Looking for a letting agent to manage your property or let your house? With thousands of letting agents out there, getting the best could be a bit challenging. Here is a checklist that will come in handy as you start your search. 1. Ask the people around you Family members and friends are a great […]
Read MoreA letting agent is looking for support to lobby the Government to make boiler manufacturers give ten-year warranties. Anthony Kerrigan, of Kerrigans in Doncaster, said: “That would make manufacturers think twice about selling unreliable rubbish. We are all being ripped off.” He said that for many years, as letting agents, he had been advising – […]
Read MoreHouse prices dropped by 0.6% in March, the Land Registry has reported, bringing the average selling price in England and Wales to £160,372 – also 0.6% lower than a year ago. But the big surprise is that the Land Registry shows house prices to have fallen in London, by 1.8%, while rising in the North-East […]
Read MoreThe ‘them’ and ‘us’ antagonism between landlords and tenants is disappearing, thanks to the introduction of mandatory tenancy deposit protection five years ago. The claim is due to be made today by TDS boss Steve Harriott, speaking at the Property Business Show. He is also due to forecast an increase in the number of authorised […]
Read MoreHeavy fines or a long jail term for the boss of fraudulent Oxford letting agent Charles Lawson have been welcomed by the head of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme as sending the right message to rogue agents. “At last the courts are taking letting agent fraud seriously and handing down deterrent sentences,” said Steve Harriott, chief […]
Read MoreWe’re all familiar with landlord and letting agent accreditation schemes, but now there is to be a nationwide tenant accreditation scheme – backed by the UK Landlord Accreditation Scheme. The aim is to help landlords and agents identify ‘good’ tenants beyond the usual tenancy referencing checks. The official launch on March 1 of the UK Tenants […]
Read MoreAlmost one million people have had to take out a payday loan at 4,000% within the last year to pay their rent or mortgage. In total, seven million borrowers and tenants are relying on some form of credit to pay their housing costs. As well as payday loans, struggling borrowers and tenants are taking out […]
Read MoreCaps to welfare payments that come into force this week will make 810,000 private rented homes unaffordable for tenants on housing benefit, it has been claimed. Already, one local council in London has announced that it is planning how to help residents move out, if they can no longer afford to live there. Research by […]
Read MoreThe latest RICS residential lettings survey reports rising yields on rental properties as a result of increased tenant demand and rising rents. Surveyors whose offices handle lettings reported the now familiar picture of rising rents, improved yields and greater tenancy demand in the three months to October. Tenants are turning to the rental sector not […]
Read MoreCleaning is leading cause of deposit deductions Cleaning costs and unpaid rent are the top reasons why deposit money is withheld when a tenant moves out of a rented property, mydeposits has found. The tenancy deposit protection scheme surveyed landlords and agents, asking them the main reasons why they withhold deposit money at the end […]
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