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Insights for letting agents
What the numbers show for letting agents in England: tribunal outcomes, the ONS rent index, and how the Renters' Rights Act is working in practice. Start with our complete guide to rent reviews under the Renters' Rights Act.
Featured guide
The complete guide to rent reviews under the Renters' Rights Act
Everything the new regime asks of a letting agent in England: when a review falls due, the Section 13 notice on Form 4A, the statutory dates, the evidence behind the figure, and what happens if a tenant challenges it.
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Rent reviews under the Renters’ Rights Act. What agents need to do now
A free briefing for agents on the law, the evidence standard and how technology helps agents get it right, with property solicitor David Smith.
A landlord's guide to rent increases in England
How rent increases work for landlords in England: the Section 13 process, the timeline, what tenants can do, and what your agent handles for you.
Rent indexation: what PIPR can't tell you
PIPR shows the average movement of private rents in a local authority. It never values one property. How the ONS index works and its six limits.
The Renters' Rights Act is in force. What changed for rent reviews?
The Renters' Rights Act has applied to private tenancies in England since 1 May 2026. What changed for rent reviews, and the dates still to come.
What 20 letting agencies told us about rent reviews
Manual workload, CRM gaps, and tribunal delay top the 13 rent-review pain points from 21 recorded conversations with letting agents in England.
What 1,000+ tribunal decisions say about the figure on your notice
Tribunals set the rent below the landlord's figure in 75% of 667 comparable pre-Act cases. What the published record means for agents' evidence.
Why we built MarketRent
The Renters' Rights Act turns rent reviews into an operational, evidence-led part of letting. Rajeev Nayyar on the problem he and Duncan Careless set out to solve.
Guides
Using MarketRent
Step by step through the product, from connecting your CRM to serving the Section 13 notice and setting up chase emails.
Connect your CRM data
Request the MarketRent connection in your CRM, enter your agency reference in Settings, and your whole portfolio syncs in and refreshes nightly.
Getting startedBrand your evidence pack
Upload your agency logo and colours, switch on customer branding for evidence packs, and preview the landlord and tenant views with demo links.
Getting startedReview flagging and chase emails
Set how early rent reviews are flagged, when chase emails fall due, and what your automated landlord and tenant emails say, all in MarketRent Settings.
Rent reviewsAdd PIPR indexation
Open the review, add PIPR indexation to the evidence pack, and set an agency-wide default so every rent review carries the official ONS index.
Rent reviewsRun a rent review start to finish
Run a rent review in MarketRent in eight steps: build the evidence pack, propose to the landlord, serve the Section 13 notice, and apply the new rent.
Rent reviewsServe a Section 13 notice
Serve Section 13 notices properly: MarketRent drafts the notice for every named tenant and blocks dates that break the statutory rules.
In the press
MarketRent in the news
Platform launched to support rent reviews under Renters’ Rights Act
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Letting Agent TodayNew rent review tool satisfies Renters’ Rights Act requirements
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The NegotiatorNew rent review platform launches ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act
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References to the rent increase rules are general information for letting agents in England, not legal advice.
An hour by hand. Seven minutes in MarketRent.
Every review follows the same path, so it stops depending on the one person who knows how. Anyone on the team can pick one up and get the same result.