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6 Ways to Earn a Little Extra!

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The need to knows if you're Renting With Pets

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6 Insurance policies that renters should consider

Piggy Bank

Tenancy deposits explained

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Lifetime deposits for Renters - What you need to know

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10 Tips to Improve Your Credit Score

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Tenants: know your rights

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Tenants? Landlords? Who’s responsible for what?

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Your guide to tenants’ insurance products

7 Top Tips for Keeping your home warm this winter

7 Top tips to keep your home warm this winter

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Analysis – what impact has the pandemic had on tenant referencing?

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Inventories explained: 8 must-know facts for tenants

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To Negotiate or Not?

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Top 5 hacks to ensure you get your deposit back

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Ready set boxing day bounce!

Here’s five things to check before signing a tenancy agreement

Here’s five things to check before signing a tenancy agreement

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Top 5 Tips for a stress free move

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Canopy’s Moving Checklist

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Is a contactless, paperless system the way forward for the rental sector?

Should I pay a deposit or use a deposit scheme?

Should I pay a deposit or use a deposit scheme?

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Protection for renters - what is the future of deposits in the PRS?

How to redecorate your rented home without annoying your landlord

How tech can influence the lettings market

How can tech influence the lettings market in the future?

How to build a credit score while avoiding credit cards

How to build a credit score while avoiding credit cards

Will life time deposits grace the PRS soon?

Revealed – Will lifetime deposits grace the PRS soon?

Right to Rent - what could be changing after June 2021

Right to Rent - what could be changing after the end of June

Three reasons why Open Banking can revolutionise the rental market

3 Reasons why Open Banking can revolutionise the rental market

how the government’s new mediation scheme can reduce arrears and evictions

Explained – how the government’s new mediation scheme can reduce arrears and evictions

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The power of rent tracking – how agents and tenants can benefit

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Dealing with Covid-19 rent arrears - how can agents help landlords?

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Rental evictions - what do letting agents need to know about the current situation?

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What impact could proposed Capital Gains Tax changes have on the PRS?

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Commercial to residential conversions – a new property market trend?

Millennial

What is the profile of the average millennial tenant and what services do they need?

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Saving While Renting

Letting agents – why do you need to offer rent and legal protection?

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Choosing and Switching Utilities When Renting

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Explained – ‘pets in lets’ bill moves through Parliament

Right to Rent

Right to Rent immigration checks – update for letting agents

Renting for the first time? Here’s our top tips

Renting for the first time? Here’s our top tips

The importance of building your credit score

The importance of building your credit score

Canopy provides letting agents with a preview of 2021 and five rental sector issues they’ll need to look out for.

2021 preview - 5 things letting agents need to look out for

How to re-negotiate your rent during the coronavirus

How to Re-negotiate your rent during the coronavirus

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The Renters' Reform Bill - an update for letting agents

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5 top tips to manage and improve your financial health

2020 The Year of the Eco Rental

2020 The Year of the Eco Rental

Should you consider a Build to Rent property for your next rental?

Should you consider a Build to Rent property for your next rental?

Canopy wins first round of Rent Recognition Challenge

Canopy wins first round of Rent Recognition Challenge

You can finally boost your credit report by simply paying rent!

You can finally boost your credit report by simply paying rent!

An update on the latest with the scrapping of Section 21, which is being held up by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Update - what are the latest plans to scrap section 21 notices

Simple steps to a hassle-free let

Simple steps to a hassle-free let

Fill your let faster for better cash flow

Fill your let faster for better cash flow

The UK rental market needs disruptors in order to continue its growth

The UK rental market needs disruptors in order to continue its growth

Why collaboration is king when it comes to tackling the issues faced by generation rent

Why collaboration is king when it comes to tackling the issues faced by generation rent

Six predictions for the future of PropTech

Six predictions for the future of PropTech

What is the impact of Open Banking on the lettings industry?

What is the impact of Open Banking on the lettings industry?

What should I expect from my landlord/letting agent?

What should I expect from my landlord/letting agent?

How technology is helping to qualify potential tenants faster

How technology is helping to qualify potential tenants faster

Budgeting tips for millennial renters

Budgeting tips for millennial renters

Covid-19 and your credit rating

Covid-19 and your credit rating

6 Top Tips on how to be a good tenant?

6 Top Tips on how to be a good tenant?

How to win more landlords in 2020 – how can you encourage them to join you?

How to win more landlords in 2020 – how can you encourage them to join you?

Lettings in 2020 – how have things changed and what does the future hold?

Lettings in 2020 – how have things changed and what does the future hold?

How much can you afford to spend on rent?

How much can you afford to spend on rent?

Revealed – the latest PropTech innovations revolutionising the rental market

Revealed – the latest PropTech innovations revolutionising the rental market

How can letting agents support renters post-Covid-19?

How can letting agents support renters post-Covid-19?

How can letting agents adopt technology and become more efficient?

How can letting agents adopt technology and become more efficient?

Demystifying the tenant referencing process & what you can do to beat the crowd

Demystifying the tenant referencing process & what you can do to beat the crowd

Analysis - what is the state of the rental market post-Covid-19?

Analysis - what is the state of the rental market post-Covid-19?

How to Rent with a Bad Credit Score

How to Rent with a Bad Credit Score

Finding the right property - Things to consider, Guide and Checklist

Finding the right property - Things to consider, Guide and Checklist

Axe admin time with instant digital referencing

Axe admin time with instant digital referencing

Digital initiatives to improve the rental process

Digital initiatives to improve the rental process

Lettings’ digital revolution

Lettings’ digital revolution

House shares: Covid-19 advice when living together

House shares: Covid-19 advice when living together

Keep talking to your tenants

Keep talking to your tenants

Here’s what to do if you can’t pay your rent

Here’s what to do if you can’t pay your rent

Why landlords should be embracing Open Banking

Why landlords should be embracing Open Banking

Update – what is happening in the short-lets sector?

Update – what is happening in the short-lets sector?

Disrupting the rental market to create an equal system for all parties

Disrupting the rental market to create an equal system for all parties

Three ways to make your rental property more energy efficient

Three ways to make your rental property more energy efficient

Update – latest Brexit Right to Rent guidance issued

Update – latest Brexit Right to Rent guidance issued

Why having access to pre-approved tenants is more important than ever

Why having access to pre-approved tenants is more important than ever

What could the current political turmoil mean for the rental market?

What could the current political turmoil mean for the rental market?

Everything tenants need to know about deposit-free renting

Everything tenants need to know about deposit-free renting

How can letting agents help to reduce void periods for landlords?

How can letting agents help to reduce void periods for landlords?

Update: Right to Rent scheme - what you need to know

Update: Right to Rent scheme - what you need to know

What’s the latest on plans to scrap Section 21 evictions?

What’s the latest on plans to scrap Section 21 evictions?