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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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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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How much do you know about the survey your mortgage lender is trying to sell you?

28 December, 20130 Comments
In general terms, there are 3 types of ‘survey’ that your mortgage lender will try to sell you. A Valuation (This is NOT a survey, it is entirely for the benefit of the Lender to secure the loan, it does not benefit the buyer at all) A Homebuyers Report (This is a valuation and a
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Should you increase the rent?

15 November, 20130 Comments
Every business has its overheads. And whilst the cost of financing a rental property has, on average, decreased, other costs have shot up. Take energy, for instance. Back in October, SSE became the first of the ‘big six’ energy providers to pre-empt the winter months with a hike in energy prices (by an average of
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RICS Housing Report says “NO” to PRS rent controls …

24 June, 20131 Comments
Today The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors have published a Housing Commission Report, forming recommendations for what the Government and industry should do to drive investment and provide the right homes for all in the UK. Amongst many interesting points raised, LRS noted this: Increasing investment in the private rental sector   All political parties
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Landlordreferencing.co.uk support 1st SAFEagent Saturday

15 March, 20130 Comments
Since its launch in 2011 the SAFEagent campaign has made amazing progress in promoting the importance to landlords and tenants of identifying agents who are part of Client Money Protection Schemes. All agents regulated by NALS, RICS, ARLA, NAEA and the Law Society maintain and operate separate designated client accounts, where a consumers money is
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1 in 4 tenants feel ripped off by rental agreements & referencing costs

22 November, 20120 Comments
A clampdown on the lettings sector is needed to stop rogue agents turning it into “the property industry’s Wild West”, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have warned today. RICS’ consumer letting survey (conducted in key marginal constituencies) highlights the potential for rogue lettings agents to cash in on the current rental boom, due
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New house building stimulus package to be unveiled.

14 August, 20120 Comments
The UK Coalition will soon be unveiling a new stimulus package, in a bid to encourage more house building. The draft proposal will be announced by Cameron or Clegg next month and features a complex scheme; where it is believed that the government will relax rules requiring private house builders to incorporate social housing into
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