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Product updates, compliance guides and notes from the team building Lanten.

Awaab’s Law in the PRS
Compliance

Awaab's Law Hits the Private Rented Sector: What Every Damp-and-Mould Email Now Triggers

Awaab's Law timescales, its expected extension to the private rented sector, and how letting agents should handle damp-and-mould emails in 2026.

LTThe Lanten Team23 July 202621 min read
25 free email templates
Templates

25 Letting Agent Email Templates: Tenants, Landlords and Contractors (Free, Copy-Paste)

25 free letting agent email templates for tenants, landlords, applicants and contractors — updated for the Renters' Rights Act and Awaab's Law.

LTThe Lanten Team23 July 202622 min read
12 inbox changes
Compliance

The Renters' Rights Act, Translated Into Your Inbox: The 12 Emails Letting Agents Will Get More Of

The Renters' Rights Act is now in force. The 12 emails letting agents are getting more of — and how to answer each one correctly.

LTThe Lanten Team23 July 202625 min read
Email → work order in 60s
Guides

From Tenant Email to Work Order in 60 Seconds: Handling Maintenance Requests in Street

How UK letting agents turn a tenant maintenance email into a logged, triaged work order in Street CRM — with landlord approval and a clean audit trail.

LTThe Lanten Team23 July 202627 min read
The Street Open API
Guides

The Street Open API Explained: What Letting Agents Can Actually Build (With Real Examples)

The Street Open API is free and REST-based. What letting agents can read, write and build with it — examples, webhooks, sandbox access and rate limits.

LTThe Lanten Team23 July 202626 min read
Street × Outlook, four ways
Guides

How to Connect Street.co.uk to Outlook: The Complete Email Integration Guide (2026)

Four ways to connect Street.co.uk to Outlook — native comms, email sync tools, the Open API and add-ins — compared for UK letting agents.

LTThe Lanten Team23 July 202624 min read
Street vs Alto vs Reapit
Guides

Street vs Alto vs Reapit: An Honest Comparison for Lettings Teams (2026)

An even-handed 2026 comparison of Street.co.uk, Alto and Reapit for UK letting agents: verified features, strengths, considerations and how to choose.

LTThe Lanten Team23 July 202621 min read
First 90 days on Street
Guides

Switching to Street.co.uk? A Lettings Team's First-90-Days Checklist

A practical 90-day plan for letting agents switching to Street.co.uk: data audit, phased migration checklist, integrations and common pitfalls.

LTThe Lanten Team23 July 202619 min read
Street.co.uk integrations worth adding
Guides

The best Street.co.uk integrations for letting agents (2026)

Street is brilliant on its own — but the right integrations make it the hub of your whole workflow: the AI, maintenance, referencing, payments and compliance tools to pair with it.

CVChris Vibert2 June 20267 min read
Where AI actually fits in property management
Industry

The future of property management is sitting in your inbox

Email is where property management actually happens — and it’s where AI will quietly absorb the admin. Context, suggested actions, ambient compliance, and what stays human.

RKRob Kealey28 May 20266 min read
Reapit vs Alto vs Street vs Arthur vs Re-Leased
Guides

The best property management software in the UK, compared (2026)

Reapit, Alto, Street.co.uk, Arthur and Re-Leased — who each one is really for, the trade-offs, and four questions that make the choice for you.

CVChris Vibert19 May 20268 min read
Section 21, pets & Awaab’s Law — what changes
Compliance

The Renters’ Rights Act is here: a survival guide for property managers

Section 21 gone, pets a right to ask, Awaab’s Law in the private sector. What changes, where compliance actually fails, and a practical checklist.

RKRob Kealey11 May 20267 min read