

Material information

How could your agency benefit from the changing material information rules?

Tara Sparrow, Sales Director at Reapit, outlines how changing material information rules could be a good thing for estate and letting agents.

4 ways to prepare your agency for the new material information rules

May 23, 2022

Compliance

Material information

Property listings

4 ways to prepare your agency for the new material information rules [+ podcast]

Estate and letting agents need to start preparing for the new material information rules. Here's Sean Hooker, Property Redress Scheme, to share some advice on where to start.

What you need to know about material information rules, redress, and more

May 9, 2022

Compliance

Material information

Redress

Podcast

PODCAST: What you need to know about material information rules, redress, and more - with Sean Hooker

In this Newsagent podcast episode, Sean Hooker, Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme shares his expertise on the new material information rules and redress, why they're important - and how agents can prepare for the upcoming changes. Plus, he gives an overview of the results of the Property Redress Scheme's latest annual report, covering what the number of complaints tells us about the industry and more.

Price on application 'likely to constitute a criminal offence'

May 5, 2022

Compliance

Material information

Price on application 'likely to constitute a criminal offence'

The use of "price on application" in property listings is "likely to be misleading", according to the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team and the Competition and Markets Authority.

Why agents don't need to fear new material disclosure rules

Feb 28, 2022

Compliance

EPC ratings

Material information

Levelling Up White Paper

Sean Hooker: Why agents don't need to fear new material disclosure rules

The National Trading Standards has announced the first step in introducing new material disclosure rules, on what agents and landlords should include in property listings. Sean Hooker, Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme, shares the story so far.

Feb 2, 2022

Compliance

Energy efficiency standards

Material information

Landlord register

Decent Homes Standard

Levelling Up White Paper

Section 21

Legislation

Your guide to the rental reforms proposed in the Levelling Up White Paper

The Decent Homes Standard, consulting on a national landlord register, strengthening redress for tenants, and abolishing Section 21 have all been addressed in the Levelling Up White Paper.

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