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UK homelessness rises

“The single biggest and most urgent crisis we face”

16 August, 20180 Comments
Boris Johnson’s most recent article for The Telegraph hits out at previous labour governments for failing to build enough houses for the UK population and leaving the youth of today facing huge obstacles just to get onto the housing ladder. The “single biggest and most urgent crisis we face” is that we’re stuck in a
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Why Landlords need to add insurance to their armour

09 May, 20180 Comments
It’s been quite a tricky time for landlords over recent years. Instability has gained traction and the risk factors have exponentially risen, leaving landlords wondering if investing in the buy-to- let market has been worth it all along. When it comes to risk, there’s little doubt that it’s become ever more prevalent considering the economic
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Residential eviction webinar Q & A part 2

08 February, 20180 Comments
We also bring the answers to your questions from our successful November 2017 residential eviction webinar Q&A part 2. If you cannot recover any money and I want her to go bankrupt who pays for this? Do I have to pay, or does she do this on her own accord? If you wish to make the
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Residential eviction webinar Q & A part 1

19 January, 20180 Comments
Our residential eviction webinar in November was a great success, we’d like to thank everyone who attended. We bring you the answers to your questions in our webinar Q&A part one. A tenant left my property and owes approximately £4,000 and I have been to court. If I ask you to go ahead in recovering
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Why are private landlords playing Russian Roulette with their rent? …

19 January, 20180 Comments
Question: Do you think your hard working tenants (even with the best referencing in the world), who have paid the rent on time for years, are safe?… If so, then please think again !! We say this because over the last 10 years the UK has seen a surge in larger companies going bust, announcing
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Lettings Fee Ban Legislation Will Not Be Before Spring 2019

11 January, 20180 Comments
The government has recently revealed to NALS that implementation of the ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in England will not take place before Spring 2019 at the earliest. The government have said the reason behind the delay is because it will take a substantial period for the legislation to get through parliament, where
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Last chance to respond to Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations Consultation

08 January, 20180 Comments
Private rental sector landlords still have one more day to respond to this consultation, which closes tomorrow (9th Jan, 2018 at 11:45pm). Introduced on 1st October 2015, the Government’s Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations were updated to protect private tenants from death or injury caused by smoke and carbon monoxide poisoning in the
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TR Lettings taken over by Rybec Homes

08 January, 20180 Comments
As of the 1st January 2018, TR Lettings property advertising has been taken over by Rybec Homes Ltd. The property advertising service will now allow Tenant Referencing UK members to continue to advertise their rental properties online in exactly the same way, but will now also include the full range of online advertising portals including
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