Tag Archives: company

Top 10 things to look for when instructing an online agent

04/03/2013 Guest Blogs, Landlord News urbansalesandlettings

With the advent of online property portals such as Rightmove, the UK has seen the emergence of a new form of estate agency – the online estate agents. Growth of this new form of estate agency has been dramatic over the last decade, primarily due to the significant financial savings for vendors and landlords. But [...]

MPs pass bill that criminalizes social subletting

13/11/2012 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

MPs have passed a bill outlawing the illegal subletting of social housing properties. The Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Bill will mean tenants that illegally sublet their properties could face up to two years’ imprisonment, as well as a possibly unlimited fine. At present subletting is a civil offence, meaning it cannot attract a custodial [...]

Serial Sub-letting Saga

25/07/2012 Landlord News Samii

A true story from one of our Network Referencing community, regarding the escalating problem of tenants illegally sub-letting property in the Private Rented Sector.   Tenant Alert Reference NW-MST-197 The tenant in question applied for a property using a false employment reference, from a falsified company. The company that provided the false employment reference was [...]

New Stimulus Packages Announced.

15/06/2012 Landlord News lrs_keeper

In his annual Mansion House policy speech yesterday Mervyn King, Governor of The Bank of England, announced that more than £100 billion pounds will be injected into the UK’s struggling economy, in response to the worsening economic outlook. Working alongside the government, The Bank Of England will provide billions of pounds of cheap long-term funding to [...]