New features
New & improved
- Bills & Services is now on each property, so landlords and staff can record council tax, broadband, TV licences, and other services in one place. Each bill keeps the supplier and package details, contact information, documents, and an end-date reminder that can alert the manager and staff with access to that portfolio by bell and email. When the landlord is responsible and payment tracking is on, the tile shows the next payment and the same schedule appears on the calendar under Payment due, repeating until the end date or continuing when no end date is set. Agreed broadband price changes update the amount from the chosen payment onward. Bills can be renewed or archived, and an archived bill can be deleted along with its documents.
- Rent accounts can now be set up from a scanned rent statement. Upload a PDF or photo of a previous agent's or landlord's statement, and Rent Logger reads the rows, checks the statement's own arithmetic and compares it with the invoices and payments you already have. You review every row beside the original page, resolve any gaps or differences, then either attach it as evidence or import the history so the opening balance and past activity come straight from the statement. You can also choose to scan a statement when adding a historical tenancy.
- Approving an agent statement now updates the tenancy's rent account. When the statement shows rent received from the tenant, approval records the receipt and allocates it to the oldest rent due, so you no longer enter agent collections by hand. The review screen shows what will be recorded, the date used and where the money goes before you approve. If you already entered the payment with the agent's reference, it is matched rather than added twice. If something is unclear, such as a missing collection date, you are asked before anything is saved. Reopening, correcting or voiding a statement updates the account from that date without changing earlier balances.
- When a scanned statement has no rent period, the review screen now asks for one before you can continue. The two date fields sit in a box. Under them is a dropdown of that tenancy's rent periods, from the tenancy start date through the current period and the next one. Typing the dates turns the dropdown off. Choosing a period fills both dates and turns the date fields off. Clear turns both back…
- Required fields on the review page now show a red asterisk, and the rent-period box is easier to use. Agreement, statement date, period start, and period end are the fields you must fill before confirming. Each one is marked. If one is missing, the message names that field. If more than one is missing, it names each of them. Selecting an agreement is still checked on its own.
- Loans & Mortgages — now complete with full Xero alignment and posting Our Loans & Mortgages section is now feature complete, giving you the tools to manage business loans and property mortgages from initial setup through to ongoing repayments. Guided setup: Each loan includes a built-in setup helper to walk you through what’s needed. AI document scanning: Extract loan details from your documents and build a payment schedule, ready for your review. Monthly payment reminders: Review and confirm each payment’s Xero posting when prompted. Flexible repayments: Record interest, capital repayments and optional capital overpayments, with the payment schedule adjusting accordingly. Existing Xero mortgages supported: Keep using an existing Xero account or transfer the balance to dedicated or shared accounts to suit your bookkeeping. This has been a substantial piece of work, with a focus on making the system robust and flexible while keeping everyday use intuitive. We’re pleased to make it fully available and look forward to hearing your feedback.