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WEST MIDLANDS LANDLORDS & LETTINGS CONFERENCE 2017

11 August, 20170 Comments
A full days conference for Landlords and Letting Agents. DATE AND TIME: Fri 6 October 2017, 09:00 – 16:30. This conference is free to attend with free parking, beverages all day and lunch. LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE! BOOK NOW! > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-midlands-landlords-lettings-conference-2017-tickets-35724898132 AGENDA 9.00 REGISTRATION, NETWORKING AND TEA & COFFEE 9.45 Introduction and welcome opening address Update on
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Rent arrears and Right to Rent checks causing huge stress to UK landlords

13 June, 20160 Comments
According to a new report, Right to Rent legislation is the number one stress for over a third of buy to let landlords. Conducted by an online letting agent, their study also reveals that only rent arrears and sorting out property repairs are voted as more stressful that the new immigration checks. Understandably those that
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Government immigration plans see lawful tenants refused housing – RLA

04 September, 20150 Comments
A warning from the RLA came on the day that new research has indicated the difficulties caused by the governments ‘Right to Rent’ scheme which was piloted in the West Midlands. The research which was published yesterday by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants has found that landlords in the West Midlands have
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PRS Rent arrears UK’s best kept secret

11 March, 20140 Comments
Rent Arrears are now the fastest growing debt dilemma in the UK, but are also the most hidden debt – especially for private renting tenants. For example: A recent report revealed a total of 10,606 tenants in the West Midland borough of Sandwell were in rent arrears – owing Sandwell council a combined £5.3m in
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February 2013 Tenant Alert Statistics

02 March, 20131 Comments
Landlord Referencing Services has collated its Tenant Alert data for February 2013, which reveals that the most prolific areas for rent defaults and property damages last month (via our vigilant community of landlords and letting agents) was in the South West and the South East. Total rent defaults recorded in February 2013 = £123,000+. Total
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January 2013 Tenant Alert Statistics

04 February, 20130 Comments
Landlord Referencing Services has collated its Tenant Alert data for January 2013, which reveals that the most prolific areas for rent defaults and property damages last month (via our vigilant community of landlords and letting agents) was in the South West and the West Midlands.   Total rent defaults recorded in January 2013 = £51,000+.
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Direct payment pilots reveal rent arrears increase

18 December, 20121 Comments
Landlords testing direct payment of housing benefit to tenants via Universal Credit failed to collect 8% of rent on average in the first four months of the six pilot projects. The year-long projects are testing direct payment of housing benefit ahead of the roll out of Universal Credit next October. Universal Credit, which combines a
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Dramatic rise in Tenant Alerts following the introduction of Universal Credit pilot scheme.

04 October, 20120 Comments
UPDATE > The Alert Directory is now decommissioned as the data is a duplicate of the date contained within our Tenant History Reports > Click here for full details. (link) Landlord Referencing’s latest Tenant Alert statistics reveal that the amount of accumulated rent defaults and property damages recorded in September have more than doubled compared to
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