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TPO expels seven agents from scheme
Seven agents have been excluded from the Property Ombudsman scheme for non-payment of awards. The seven are: Whirlybird Property, a sales and lettings agent in…
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Impact of Tenant Fees Act on Letting Agencies
Letting agencies are continuing to feel the impact of the Tenant Fees Act six months after its introduction by the government. According to the upcoming…
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Royal Assent for Tenant Fees Bill
Royal assent has now been given to the Tenant Fees Bill that bans agents and landlords from charging certain fees to tenants. The act given…
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Private Landlord Survey Finds Agents Discarded
A new private landlord survey has found that over half of buy to let property investors (52 per cent) do not use agents at all….
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Agents Encouraged to Reply to Government tenancy Consultation
Letting agents and property professionals have been encouraged to respond to the government’s consultation on longer tenancies. Payprop is encouraging agents to be heard, stating…
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Carbon Monoxide Safety Concern Lacking from Edinburgh Agents
Concerns have been raised about carbon monoxide safety precautions following a survey by Which? which found Edinburgh landlords’ knowledge lacking. Undercover researchers were sent on…
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Learning Some Agents are not Regulated Shocks Investors
Tenants and property investors are shocked to discover that landlords, letting agents and landlords are not regulated, according to new research from Propertymark. Of those…
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Tenancy Deposit Protection Bites – Or Does It
When the Tenancy Deposit Protection legislation came into force in April 2007, dire penalties were promised where landlords or agents did not protect cash deposits…
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Are Your Agents Earning Their Keep
It is impossible to work with private sector landlords without hearing complaints being made about agents. Though to be fair, this is often due to…