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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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Mar 6, 2024

Business

Revenue

Students

5 ways to drive revenue for student-let landlords

Student lets can offer great returns when managed the right way. Here are five top tips for how to make sure your landlords' student lets are profitable.

Jul 21, 2023

Business

Students

Podcast

Legislation

PODCAST: What are agents like you doing to prepare for the Renters (Reform) Bill?

With the Renters (Reform) Bill on the horizon, we've assembled three of our experts to answer your questions on how to prepare for the Renters (Reform) Bill and how to reassure your landlords about the changes to come.

Jul 10, 2023

Business

Students

Legislation

8 questions answered on student let management under the Renters (Reform) Bill

Student let management may change under the Renters (Reform) Bill - and Sean Hooker, Property Redress Scheme, and Glenn Perry, Zest Property, answer some of your top questions about what that means.

Jul 5, 2023

Compliance

Students

Legislation

Sean Hooker: For now, nothing has changed

Sean Hooker, Head of the Property Redress Scheme, delves into the government's timelines and plans for rental reform.

Jun 30, 2023

Business

Students

Podcast

Legislation

PODCAST: Renters (Reform) Bill: What you need to know to get student let management right

Sean Hooker, Property Redress Scheme, and Glen Perry, Zest Property, join Goodlord's Oli Sherlock for this recording from our Renters (Reform) Bill webinar series, with a focus on getting student let management right.

May 30, 2023

Business

Students

Legislation

Why are student lets in the Renters (Reform) Bill proposals so controversial?

The Renters (Reform) Bill proposes moving private student lets onto the system of periodic, Assured Tenancies. Here's why that's causing debate.

Aug 18, 2021

Data

Voids

Rents

Students

Student lets yield high rents as university term draws near - Goodlord analysis

An analysis of 5,000 student lets processed through the Goodlord platform between January 2021 and July 2021, shows the student rental market recorded a huge boost in the cost of rent for tenancies that began during July.

Jun 1, 2021

Customer experience

Business

Students

How three agencies have adapted to trends in student lettings

Student lettings follow a different path to traditional lettings in the private rental sector, with a - normally predictable - seasonal ebb and flow in demand. Dafydd Hardy, Zest Sales & Lettings, and College & County share three ways that they've adapted their agencies' approaches to the student market.

Mar 24, 2021

Data

Revenue

Students

Student rent revenues drop by 30% year on year

An analysis of 255,000 tenancies shows that revenues from student lets dropped by 30% in 2020, with the amount spent on student properties dropping from 12p in every £1 to just 8p between 2018/19 and 2020.

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