Tag Archives: property

Deadline passes for tenant deposits in Scotland

15/05/2013 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

Scottish landlords could now face legal action if they have failed to pay their tenants’ deposits into a legally required protection scheme. Those who rent out properties in Scotland were given the deadline of May 15th for placing all eligible deposits with one of three approved tenancy deposit schemes; www.safedepositsscotland.com www.mydepositsscotland.co.uk www.lettingprotectionscotland.com The Scottish Government [...]

Homeless charity to trade tenants personal data?

10/05/2013 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

Today 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 [...]

Social referencing at LRS stops illegal immigrants

08/05/2013 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

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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07/05/2013 Guest Blogs, Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

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April 2013 Tenant Alert Statistics

04/05/2013 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

Landlord Referencing Services has collated its Tenant Alert data for April 2013, which reveals that the most prolific areas for rent arrears and property damages last month (uploaded via our vigilant community of landlords and letting agents) were in the South West and the South East. Total rent defaults recorded in April 2013 = £90,000+. [...]

[EXCLUSIVE] Council agree major re-structure of HMO licence fees

30/04/2013 Guest Blogs, Landlord News marylatham

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 [...]

UC pilot begins | Manchester landlords protect yourself (free) today!

29/04/2013 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

The Government will launch the first pilot test of its new benefits system ( Universal Credit )  in Ashton-under-Lyne today. It seeks to simplify the existing system by combining 6 benefits into 1, but opponents say it is misleading and will increase debt, mass evictions and homelessness. As a private landlord, letting agent and/or tenant [...]