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As rental demand surges in Fife, so does the need for thorough tenant referencing

12 May, 20160 Comments
One of Scotland’s leading independent letting agents has revealed that the Fife letting market is experiencing a dramatic surge in demand for rented property this year. During the first three months of 2016 CKD Galbraith say that their volume of lets secured by its Cupar office doubled, whilst the number of properties available to let
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The South West’s Biggest Landlord Expo, Bristol, 2014

04 April, 20140 Comments
Paul & Samii had a great reception from everyone who came to say hello to them at The South West’s Biggest Landlord Expo yesterday. Samii had this to say about the event: “It was really great to meet existing LRS members who have properties around the Bristol/South West area and put faces to names, as well
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RGI | What policies would you like to see? …

25 March, 20140 Comments
Landlord Referencing Services is happy to announce that we have successfully managed to obtain our FCA licenses – in order to offer our own RGI and legal expenses products through RentSafeUK.co.uk. Below is a list of the policies that LRS members have suggested so far – but what we would like to know is if
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LRS SELECTS EQUIFAX FOR MARKET-LEADING TENANT VERIFICATION

14 January, 20140 Comments
Robust consumer data enhances real-time tenant vetting to reduce risk of fraud. www.equifax.co.uk London, January 2014 – Equifax, the leading consumer insights expert, has been selected by landlords and letting agents network, www.landlordreferencing.co.uk, to enhance its tenant vetting services. By integrating Equifax consumer credit data into its checks, landlordreferencing.co.uk is giving its members a truly
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Top 100 housing must reads; 2013 through the eyes of an LRS landlord.

31 December, 20130 Comments
Here is a compilation of the 100 most read, most interesting, and most commented upon Landlord Referencing Forum topics, from late 2012 to the end of 2013. (Click on title of each one to read the thread in full.) The Office of Fair Trading has today launched new online resources to help internet businesses comply
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10 good reasons to join LRS in 2014

30 December, 20130 Comments
WHY should landlords and letting agents join the only network in the UK that can prevent them from taking someone else’s bad tenant in the new year? You can become the “Gate-keeper” to your community, stopping the bad tenants from setting down roots. Welfare reform via Universal Credit – where, once implemented, you may never
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OH MY! Mr Tenant – What big teeth you have! …

21 November, 20130 Comments
We have all heard the story of Little Red Riding Hood; the “Big Bad Wolf” who ate Red Riding Hood’s Grandmother and then disguised itself as her to catch and eat the little girl. Well, a leading independent estate and lettings agency group in Essex have recently warned that landlords are directly at risk to
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New property fraud hotline launched

08 February, 20130 Comments
Concerned that your property may be subject to a fraudulent sale or mortgage? Then worry no more, as the UK Land Registry have now launched a Property Fraud Helpline. Specially trained staff are now available to speak to worried home owners and offer practical advice about what to do. The telephone number is 0300 006
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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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