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Student lettings 2026: handling the summer enquiry surge under the new RRA rules

Student let season hits in seven weeks. New rules + same volume = bottleneck. Here's how to set up your enquiry triage, viewings, paperwork and staffing so July doesn't break your team - or your compliance.

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Umayair

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The periodic tenancy playbook: rent reviews, notices and end-of-tenancy under the new default

Fixed-term ASTs are gone. Periodic is now the default. This is the operational manual for managing rent reviews, serving the right notices, and handling the mid-tenancy moments that used to be quiet - and aren't anymore.

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LazimOdjoAI Team
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30 days under the Renters' Rights Act: what UK letting agencies are actually seeing

The first month of the Renters' Rights Act has produced more questions than answers. Here's what's actually happening in inboxes, on the phones, and at the tribunal - drawn from the agencies we work with across the UK.

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SamerOdjoAI Team
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A fire, an unconscious tenant, and an AI on the phone: what actually happened

Property emergencies do not respect office hours. Pipes burst at eleven at night, boilers fail on a Sunday morning, lifts trap people on bank holidays, and on rare but consequential occasions a tenant rings their managing agent's emergency line to report smoke coming from a stairwell.

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UmayairOdjoAI Team
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Your agency is about to get a lot more phone calls: how to handle the post-RRA surge in tenant and landlord enquiries

Since the Renters' Rights Act went live, agency phone lines are busier than ever. Here is how to handle the surge in tenant and landlord enquiries.

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LazimOdjoAI Team
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Week one of the Renters' Rights Act: the five things your agency should have done by now (and how to catch up if you haven't)

The Renters' Rights Act is live. Here are the five things your letting agency should have done by now, and quick catch-up fixes if you have not.

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UmayairOdjoAI Team
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Rent increases after 1 May 2026: how letting agents should handle the new Section 13 process

From 1 May 2026, rent can only be increased via Section 13. Here is the step-by-step process for letting agents managing rent reviews.

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SamerOdjoAI Team
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Pet requests from tenants after 1 May: how letting agents should set up a compliant process now

From 1 May 2026, tenants can formally request to keep a pet. Letting agents have 28 days to respond. Here is how to build the workflow before the deadline.

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LazimOdjoAI Team
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Rent increases and tribunal challenges: the next pressure point for property managers

New regulations make rent increases harder to implement and easier for tenants to challenge. Property managers are about to face a wave of tribunal referrals and extended negotiations. Here's how to handle them without losing rental income or landlord confidence.

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UmayairOdjoAI Team
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The Written Statement of Terms is here: a line-by-line guide for letting agents

The government has published the Written Statement of Terms for new tenancies from 1 May 2026. Here is a line-by-line guide for letting agents.

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UmayairOdjoAI Team