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Why Get Trapped? Your Business, Your Choice

Friday 24th May 2013

There are those who insist that using a ball and chain is the only way to stop their customers from leaving...

NEW window displays from Mid West Displays

Friday 24th May 2013

Mid West Displays are excited to share with you our latest innovation in window displays. We have combined our 2 best selling products, the Bevelled Edge Light Panel and Rotating Light Panel to bring you ROTATING BEVELLED EDGE LIGHT PANELS...

New agent-owned portal is planned by top names in industry

Thursday 23rd May 2013

A group of top agents are putting together a new national property portal which would be owned by agents themselves and aimed at toppling – or cutting down to size – the duopoly of Rightmove and Zoopla...

More competition in tenancy deposit schemes welcomed by minister

Thursday 23rd May 2013

Housing minister Mark Prisk has said that more competition in deposit protection schemes should mean that more tenants become aware of their rights...

Immigrant checks would be 'light touch', Prisk promises

Thursday 23rd May 2013

The immigration status of tenants will only have to be checked under a ‘light touch’ regime, housing minister Mark Prisk has said...

Lettings portal is rapped by advertising watchdog

Thursday 23rd May 2013

Claims on a website advertising “unlimited access” for £4.99 to properties that accept tenants on housing benefits have been banned by the advertising watchdog...

Large-scale investment needed in private rental sector

Thursday 23rd May 2013

A new report has said that there are major opportunities for large-scale investment into the UK private residential rental market...

New customer portals launched for letting agents

Thursday 23rd May 2013

Software supplier CML is launching bespoke portals for letting agencies which allow both landlords and tenants to keep individual track of events...

LANDLORDS AND AGENTS URGED TO CHECK THEIR GARDENS AND WARN TENANTS ABOUT ALTERATIONS

Wednesday 22nd May 2013

Landlords and letting agents are facing a growing problem of tenants drastically altering gardens and driveways, without permission, leading to costly work to restore them to their original condition, according to the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC)...

Capita enters into tenancy deposit protection

Tuesday 21st May 2013

Capita has launched a new insured tenancy deposit scheme which has been approved by the Government Capita Tenancy Deposit Protection (TDP) will offer dispute resolution services via an existing ombudsman scheme, Ombudsman Services, and becomes the fourth provider in England and Wales...

Crystal Horwood Blog

Tuesday 21st May 2013

So the Government wants us to carry out immigration checks on prospective tenants.   Well, unlike a lot of those who have commented on the proposals, I support the general thrust of what is trying to be achieved but have a few questions of my own...

Rental services firm offered ministers free immigrant check service

Tuesday 21st May 2013

A tenancy referencing firm approached the Government three years ago and offered an immigrants’ checking service which would have cost taxpayers nothing...

Fresh expansion for Leaders after deal with Cotswolds agent

Tuesday 21st May 2013

Lettings chain Leaders has expanded into the Cotswolds after an unusual deal with lettings and estate agency business Perry Bishop and Chambers...

Belvoir scoops Redwoods business for £1.5m

Tuesday 21st May 2013

Lettings chain Belvoir has acquired a four-branch agency business consisting of both sales and lettings for just over £1...

Average rents on the rise as London hits new record

Tuesday 21st May 2013

Rents in April rose right across England and Wales, with average rents 3.9% higher than the same month last year – but tenants struggled to keep up with their payments...

New voluntary code introduced for managing agents

Tuesday 21st May 2013

Residential managing agents are to be regulated for the first time under a new regime. The regime is voluntary, but is also independent, and it was yesterday launched in Westminster by the industry’s trade body, ARMA...

Repairs: Reduce frustration, save time and money

Friday 17th May 2013

Fixflo streamlines the repairs process by guiding a tenant through a repair reporting and diagnoses online...

Why should I use an inventory company?

Friday 17th May 2013

As No Letting Go Inventory Management open their latest operation covering Guildford, you may be asking some obvious questions...

At Blinc Tenant Referencing, we believe it is our job to provide you with the service you desire, not for you to fit in with what suits us.

Thursday 16th May 2013

That’s why we have developed a referencing and rent protection service that is flexible, and able to adapt to you...

60: Second Interview : Blinc Tenant Referencing

Thursday 16th May 2013

Q: What does it say on your business card? Daniel Leeson, Director, Blinc Tenant Referencing Darren Bignall, Director, Blinc Tenant Referencing Q: Who are Blinc Tenant Referencing? Blinc Tenant Referencing is a fast growing referencing company bringing a fresh, personal approach to the referencing industry...

Mortgage firm 'on track' to enter estate agency market

Thursday 16th May 2013

A firm of mortgage advisers which announced plans to enter the estate agency market in March says it has secured premises in eight locations and is looking at another 16...

From Vision To Reality: The Everything-lettings innovation Process

Thursday 16th May 2013

Innovation is a joint process by which companies abandon old ways of doing things and make significant advances with new partners...

Actor who played conman tells how he was ripped off by agents

Thursday 16th May 2013

Actor Nigel Havers – who ironically rented his property while playing a conman in Coronation Street – told how he was ripped off by a rogue letting agent who vanished without trace...

Agents featured in Watchdog programme defend themselves

Thursday 16th May 2013

The agents featured in last night’s BBC Watchdog programme have strongly denied any wrongdoing...

Take fines threat over immigration seriously, lawyers warn

Thursday 16th May 2013

Landlords and agents face a very real possibility of heavy fines under proposed new immigration laws, a law firm has warned...

Just one in a hundred deposits ends in formal dispute

Thursday 16th May 2013

The ratio of deposit disputes in England & Wales is just over 1% according to official figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government...

LAT publishers to sponsor ESTAs again

Thursday 16th May 2013

Angels Media, publishers of Letting Agent Today and Estate Agent Today, have been announced as media partner for next year’s ESTAs...

Labour calls for more new homes and regulation of lettings

Thursday 16th May 2013

The Labour party has produced a policy paper on Britain’s housing crisis, with a twin focus on building new homes and the private rented sector...

Rents static outside London, says HomeLet

Thursday 16th May 2013

Rents across Greater London are 4.8% higher than this time last year, says tenancy referencing firm HomeLet...

Video reviews now on MeetMyAgent!

Wednesday 15th May 2013

Here at MeetMyAgent, we believe in doing things that are a cut above the rest. We are therefore delighted to announce the launch of our new video review service - the first and only platform of our kind to offer this! - giving you the opportunity to receive even more compelling and engaging feedback...