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Foxtons in legal battle with landlord following bad tenant experience

15 April, 20140 Comments
Estate agency giant Foxtons have recently been taken to court by a landlord client following a row over unpaid commission after complaining that the previous tenants had trashed his property. The dispute began in 2007 when private landlord Jonathan Bloom instructed Foxtons to let out a house he owned in South Hampstead. He said he
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Just 1 bad tenant can wipe out an entire pension pot …

08 April, 20140 Comments
With 25% of retirees planning to user their pension pot to buy an annuity, following reforms announced in this year’s Budget, LRS wonders how prepared these ‘silver-savers’ actually are for becoming a landlord. Following the biggest shake-up of the pensions system in generations, pensioners can now take more of their pension pot as up-front cash,
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Mandatory Landlord Licensing – Lets Unite

27 March, 20140 Comments
With more and more local authorities proposing and actioning Selective Licensing schemes for PRS landlords, LRS believe that it is time for landlords to take matters into their own hands and get their voice heard. Sections 79, 80 and 81 of the Housing Act 2004 provide for the introduction of a scheme of Selective Licensing
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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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Landlords and Lettings Raceday

13 March, 20140 Comments
TUESDAY 15th JULY 2014   The inaugural Landlords and Lettings Raceday has been introduced at Bath Racecourse to compliment the 9th annual Property and Construction raceday held in September attended by over 300 guests from significant local businesses. The Landlords and Lettings Raceday will emulate the success of the Property and Construction raceday generating a
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A bottle of wine or a bad tenant? – What a choice to make!

25 February, 20140 Comments
Last week we heard that the Bank of England was not going to raise interest rates until Mid-2015 and one of the reasons for raising rates was because savers were suffering. I questioned whether those savers were big corporations who had vast swathes of cash or just pensioners that received more money in interest and
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Accurate tenant referencing and landlord communication is the way forward

03 February, 20140 Comments
With the impending welfare reform via Universal Credit, legislation to tackle illegal immigration, more landlord Licensing schemes being implemented and stories such as Landlord Fergus Wilson’s recently hitting the headlines; landlords and letting agents need to realise the severe implications if they continue to go about their business without the means of accurate and thorough
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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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