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Landlord Referencing Support SAFEagent Awareness Week 2013.
13/05/2013 
newsatlandlordreferencingSince its launch two years ago 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 [...]
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Leave a commentUC pilot begins | Manchester landlords protect yourself (free) today!
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 [...]
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Do not ignore the basics: go over this landlord check-list Are you thinking of renting out your property? Whether you are an experienced property-owner with many tenants already or a first time landlord, it is worth taking the time to prepare and go over a list of tasks that should be performed before and after [...]
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[NEWS UPDATE] ONE DAY after LRS post this story, silly tenant is arrested! Read in full HERE. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ A crime suspect who is regarded by West Midlands Police as one of the region’s ‘Most Wanted’ men has been brazenly posting details of his whereabouts on Facebook. Swinburn has even gone as far as to design [...]
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A survey of housing associations has found that, on average, they expect their rent arrears to increase by 51% as a direct result of the government’s impending welfare reforms. The survey of 232 housing associations, carried out by Ipsos Mori for the National Housing Federation, has also revealed that if this is extrapolated across the [...]
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The housing minister has launched a tenant training and support programme this week, in an attempt to train tenants to hold their landlord to account. Mark Prisk’s new training program aims to train 5,000 tenants to engage with their landlord on a range of different issues and share experiences of setting up tenant groups, delivered [...]
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Landlord Referencing Services is happy to announce that we now have a specific area for tenants to access income protection insurance and tenant content insurance services. Click for the new Tenants Support Area. Not only can tenants access these important services, they can also : Build a tenant history file (free) and Interact with our [...]
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Landlord Referencing Services is very happy to announce that we now have Essex & Suffolk Water as our newest Landlord Utility Management sponsor. ” At Essex & Suffolk Water, we put our customers’ needs first, and this includes busy landlords and managing agents that want a more convenient way to contact their utility companies… ” Read [...]
Welcome to the LRS Community Northumbrian Water Ltd
Landlord Referencing Services is very happy to announce that we now have Northumbrian Water Ltd as our newest Landlord Utility Management sponsor. ” At Northumbrian Water, we put our customers’ needs first, and this includes busy landlords and managing agents that want a more convenient way to contact their utility companies… ” Read on. Follow them [...]
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Landlords in Bristol will have to apply for a licence to let their properties as part of a trial scheme aimed at improving conditions for tenants. The licence, being trialled in the Easton area, will cost property owners £100 and as part of the application they will have to supply safety certificates and ensure smoke [...]
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