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Landlordreferencing.co.uk support 1st SAFEagent Saturday
15/03/2013 
newsatlandlordreferencing 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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Leave a comment Majority of tenants in WSM happy with their private landlord
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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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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A government report has found that councils are wasting billions of pounds, by not intervening with anti-social families more effectively. Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has published new findings showing the huge savings that can be made for the taxpayer from turning around troubled families, by intervening more effectively in problem households. The Department for [...]
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Landlord Referencing Services would like to address the reasons behind the questions that we ask of landlords and letting agents upon registration of our service. What with the recent (unprecedented) influx of landlords and letting agents joining our unique landlord networking system right across the UK, following the introduction of the Universal Credit pilots and [...]
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Labour leader MP Ed Miliband has promised to protect the rights of private renters, as part of his party’s ‘One Nation’ philosophy. Mr Miliband highlighted the potentially divisive rift between private renters and home owners in a speech to the Fabian Society. As well as attempting to provide more security for renters via introducing more [...]
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East Midlands Property Owners (EMPO) response to the Communities & Local Government Commons Select Committee enquiry into the private rented housing sector. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this enquiry. 1.2 EMPO is a not for profit residential landlord association whose primary function is to support and represent the interests of [...]
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After raising the idea of cutting housing benefit for under 25′s in October, pressure is mounting on the chancellor to axe the controversial plans; amid fears of increased homelessness & suicide. Young & Homeless 2012 has been published by national homeless charity Homeless Link today, whose findings provide a strong case as to why the [...]
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The South West Landlord Association has attracted record numbers this year, as well as significant local authority training contracts. The association’s year-end figures show membership now stands at 602 residential landlords – which is 73 more than last year and a 12 % hike. The SWLA also now provides accredited training courses that have been [...]
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Today Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the government is determined to cut a further £10bn from the benefits budget to fight the deficit. The chancellor has promised to cut £10bn more from the welfare bill by 2016-17, on top of the £18bn cuts announced in 2010, as the economic downturn lasts longer than expected. [...]
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