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NATIONAL NEIGHBOURHOOD AND HOME NETWORK AWARDS 2013
11/06/2013 
newsatlandlordreferencing As part of our National Neighbourhood and Home Watch Week celebrations, we are delighted to be holding our very first National Awards ceremony. Due to take place on the 18th June 2013, the ceremony will be hosted by the Minister for Crime and Prevention and Anti-Social Behavior, Rt. Hon. Jeremy Browne MP, at the House [...]
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Social referencing at LRS stops illegal immigrants
Almost 2 million buy-to-let property owners will be legally responsible for ensuring that they only let properties to people allowed to be in Britain under new immigration laws to be announced in today’s Queen’s Speech – with fines running into the thousands for those breaking the law. The Immigration Bill will also limit the ability [...]
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School children will start learning about tax, debt and money management in schools from September 2014. Compulsory education about personal finance issues has been included in the draft national curriculum for England for the first time. Topics including wages and financial risk will be taught in citizenship classes for 11 to 16-year-olds. They will also [...]
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Concerned that your property may be subject to a fraudulent sale or mortgage? Then worry no more, as the UK Land Registry have now launched a Property Fraud Helpline. Specially trained staff are now available to speak to worried home owners and offer practical advice about what to do. The telephone number is 0300 006 [...]
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The Local Government Association has called for action to tackle rogue private landlords and letting agents who charge ‘extortionate’ fees. The LGA, which represents 423 councils in England and Wales, is concerned that letting agents’ fees are acting as a barrier and preventing people from finding a house or flat in the private rented sector. [...]
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New figures reveal that nearly 20,000 empty homes were brought back into use in England over the last year. According to the charity Empty Homes there are now 259,842 long-term empty homes, which is 7% down on the same time last year. 19,069 long-term empty properties were brought back into use during the year to [...]
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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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Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced today that the Government is setting out plans for a major extension of mentoring to ex-offenders, which would be provided by voluntary groups and private companies on a payment-by-results basis. With re-conviction rates above 70% in 14 prisons across England and Wales ( Dorchester, in Dorset, having the highest [...]
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Official statistics for empty homes around England, from November 2011, were 720,905 with 89.6% of those privately owned. 279,000 of these are long term empty, meaning they have been empty for more than 6 months. The most empty homes recorded were first in the North West, with 131,395 empty, and the second highest amount were [...]
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It has been announced that refuges for victims of domestic violence are to be exempt from rules covering the direct payment of housing benefit via Universal Credit. Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday, Iain Duncan Smith said welfare payments designed to cover housing costs will continue to go direct to refuges under universal credit. [...]
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