Rightmove has added a Section 13 rent-review function to Tenancy Manager, allowing letting agents to create and serve a rent increase notice directly from an existing tenancy record.
The new function arrives after the Renters’ Rights Act changed the framework for rent rises in England. Rightmove says the update brings the notice process into the same system as tenancy information, rather than leaving agents to move between separate records and documents.
The release lands as rent reviews carry more legal and commercial weight for landlords. A notice sent at the wrong time, or supported by weak market evidence, can lead to a challenge and delay the point at which a new rent takes effect.
Rightmove puts Section 13 notices inside Tenancy Manager
Rightmove’s Tenancy Manager is already marketed as a platform for offers, contracts, deposits, references and tenancy documents. The new rent-review step is designed to create a Section 13 notice from the active tenancy record, where the relevant parties and tenancy details are already held.
That is useful at a point when rent increases are attracting more scrutiny. Landlord Knowledge recently reported that the number of rent appeals has reached a record high, while a separate report found that rent tribunal cases rose after the Renters’ Rights Act rule change.
On its Tenancy Manager product page, Rightmove says the system is built to keep tenancy progression and compliance information together. The company says its wider Lead to Keys suite links advertising, enquiries, referencing and continuing tenancy management.
Rent review records will matter more than a fast notice
The tool does not change the law or decide whether a proposed rent is supportable. It can make the administrative route cleaner, but landlords and agents still need a clear record of the tenancy, the proposed figure and the local evidence behind it.
That distinction matters because the dispute risk is not removed by digital delivery. A tenant can still challenge a Section 13 increase, and a tribunal will look at market rent rather than whether the notice came from a recognised platform. Good comparable evidence, a dated audit trail and a realistic asking rent remain the useful safeguards.
This follows Landlord Knowledge’s report on NRLA concerns over record rent appeals, which warned that stronger evidence will be needed where rises are tested. Rightmove’s update gives agents a more joined-up process, but it does not make an ambitious increase easier to justify.
Why the timing matters after the Renters’ Rights Act
Rightmove says the function was one of the most requested additions from letting agents. That is a sign of how quickly rent reviews have moved from a routine annual task to a process that needs consistent timing, records and communication with the tenant.
Landlords using a managing agent should ask how the agent will document comparable rents, track the notice date and respond if a tenant disputes the rise. Self-managing landlords cannot use an agent-only platform as a substitute for the statutory process, but the same lesson applies: keep the evidence and the notice trail together before a review is served.
What this means for landlords
- If your agent uses Tenancy Manager: ask whether its Section 13 workflow will be used for the next review and what evidence will sit alongside the notice.
- Before any increase: check the tenancy details, notice timing and local comparable rents rather than relying on a software-generated document alone.
- Watch for: more agent tools built around Renters’ Rights Act compliance as annual rent reviews become more formal.
- Bottom line: Rightmove has made notices easier to administer, but landlords still need a defensible market case for the rent they seek.
Editor’s view
Software can remove a few avoidable errors, which is welcome. It cannot turn a weak rent increase into a fair one, and that is the point landlords should keep in view as challenges become more common.
Author: Editorial Team – UK landlord & buy-to-let news, policy, and finance
Published: 8 September 2026
Sources: Rightmove
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