Tag Archives: theft

Silly tenant taunts West Midlands police via Facebook

31/01/2013 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

[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 [...]

Landlords incredible list of rules goes viral

11/01/2013 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

A prospective tenant looking at a house had no idea what her landlord would be like, until she was handed a list of increasingly bizarre house rules, before even signing a contract. The 31 instructions posted on Twitter by Laura Evelyn include: No Pork EVER IN HOUSE or fridge, no showers to last more than [...]

Do Landlords Really Know it All?

26/11/2012 Landlord News newsatlandlordreferencing

A recent study conducted by Landlord Referencing Services has revealed that one in four landlords believe that they ‘know it all’, regarding tenant referencing and deposit protection rules. The study of 250 landlords involved a quick telephone questionnaire, asking the following: Do you use Tenant Referencing? Result: 75% = YES | 25% = NO- Of [...]

Social housing sector’s credit worthiness stable

09/07/2012 Landlord News lrs_keeper

Despite increased financial pressures, generated by government cuts and the Welfare Reform Act (Universal Credit), a major ratings agency has announced that the UK’s social housing sector’s credit worthiness is stable. The report, by Standard & Poor, claims that the majority of housing associations will be able to accommodate to the lower level of government [...]

Sarah’s Law Success.

13/06/2012 Landlord News lrs_keeper

Police across England and Wales have hailed the child protection scheme “Sarah’s Law” a success, after releasing its first year of results. “Sarah’s Law” was proposed after the murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne by a convicted sex offender 10 years ago. Sarah was kidnapped and murdered by Roy Whiting in West Sussex in 2000, and the [...]