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75% of Bristol Post readers want a national tenant register to be introduced

05 July, 20170 Comments
In the run-up to the impending ban on letting agents’ fees, a property developer has called for a national tenant register to help landlords avoid ‘nightmare renters’. Covered by The Bristol Post this week, entrepreneur Robert Evans has urged the government to set up a national tenant register to help landlords avoid prospective tenants who have a
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Rogue Landlords Blacklist to be in operation from Autumn 2017 – But what about rogue tenants?

10 November, 20160 Comments
The Housing Minister has recently announced that the proposed blacklist of rogue landlords and agents (RE: the Housing and Planning Act 2016) will be up and running from Autumn 2017. The Housing and Planning Act 2016 introduced a package of measures to help local authorities crackdown on rogue landlords, which included proposals to ban and fine criminal
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157,000+ landlords and letting agents now protecting one another

08 April, 20161 Comments
As we enter our 7th year in the tenant referencing business we are happy to announce that we now have over 157,000 active Tenant Referencing UK subscribers! With landlords still failing to meet their legal obligations, rising court fees and accelerated possessions at an all-time high this cannot be a coincidence and can only mean that landlords are
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North Somerset Survey of private landlords, tenants and letting agents

12 April, 20140 Comments
Many thanks to a long-standing LRS Member for sending over a link to this survey. North Somerset Council want to hear the truth straight from private renting landlords, tenants and letting agents in the area. Will you be pulling out of the Housing Benefit market? How are additional licensing schemes affecting landlords and tenants in
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Social Referencing protects victims of anti-social behaviour

20 November, 20130 Comments
The Chartered Institute of Housing have recently warned that proposed amendments to The Anti-social Behaviour Crime & Policing Bill could have catastrophic results for the victims – however Landlord Referencing Services can counteract this through the power of social referencing. The year ending December 2012 saw over 2.3 million incidents of anti-social behaviour recorded by
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