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Significant number of landlords ditching ‘rip-off agents’

28 November, 20160 Comments
Since last weeks Autumn Statement announcement that there will be a ban on letting agents charging fees to tenants, it has been suggested that many more landlords should consider ditching ‘rip-off agents’. Many experts believe this latest legislation for the private rented sector in England and Wales will lead to higher rents, as landlords seek
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Deadline for landlords in Wales to register TODAY

23 November, 20160 Comments
Landlords in Wales have until today (Wednesday 23rd November) to sign up to a government register. The ‘Rent Smart Wales’ initiative was introduced last year, as a way of improving the standards for people renting private property, and eliminating rogue landlords. With an estimated 70,000-130,000 private landlords in Wales, over 55,000 of them had registered
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Autumn Statement 2016: New era for Landlords as Lettings agent fees to be banned

23 November, 20160 Comments
Lettings agents are set to be banned from charging fees to tenants under plans to be announced by the chancellor in his Autumn Statement, from 12:30pm today. Tenants can be charged fees for a range of administration, including reference, credit and immigration checks. Philip Hammond is expected to say that shifting the cost to landlords will save
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Eviction of residential tenants Q&A – Part two

21 November, 20160 Comments
Our thanks to all those who attended our webinar in October. We had several questions from participants and bring you the second round of answers to these in part two of our Q&A. You can find part one here. If you have any other questions about evicting tenants under section 42 (s42) of the County
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Poor insulation means money out of the window for 2.6 million households this winter

17 November, 20160 Comments
The Association for the Conservation of Energy have revealed that UK windows are the leakiest out of 11 northern European nations, with 15.9% suffering from badly insulated windows and walls. With one in ten families facing the tough decision between ‘Heating or Eating’ this winter, the association’s CEO says the situation has turned the UK
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Could a ‘referencing passport’ really work?

16 November, 20160 Comments
Calls have been made for a new way of producing references for tenants, using a so-called ‘referencing passport’ that would be transferable between letting agents in order to save tenants money. The boss of easyProperty is now calling on the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) to back this initiative for ‘referencing passports’, as in England
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Eviction of residential tenants Q&A – Part one

15 November, 20160 Comments
Our thanks to all those who attended our webinar in October. We had several questions from participants and bring you the answers to these below. If you have any other questions about evicting tenants under section 42 (s42) of the County Courts Act 1984, please do get in touch with us via email or give us a
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One in five tenants fall victim to rogue landlords, but what about rogue tenants?

14 November, 20160 Comments
According to new research there are a significant amount of private landlords failing to keep their rental properties up to a safe and habitable standard, with one in five UK tenants describing their existing renting conditions as a “nightmare”. A study by Help-Link.co.uk found around 740,000 rented homes in Britain are in a ‘poor condition’ and
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My agent uses another referencing company, can I use your referencing instead?

10 November, 20160 Comments
Dear Samii My agent uses another referencing company who don’t supply Tenant Histories.  I don’t feel that the referencing they offer is in my best interests, but I still want them to manage my properties. So is it possible for me to use your service as an ad-on to their basic referencing? Samii says Yes
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