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Agents Experian to include Rental Payments in Credit Records Landlords and letting agents will have access to information about potential tenants’ rent payment history under an initiative launched by one of the UK’s three READ MORE Letting Agent League Tables – the results are out! The controversial review website, Allagents.co.uk, has released league tables of estate agents and letting agents, with the best and worst performers ranked according to customer READ MORE Pets Accepted? A recent survey by the Dogs Trust found that many tenants are being hounded out of the lettings market because of the difficulty of finding READ MORE See all posts	Housing Benefit Housing Benefit Changes start to Bite Landlords can no longer afford to rent to housing benefit tenants according to a survey by the National Landlords Association published this month. The survey READ MORE Housing Benefit: what’s the Benefit for Private Landlords The proportion of private rented properties available to tenants claiming housing benefit remains low. For good reason? The private rented sector has not typically READ MORE Thousands of Tenants on the Move Changes to Housing Benefit Rates have been well publicised. But the new restrictions on single claimants under the age of 35 have received less publicity READ MORE See all posts	Landlords Landlord fined £6,500 for “filthy” unlicensed Flat A London Landlord has been fined more than £6,500 by Richmond Magistrates Court after an inspection uncovered an incredible 15 people living inside his flat. READ MORE Housing Benefit Changes start to Bite Landlords can no longer afford to rent to housing benefit tenants according to a survey by the National Landlords Association published this month. The survey READ MORE Section 21 Notices: What you need to know. It is a common belief that tenants are required to leave when their fixed term tenancy comes to an end, if it has not been READ MORE See all posts
Lodgers When does a Tenant’s Guest become a Tenant? A couple of years ago I rented out a four bedroom house in Shepherds Bush to four young professionals – Aussies and Kiwis, who seem READ MORE See all posts	Property Market Surprise Fall in London House Prices. But a big rise in the North East The Land Registry has released figures for March house prices showing a drop of 0.6% since February 2012 across England and Wales. Average prices have READ MORE Accidental Landlords still driving Buy-to-Let The Co-Operative Bank has released figures showing that one fifth of its recent buy-to-let business has come from “accidental landlords” – home owners forced into READ MORE Housing Benefit Caps : Coalition forces through Welfare Reforms As I write, the Coalition Government’s latest welfare reforms are being hotly debated in the House of Lords. The Government wants to introduce a cap READ MORE See all posts	Rent Housing Benefit Changes start to Bite Landlords can no longer afford to rent to housing benefit tenants according to a survey by the National Landlords Association published this month. The survey READ MORE Experian to include Rental Payments in Credit Records Landlords and letting agents will have access to information about potential tenants’ rent payment history under an initiative launched by one of the UK’s three READ MORE Housing Benefit: what’s the Benefit for Private Landlords The proportion of private rented properties available to tenants claiming housing benefit remains low. For good reason? The private rented sector has not typically READ MORE See all posts
Tenancy Agreements Section 21 Notices: What you need to know. It is a common belief that tenants are required to leave when their fixed term tenancy comes to an end, if it has not been READ MORE HMO’s – What are they? Why Landlords need to know. Home Information Packs. Remember those? Well the same piece of complex legislation that inspired those much-loved documents also heralded a new regime for the READ MORE Experian to include Rental Payments in Credit Records Landlords and letting agents will have access to information about potential tenants’ rent payment history under an initiative launched by one of the UK’s three READ MORE See all posts	Tenants Housing Benefit Changes start to Bite Landlords can no longer afford to rent to housing benefit tenants according to a survey by the National Landlords Association published this month. The survey READ MORE Section 21 Notices: What you need to know. It is a common belief that tenants are required to leave when their fixed term tenancy comes to an end, if it has not been READ MORE HMO’s – What are they? Why Landlords need to know. Home Information Packs. Remember those? Well the same piece of complex legislation that inspired those much-loved documents also heralded a new regime for the READ MORE See all posts	Trivia and Gossip Landlord fined £6,500 for “filthy” unlicensed Flat A London Landlord has been fined more than £6,500 by Richmond Magistrates Court after an inspection uncovered an incredible 15 people living inside his flat. READ MORE Letting Agent League Tables – the results are out! The controversial review website, Allagents.co.uk, has released league tables of estate agents and letting agents, with the best and worst performers ranked according to customer READ MORE Harry Hill launches “Angry Buyers” game You may have read our post on letting agent reviews: angry tenants and landlords sounding -off about their experiences with agents. On a similar READ MORE See all posts

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