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Deposit schemes unite to take legal advice after Superstrike case     One in five people to be a private tenant in just two years, claim     Shelter campaign on letting fees blasted as 'anti-landlord'     Belvoir network grows to hit 150 milestone figure     New acquisition boosts expansion for agents Linley & Simpson    

The latest Court of Appeal ruling could mean that new tenancies have to be created monthly, and tenants’ deposits re-protected every time. It could also mean that deposits which the law now – but not then –  says were not protected properly would have to be returned to the tenant before a Section 21 notice for possession could be served...

One in five people to be a private tenant in just two years, claim
Thursday 20 June 2013

Monthly rents will hit an average of £800 in England and Wales in two years’ time, while one in five people will be living in private rented accommodation...

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Shelter campaign on letting fees blasted as 'anti-landlord'
Thursday 20 June 2013

Shelter’s campaign to get tenants' fees abolished has come under fierce attack from the Residential Landlords Association. Although the campaign is aimed at letting agents, RLA chairman Alan Ward said it was anti-landlord because of the proposal that landlords should bear all the costs of setting up a tenancy...

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Belvoir network grows to hit 150 milestone figure
Thursday 20 June 2013

Belvoir Lettings has hit a milestone with the recruitment of new franchisees, bringing the total number of offices in its network to over 150. CEO Dorian Gonsalves said: “The network is expanding rapidly, and as well as the recent new cold starts we have also implemented an ambitious acquisition programme, which was made possible following Belvoir’s flotation on AIM in February 2012...

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New acquisition boosts expansion for agents Linley & Simpson
Thursday 20 June 2013

Yorkshire agent Linley & Simpson has added to its network of nine branches by taking over Carrington Property Management for an undisclosed sum...

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Shadow housing minister praises council for crackdown on landlords
Thursday 20 June 2013

Shadow housing minister Jack Dromey has applauded Newham Council for its crackdown on landlords. Dromey went with the mayor of Newham, Sir Robin Wales, on a joint operation between the council, police and UK Border Agency...

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Agents want Shelter to be probed by Charity Commission
Thursday 20 June 2013

Letting agents are calling for Shelter’s charitable status to be withdrawn, and for the organisation to be reported to the Charity Commission The call – supported by Martin & Co’s Ian Wilson (see separate story) – was sounded loudly and clearly in a number of comments made on LAT to our report of Shelter’s bid to get letting agent fees to tenants banned by law...

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Martin & Co boss calls for industry fighting fund
Thursday 20 June 2013

Over half of Martin & Co’s lettings franchise group is now trading in estate agency, with more to follow. Managing director Ian Wilson – who today is calling for the lettings industry to set up a fighting fund to challenge Shelter –  said that so far, just under 1,000 sales have been agreed and £500,000 worth of fees have been banked...

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Government could U-turn on regulation, warns industry figure
Thursday 20 June 2013

Despite repeated statements by ministers that they have no plans to burden letting agents with any more red tape, a leading industry figure has warned against any complacency over the charging of letting agency fees...

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Thursday 20 June 2013

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Thursday 20 June 2013

•    People living in rented or shared accommodation are seven times more likely to have a fire •    About 400 people a year die in accidental house fires •    Not having a smoke alarm doubles your risk of death •    Fault electrics cause around 7,000 house fires a year •    Candles cause more than 5 fires a day Landlords and letting agents are failing to protect their tenants with adequate fire safety protection and in some of the worst cases, are in serious breach of fire safety legislation according to the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC)...

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