How to Set Rent Under the Renters' Rights Act: A Landlord's Guide to Getting It Right First Time

The bidding ban means you cannot test the market upwards. The one-increase-per-year rule means underpricing costs you 12 months of income. And tenants can now challenge the initial rent at the First-tier Tribunal within the first six months of a new tenancy. If the tribunal decides you have overpriced, it will reduce the rent. It cannot increase it.