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Plaudits pile in for SAFEagent awareness week     Public have heard of ARLA - but not much else     Bid for apprentice money to revolutionise lettings industry     Profits at Belvoir climb ahead of stock market listing     Council on track to license every single rental property    

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ARPM Property Management simplifies Rent Collection Services

Thursday 17th May 2012

The dreaded day has arrived, today will be the day when you find out whether that difficult Tenant, who is always in arrears with their rent has paid – and guess what, they haven’t!  Now it’s time to once again pick up the telephone to the Landlord to advise that the rent has not come in and as usual, there will be a barrage of questions and accusations made by the Landlord who at this stage is truly frustrated and is finding it hard to pay two mortgages...

Property Management Software - Get the software that fits your needs

Thursday 17th May 2012

If you Google “property management software” you get a plethora of results, and it very soon can become overwhelming as to which option would be the best for your business...

Plaudits pile in for SAFEagent awareness week

Thursday 17th May 2012

This week’s SAFEAgent awareness week has received enormous support. Citizens Advice included SAFEagent information in its new ‘Paying the Rent’ toolkit, an internal resource for its advisers...

Public have heard of ARLA - but not much else

Thursday 17th May 2012

ARLA is the best known of the agency bodies to landlords. But only a handful have ever heard of SAFEagent – underlining the need for ongoing publicity among consumers...

Bid for apprentice money to revolutionise lettings industry

Thursday 17th May 2012

A bid has been made to the Government for £250,000 funding to create apprenticeships within the lettings industry...

Profits at Belvoir climb ahead of stock market listing

Thursday 17th May 2012

Belvoir Lettings, the franchise network which recently listed on AIM, says it met or exceeded all its performance targets for last year...

Council on track to license every single rental property

Thursday 17th May 2012

The council aiming to be the first authority in England and Wales where every single private rental property is licensed has announced its first milestone, with the blanket licensing of one complete ward...

Investors upbeat about buy-to-let prospects

Thursday 17th May 2012

Property investors remain positive about the outlook for the buy-to-let market. According to the latest Landlord Survey conducted by specialist lender CHL Mortgages, nearly three-quarters (71%) of respondents are positive about the prospects for the buy-to-let market, with only 5% feeling negative...

Cars4Agents – Why Should You Contract Hire Your Next Sign-Written Vehicle?

Wednesday 16th May 2012

John Paul Getty, known as one of the Richest men of all time once said: “If it appreciates buy it, if it depreciates, lease it” At Cars4Agents we fully believe in John’s quote and can prove to you that leasing is certainly the way forward...

Tenants v Landlords

Wednesday 16th May 2012

This is the first of several posts covering the subject of Tenants Vs Landlords; the data used for this is taken from LettingWeb’s site statistics...

Weekly Tenant online hunt stats

Wednesday 16th May 2012

Lettingwebsite statistics, published on a weekly basis, can be used to determine trends in the residential letting market from year to year or season to season...

Average rental prices on Lettingweb

Wednesday 16th May 2012

This is the first of several posts covering the subject of average rental prices, the data used has been taken from the properties let by Lettingweb on a weekly basis, and can be used to show trends in rental prices from year to year...

ARPM Property Management simplifies Pre Tenancy Administration

Tuesday 15th May 2012

Lettings offices can be busy places with a never ending ‘to do list’.  Firstly there’s the need to source new Landlords and then there’s the race to find a Tenant for the new instruction...

Est8pro- the New Integrated Marketing & Management Platform...

Tuesday 15th May 2012

Est8pro- the New Integrated Marketing & Management Platform Aimed Specifically At The Independent Real Estate Professional & Smaller Real Estate Agency...

City spotlight w/c 30th April

Tuesday 15th May 2012

All statistics are based on rental properties advertised on Lettingweb, which run into the hundreds of thousands over the past decade; however weekly sample sizes are often much smaller...

We're not in competition with ARLA, says SAFEagent chairman

Tuesday 15th May 2012

SAFEagent is not in competition with ARLA and has no plans to dispense with the services of NALS as its administrator, SAFEagent chairman John Midgley has said...

More landlords breaching the law as complaints rise

Tuesday 15th May 2012

A letting agent has discovered that private landlords across its region are increasingly in breach of the law...

Public sector cuts hit efforts to bring rogue landlords to justice

Tuesday 15th May 2012

Public sector cuts mean that councils can no longer afford to crack down on rogue landlords. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health did a survey of local authorities, which uncovered a falling number of prosecutions of bad landlords...

Council bans £40,000-plus couples from waiting list

Tuesday 15th May 2012

The private rented sector is poised for growth after one council announced that couples earning over £40,000 a year will no longer be eligible for a council house...

New fighting fund to tackle 'beds in sheds'

Tuesday 15th May 2012

A new fighting fund has been launched against criminal landlords of ‘beds in sheds’. Housing minister Grant Shapps has allocated £1...

City spotlight w/c 30th April

Monday 14th May 2012

All statistics are based on rental properties advertised on Lettingweb, which run into the hundreds of thousands over the past decade; however weekly sample sizes are often much smaller...

Landlords Urged To Look Out For Tell-Tale Signs Of Pet Damage

Friday 11th May 2012

The boom in the rental market has led to a large number of former homeowners with pets looking for accommodation...

LAT'S 60 second bite size interview: Cars4Agents

Thursday 10th May 2012

    As Cars4Agents continues to expand its operation we speak to Managing Director Gary Rose about the business and an exciting year ahead...

New lettings service lets landlords list on Rightmove for £20

Thursday 10th May 2012

A new online lettings service has launched, allowing landlords to list their properties for just £20 – with the price including advertising on Rightmove...

Sequence denies 'stealth charges' accusation by landlords

Thursday 10th May 2012

Sequence Lettings has strongly denied trying to impose ‘stealth’ charges on its landlords after having had to make refunds to some, and has also denied dragging its heels over passing on rental payments to landlords...

DPS protecting a record 870,000 deposits

Thursday 10th May 2012

The Deposit Protection Service says it is now protecting the most deposits in the five years since it launched...

Are 'rubbish' boilers making your blood boil?

Thursday 10th May 2012

A letting agent is looking for support to lobby the Government to make boiler manufacturers give ten-year warranties...

Shelter launches campaign against rip-off letting agents

Thursday 10th May 2012

Shelter is launching a campaign to help private sector tenants reclaim fees which it claims are being illegally charged by rip-off letting agents...

Letting agent who admits fraud escapes jail

Thursday 10th May 2012

A letting agency boss who admitted fraud has been spared jail. The case is the latest in a string of agents who have used clients’ money for business purposes...

Veteran property website folds after purchase by Zoopla

Tuesday 8th May 2012

The veteran local information website UpMyStreet has hit a dead end after its surprise purchase last week by Zoopla...