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LonRes launches Rental Checker

News | 22 Apr 2026
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LonRes launches Rental Checker – a new service designed to help letting agents comply with Section 13 of the Renters’ Right Act

LonRes has developed a new service designed to help its subscriber letting agents determine a fair open market rent – a central pillar of the Renters’ Rights Act (RRA) which comes into force from 1 May this year.

From 1 May 2026 landlords, under Section 13 of the RRA, will only be allowed to increase rents once a year and crucially only raise them in line with local market rents.  (for more details on Section 13 see Notes to Editors)

Determining what constitutes an open market rent can be a complex process.  But under the RRA if a tenant believes a rent rise to be too high, they have the right to take their complaint to a first-tier tribunal which could be a lengthy process.  

To help drive transparency into the sector and to support lettings agents and their clients, LonRes has launched Rental Checker.  Rental Checker draws on actual rents paid – as opposed to asking rents – from the LonRes system.

 

By keying in the postcode of a rental property, its floor space, number of bedrooms and bathrooms together with its rental value, Rental Checker searches like-for-like historic rental comparisons to derive an accuracy barometer.  This tells a letting agent or landlord how close to an open market rent their property is compared to others in the area. 

The data, which includes the comparables, can be dropped into an agent’s own-branded report which, with methodology, acts as an independent verification that the rent being asked, is fair and within open market range. 

Commenting on the service, Chris Welch, Director of Sales at LonRes said:

“Rental Checker helps letting agents advise their clients in setting rent increases so that they comply to RRA’s rulings.  Importantly the rental comparables draw upon achieved as opposed to asking rents.  This allows for a degree of accuracy not matched by some of the wider consumer property portals.

“And because LonRes is independent – it neither lets nor sells property – the Rental Checker report is too.  The report is designed for lettings agents to forward on to landlords and in turn their tenants as a means of verifying their decision-making process.  In essence Rental Checker promotes both transparency and fairness in the sector.”

Anthony Payne, CEO of LonRes added: “LonRes is uniquely placed to facilitate this service.  Rental Checker is a service which will undeniably help letting agents and their clients in determining true rental values in a fair and transparent manner.”

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