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Homeless charity to trade tenants personal data?
10/05/2013 
newsatlandlordreferencingToday it has been revealed that social landlords are planning to hand over rental payment data to a credit ratings giant, in an attempt to help social tenants build their credit histories and access more affordable housing. Later this month Experian and the social investment arm of The Big Issue “Big Issue Invest” will be [...]
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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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Landlord Referencing Services is very happy to announce the launch of its long awaited “Pay as you go” lifestyle, financial and ID tenant reference – using all 3 references to propagate our databases we are now able to make the whole reference much more powerful in stopping bad tenants from ripping off other good landlords/agents [...]
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Birmingham City Council have sent a strong message to landlords who let in the city. “We support good landlords” Senior officers of the city council have been in discussions with the West Midlands Regional Representative of the National Landlords Association (NLA) since 2011 when HMO licences were about to come up for renewal but it [...]
The BBC want to hear from YOU …
The BBC are looking to speak to landlords who are currently involved in a dispute with a rogue tenant over a renting/letting issue. With a view to being filmed for a BBC1 documentary – Please call producer Lily Murray, ASAP, on: 07843 096 546 . OR email Landlord Referencing Services and we’ll put you in [...]
“Pay As You Go” Credit & Lifestyle Reference Coming Soon
Why is this a completely unique service, for all landlords and letting agents to use? The UK’s only “Pay As You Go” Credit AND Lifestyle Tenant Reference Lowest possible price (from only £4.99 +VAT) DOES NOT require membership fees DOES NOT require “bulk buy” of credit references to receive a “discount” ; ”Pay As You Go” [...]
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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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Landlord Referencing Services were most alarmed at the headline of this weeks Weston, Worle & Somerset Mercury this morning; Landlords keeping tenants in squalor. ” Collapsed ceilings, dangerous electrical wiring, vermin infestations and discarded needles – the Mercury can reveal these are some of the squalid conditions Weston tenants are being forced to live with [...]
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Google will face Spain’s data protection authority in Europe’s high court, which could have significant implications for how personal information on the internet is managed. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is to rule on whether Google is invading personal privacy after a referral from Spain’s high court, based on a complaint made by a [...]
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Via information provided to a local council, HMRC is now targeting PRS landlords in an attempt to track down those evading tax by failing to declare their rental income. Letters issued by the department are looking for information on addresses of properties, periods let, and the amounts of monthly or weekly rent involved, as well [...]
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