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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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Over a quarter of landlords experienced rent arrears in last 12 months

05 June, 20171 Comments
Fresh research by the RLA has revealed that more than a quarter of buy to let landlords have experienced rent arrears in the past 12 months. With 28% of landlords experiencing rent debt, coupled with the fact that 1 in 3 working families in England would not be able to afford to pay their rent
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RICS calls for national renter database – shame they’re 7 years behind the rest of us!

07 December, 20160 Comments
In the wake of the impending ban on letting agents’ fees, the RICS has called on the Government for the creation of an online database where all tenants’ references and payment histories could be viewed online. The database proposal is in a RICS policy paper ahead of the publication of the delayed Housing White Paper, now
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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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110 years on; Anti-social behaviour is no better

22 April, 20140 Comments
A collection of mugshots dating back to 1905, which warned publicans of drunken Dundonians, is to go under the hammer today. The folio of forms was issued to local landlords warning them not to serve the pictured people, who had been convicted of being drunk and incapable. Forms note “riotous behaviour” by the barred drinkers,
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67% of the UK’s private rented stock are up to standard

15 April, 20140 Comments
The Chartered Institute of Housing’s UK Housing Review 2014 has revealed that 33% of the UK’s private rented homes would have failed the Government’s Decent Homes Standard in 2012. 15% of social rented homes also failed to meet the standard in 2012, down from 29% in 2006. Many property news websites have reported on this
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Impact of court fee rise will leave door wide open for bad tenants

09 April, 20140 Comments
Planned changes to court fees will take effect from 22nd April 2014, where fees for possession claims will see an increase of 60%. An application for possession currently costs £175 and when these changes come into force this will increase to £280. The possession claim online (PCOL) service, which currently has a discounted fee of
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