Today Moody’s Rating Agency have now warned it may cut the credit ratings of 17 global and 114 European financial institutions – signifying that the impact of the Euro-zone government debt crisis is gradually weakening our global financial structure. Moody’s are currently reviewing and assessing the banks and financial institutions, but have already warned that [...]
With the UK’s credit rating outlook recently being changed to negative by Moody’s rating agency the current possibility of the UK’s coveted triple AAA credit rating being downgraded is ominously looming. A downgrade is very similar to a person receiving a bad credit score from Experian. It means the individual wanting to borrow money is [...]
Wishing you all a Happy Valentines Day from all of us at Landlord Referencing Services! Sticking with the love & romance theme I've just read an article in the Landlord & Buy-to-Let Magazine (Issue 30, 2012) that “renting is the favoured option for 2012, as tenants believe buying a property will heighten their stress levels [...]
Since the 1st of January 2012 thousands of tenants have been on the move. The Local Housing Allowance shared room rate, which applies to most single people under 25, as of 1st January has been extended to people aged under 35. This will inevitably affect tenants who rent from, or are considering renting from, a [...]
The Welfare Reform Bill provides for the introduction of a ‘Universal Credit’ to replace a range of existing means-tested benefits and tax credits for people of working age, starting from 2013. The Bill follows the November 2010 White Paper, ‘Universal Credit: welfare that works’, which set out the Coalition Government’s proposals for reforming welfare to [...]
Rightmove is set to “clamp down” on agents who reload old stock onto their portal in a bid to boost their market share, which may include making their stock invisible. A spokesman for the property portal says that the move, which is expected this October, is part of enhancements being made to a data quality programme launched last [...]
[ Issue 10 ] Where the 3 best stories we receive each week will be chosen & published here. So send us your story NOW: newsdesk@landlordreferencing.co.uk Then come back next week and see if your story has been published! We would also like to remind all of our members to have a look at: Our New [...]
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has recently openly voiced their concerns at the prospect of landlords having to make their properties more energy efficient before the 2018 deadline. Included in the proposed measures to the new Energy Bill, the government states that landlords of residential and commercial properties must bring their efficiency standards [...]
An epidemic of copper thefts across the UK has grown so serious that police are warning of the threat it poses to Britain’s infrastructure. Emergency services and online business security are being undermined, with railway lines and telephone networks routinely disabled by thefts. Police recorded the highest level of copper thefts in January and warned [...]
