The Agent Blog - Goodlord | Spring Statement

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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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Mar 12, 2024

Spring Statement

Podcast

government

Legislation

PODCAST: Lettings Legislation Update: from the Spring Budget to the General Election

Oli Sherlock, Managing Director of Insurance, discusses the recent updates in legislation for letting agents, with Martyn Gerrard's Greg Tsuman and JMW Solicitor's Neli Borisova.

Mar 6, 2024

Spring Statement

government

Spring Budget 2024: Five things letting agents and landlords need to know

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has presented the Spring Budget for 2024. Here’s the relevant breakdown for property professionals.

New support available for landlords to upgrade their properties' EPC ratings

Mar 28, 2022

Business

Energy efficiency

EPC ratings

Energy efficiency standards

Energy crisis

Cost of living

Spring Statement

Your guide to the new support available for landlords to upgrade their properties' EPC ratings

Landlords facing stringent EPC rating requirements in the near future could benefit from zero-rate VAT for the installation of energy saving materials from April 2022.

Mar 23, 2022

Business

Spring Statement

Legislation

5 takeaways for letting agents from the Spring Statement 2022

The Chancellor announced new measures to combat the cost of living crisis in the UK in the Spring Statement 2022, including removing VAT on energy saving materials for homes; an increase to the National Insurance threshold; changes to business rates relief; and increases to the government's household support fund.