Tag: Letting Agents

Landlord told to act as guarantor in bizarre twist

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th August 2023, 3 years ago | 12

In a strange situation, a letting agency has asked a landlord to be a guarantor for their own tenants. This...

Am I still a guarantor?

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2023, 3 years ago | 47

Hi, a bit of of advice needed. I was a guarantor on an AST for 6 months and at the...

Agents say the Renters (Reform) Bill is their biggest worry

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th June 2023, 3 years ago | 2

The Renters (Reform) Bill is the primary concern for letting agents with a flood of worried calls to an industry...

Can letting agent increase fees without agreement?

Author: Readers Question

1st June 2023, 3 years ago | 5

Hello, I have a property which is rented out via a letting agent with full management service. The current agreement...

Letting agents who ban children are breaking equality rules – ombudsman

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2023, 4 years ago | 27

The Property Ombudsman has ruled that a blanket ban on letting a property to a family with children is discriminatory...

Letting agents predict rise in arrears and drop in landlord numbers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th January 2023, 4 years ago | 1

Most letting agents say they expect to see more landlords leave the market in 2023 – against a backdrop of...

Housing market will be hit by strike action at Registers of Scotland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Scotland’s housing market will slow down at a time when it is already facing delays after the Public and Commercial...

Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting AML rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th January 2023, 4 years ago | 0

Propertymark says that letting agents still face difficulties maintaining their pooled client accounts from high street banks that are still...

East Midlands Property Owners Expo – Date for your Diary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2014, 13 years ago | 0

East Midlands Property Owners is a professional residential landlords association but also a not-for-profit organisation. Its members own somewhere in...

Deposit dispute handling courses available for Letting Agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th February 2014, 13 years ago | 0

Mydeposits is hosting introductory courses for letting agents in order to help them better deal with their tenant’s deposit disputes....

Letting agent workshops on the sharp end by Paul Shamplina

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th January 2014, 13 years ago | 0

Agents are being educated on making the most of the ‘sharp end’ of the industry in Letting agent workshops. When...

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Landlord’s guide to client money protection schemes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th June 2012, 14 years ago | 5

Letting agents regularly go bust amid claims of owing landlords and tenants thousands of pounds, so here’s a quick guide...

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Estate agent secretly tried to let home he should have sold

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th June 2012, 14 years ago | 0

An estate agent tried to make some money on the side by renting an empty home he was trying to...

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Letting agents slammed as fees go through the roof

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Letting agents are charging fees of up to £600 to tenants who want to privately rent a home in Wales,...

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Landlords urged to only deal with ‘safe’ letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Letting agents are urging landlords to make sure they only do business with firms offering a money protection scheme. Firms...

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SAFEagent Launches its Awareness Week

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

SAFEagent is launching a ‘week of activity’ beginning on May 14th until 20th May, aimed at raising awareness of the...

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£85,000 ‘missing’ as letting agent traded fraudulently

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Fraud investigators uncovered a ‘missing’ £85,000 from a failed letting agent that ran into financial problems after the supervising franchise...

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Landlords are the wrong target for buy to let regulation

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2012, 15 years ago | 7

Landlords are the wrong target for buy to let regulation, according to the latest behind-the-scenes thinking. Regardless of the rights...

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LetAlliance expand to Northern Ireland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

3rd April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

LetAlliance is rolling out its specialist services to the 200 letting agents across Northern Ireland for the first time as...

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Ombudsman boots out rent row letting agent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th March 2012, 15 years ago | 2

Letting agent Helen Gregory has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme after a rent row with a buy to...

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New call for government to regulate letting agents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

The government needs to take action to protect consumers by regulating unscrupulous letting and estate agents, urges the Royal Institution...