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Social referencing at LRS stops illegal immigrants
08/05/2013 
newsatlandlordreferencingAlmost 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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5 CommentsAn open letter to the mainstream media
With the controversy around Universal Credit becoming almost explosive and as rent arrears mount up & the housing benefit monies are spent on other things (drink, drugs, pay day loans, etc – which are extremely detrimental to ALL of our communities) Landlord Referencing Services are now seeing a massive influx of landlords AND letting agents [...]
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Landlord Referencing Services has collated its Tenant Alert data for February 2013, which reveals that the most prolific areas for rent defaults and property damages last month (via our vigilant community of landlords and letting agents) was in the South West and the South East. Total rent defaults recorded in February 2013 = £123,000+. Total [...]
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With nearly a third of the entire working population of Britain now working part-time Landlord Referencing Services would like to explore what the future holds for the private rented sector if this trend continues. Last night the ITV program Tonight covered the topic of ” Part time Britain ” – an insight into Britains flexible [...]
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The OFT have published a report identifying several consumer protection issues in the lettings market. As part of this report, the OFT analysed nearly 4,000 complaints made by people renting a home as well as those letting out a property. It found that both tenants and landlords were concerned about fees and charges levied by [...]
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Landlord Referencing Services has collated its Tenant Alert data for January 2013, which reveals that the most prolific areas for rent defaults and property damages last month (via our vigilant community of landlords and letting agents) was in the South West and the West Midlands. Total rent defaults recorded in January 2013 = £51,000+. [...]
2012 Tenant Alerts show 30% drop in rent arrears & damages!
As we enter 2013 Landlord Referencing is extremely happy to reveal that the tenant alerts recorded (exclusively at Landlordreferencing.co.uk) in 2012 show a 30% drop in rent arrears and property damages compared to the figures recorded in 2011. Coupled with the vast increase of Landlords & Letting Agents registering to join the Landlordreferencing.co.uk network over the [...]
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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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Census 2011 figures show that the number of people renting from a private landlord have nearly doubled in the past decade, whilst home-owners with a mortgage fell by 800,000. The proportion of residents of England and Wales living in private rented accommodation increased from 9 % in 2001 to 15 % last year. In 2001 [...]
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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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