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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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Jun 24, 2019

Customer experience

Tenants

Revenue

Why tenants can still be valuable customers - even since the Tenant Fee Ban

You can still charge tenants for additional services, as long as the decision to take up these services is optional, and tenants will pay for services that will make their lives easier.

May 31, 2019

Data

Rents

Affordability

Tenants

Living alone costs Brits over a third of their salaries

Renters living alone in the UK spend 36% of their income on rent, found research by Goodlord.

May 15, 2019

Data

Tenants

Movement

Research shows 20% drop in EU nationals moving to the UK over the past year

Goodlord analysed 150,000 tenancies processed through its platform between March 2018 and March 2019 and found a stark decline in the number of EU nationals moving to the UK.

May 13, 2019

Compliance

Landlords

Tenants

Management fees

Legislation

10 things agents should know about disclosing referral fees and commissions

Estate and letting agents must comply with consumer protection law when dealing with landlords and tenants, which includes disclosing all the fees they charge landlords, all the costs associated with letting a property for tenants, as well as any commissions from referrals.

May 10, 2019

Data

Affordability

Tenants

One in five tenants need a guarantor to rent

Goodlord analysed 55,000 tenants who applied for a property through our platform and found that 20% cannot rent without a guarantor.

Apr 15, 2019

Customer experience

Suppliers

Tenants

Technology

An AI-powered virtual assistant could help agencies qualify potential tenants faster

Tenants are making more enquiries online, outside of standard office hours, and agencies need to be able to respond and qualify them faster, says the founder of a virtual assistant for agents.

Apr 11, 2019

Customer experience

Tenants

Build-to-rent

Long-term leases only the residents can break "a step forward" for renters

“We will never break the contract - we’ll let them stay as long as they want,” says the founder and managing director of a residential property management company.

Mar 8, 2019

Data

Tenants

Movement

What's wrong with Shoreditch? Research shows renters unlikely to stay in East Central London

New research by Goodlord shows that people who rent in East Central London are unlikely to stay in the area for more than a year.

Jan 21, 2019

Customer experience

Business

Tenants

Revenue

70% of tenants would pay more for access to extra services

The number of tenants is growing, representing an opportunity for letting agents to overcome current market challenges by offering revenue-generating products and services to their tenants.

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