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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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May 5, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Rents dip and void periods fluctuate as lockdown continues to impact lettings markets

Rents dropped in several regions during April and void periods shifted throughout the month as the lockdown continued to impact the lettings market, shows the latest Goodlord Rental Index.

Apr 28, 2020

Data

Rents

Rent Protection

Insurance

Only 2% increase in late rental payments, study of 20,000 lets reveals

Goodlord analysed payment trends from 20,000 UK rental properties and found that there was only a 2% increase in late rental payments over the last month.

Apr 2, 2020

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Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Movement

Data shows UK renters rush to secure new properties in March

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

Mar 5, 2020

Data

Voids

Rents

Legislation

Void periods inch downwards but rents reflect season

The latest Goodlord Rental Index has shown an encouraging decline in void rates during February. However, rents proved as expected for the season and dipped slightly across all but three regions monitored.

Feb 1, 2020

Data

Rents

Affordability

Movement

February is the cheapest month for renters to move house

An analysis conducted by Goodlord looked at thousands of lets from across the UK. The research revealed that the average monthly price of a UK rental property was cheapest in February.

Jan 8, 2020

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Affordability

Rental market remains stable over holiday period

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector in December 2019 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents, tenancy lengths, voidage periods and more, in the Goodlord Rental Index.

Dec 5, 2019

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Lettings market levels out in run up to Christmas - Goodlord Rental Index

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector in November 2019 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents, tenancy lengths, voidage periods and more, in the Goodlord Rental Index.

Nov 18, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Rents

Tenants

It’s a “false economy” to achieve maximum rent at the expense of great tenants

“If you get the tenant right, everything else is much easier,” says the Lettings Director of a leading specialist lettings agency.

Nov 7, 2019

Data

Rental Index

Voids

Rents

Mixed picture for the rental market as key regional differences emerge

Goodlord reveals key figures for the private rented sector in October 2019 based on tenancies processed through our platform, including average rents, tenancy lengths, voidage periods and more, in the Goodlord Rental Index.

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