Tag: Tenant referencing

Empty dwelling management orders?

Author: Readers Question

20th October 2026, 3 days ago | 17

Hello, Re: the ‘empty dwelling management order’, which is a fancy name for councils ……… for your property! There seems...

Tenant referencing is getting tougher but are we going too far?

Author: Readers Question

2nd October 2026, 3 weeks ago | 10

Tenant referencing is getting tougher under the Renters’ Rights Act, and I can understand why. One of the biggest things...

Landlords place growing importance on tenant referencing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st October 2026, 3 weeks ago | 0

More than one million County Court Judgments (CCJs) were registered in England and Wales last year, as more than half...

Is the government’s PRS Database registration putting landlords at risk?

Author: Readers Question

24th September 2026, 4 weeks ago | 35

Hello, Although such cases may be in the minority, we had a tenant who turned out to be a criminal....

AI fuels surge in UK tenancy fraud

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th August 2026, 2 months ago | 5

AI-generated payslips, employment records and identities are making tenancy fraud harder for landlords and agents to detect. The warning comes...

Why Labour needs a rogue tenant database to protect decent tenants

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th August 2026, 3 months ago | 28

Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act, which was sold as a tool for ‘levelling the playing field’ for tenants, brought into being...

Rent guarantor demands rise among landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th March 2026, 7 months ago | 0

A third of letting agents say more landlords are now insisting on rent guarantors before agreeing tenancies, research reveals. According...

Tenant referencing under the Renters’ Rights Act?

Author: Readers Question

17th February 2026, 8 months ago | 16

Given the Renters’ Rights Act becoming statute on the 1st May 26, I’m interested to ask how landlords will be...

Rent arrears drop but landlords tighten referencing checks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st December 2025, 11 months ago | 0

Despite rental arrears falling, tenants may face stricter referencing checks ahead of the Renters’ Rights Act. Data by Reposit reveals...

Rightmove launches digital renter checklist to simplify tenant move-ins

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th October 2025, 12 months ago | 1

Rightmove has unveiled a new digital Renter Checklist tool aimed at easing the rental move-in process for tenants. The platform...

Renters’ Rights Bill sparks rent arrears fear

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th February 2025, 2 years ago | 5

There will be another rise in tenant rent arrears due to the Renters’ Reform Bill after a jump in numbers...

Landlords warned of fake payslip scam

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2025, 2 years ago | 0

Landlords in London are being warned by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) to thoroughly vet tenant documents after a...

Extremely rigorous tenant screening, insurance and total protection?

Author: Readers Question

21st March 2024, 3 years ago | 7

The title speaks for itself. Unfortunately, it has taken a year to the day exactly to evict non-paying tenants. This...

Referencing agency missed CCJ?

Author: Readers Question

15th February 2024, 3 years ago | 22

Hi, we ran a letting agency for a few years and are landlords ourselves. We used a referencing agency for...

High agency fees when terminating property management contract?

Author: Readers Question

30th January 2024, 3 years ago | 5

Hello, We signed a contract with an agency for them to manage our relationship with the tenants back in 2019....

Ever seen a McDonald’s employment contract like this?

Author: Readers Question

30th March 2023, 4 years ago | 14

Hi all, Has anyone ever come across a McDonald’s work contract in the course of tenant referencing? This is the one...

When to sign the AST and taking holding deposits

Author: Readers Question

7th September 2013, 13 years ago | 19

I have read that on no account should a landlord sign a new tenancy, unless he has vacant possession of...

Free guide to finding the very best tenants

Author: Mark Alexander

24th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

My free guide to finding the very best tenants is now available as a PDF download, just see the form...

Tenant Referencing Using Common Sense

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 23

Common sense tenant referencing was pretty much the only option available when I first became a landlord and started letting property...

Letting Supermarket provides massive cost saving opportunities for private landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

29th May 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I am a non-exec Director of Letting Supermarket, an ARLA member letting agency which we have been recommending to Property118...

Can I charge tenants for extra admin if they are in arrears?

Author: Readers Question

22nd April 2013, 14 years ago | 16

Following the news from Property118 last week regarding “no win no fee” debt collection for landlords I have been re-thinking...