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Landlords’ Barometer – #6
Vanessa has had a busy week editing all the footage from the NALS Conference, but Property Tribes forum keeps on buzzing and up-dating with conversations every few minutes
Lettings
Lettings
Letting agency chief removed from council role
Tory councillor stripped of roles after legal actions started over alleged breaches of housing legislaltion
Events
NALS to repeat successful conference in north
NALS says it will re-run event that puts letting agents on the front line
Compliance
Letting agent failed to license HMO with 17 people
16 adults and one child were found living at unlicensed HMO
Compliance
Immigration checks: here’s one to help
Essential update for all agents facing extra checks on tenants
Law
Evictions go up as repossessions of mortgaged properties fall
Tenancy evictions sweep to an all-time high
Lettings
Agent warns council against caving into protesters’ demands
We'd all like things to be cheaper, says agent as protesters demand rent controls
Lettings
Landlords’ Barometer – #5
Welcome to “Landlords’ Barometer #5” – trending topics for landlords and agents. This week’s column has been inspired by issues that arose at the NALS Conference yesterday that are also trending on Property Tribes, the UK’s leading landlord community
Compliance
Criminal letting agent ‘pretended to be member of ARLA’
But fraudster who could barely read or write never passed his exams, despite claims in court
Lettings
NALS delegates protest at more red tape for letting agents
And surprise as so few seem to have heard of Agents' Mutual
Compliance
Reminder: Immigration checks on tenants looming in pilot area
Right to Rent checking starts on December 1 ahead of national roll-out
Lettings
Tenancy referencing firm tells Theresa May of immigration checks concerns
Tenancy referencing services could carry the burden of checking, Home Secretary is told
Lettings
Labour wants to raise minimum EPC rating to C for all rental homes
Party also plans to deliver 500,000 home energy reports a year
Law
Will tenants make repeated complaints to stave off eviction – S.21 under threat?
Teather Bill: MPs given new briefing on revenge evictions
Compliance
ID fraudsters target young working tenants
One in five cases of ID theft involves tenants in their 20s or 30s
Law
More tenants will put in vexatious complaints if Bill becomes law – warning
Shamplina says new Tenancies (Reform) Bill would make it easier for bad tenants to hold up eviction proceedings
Lettings
Labour peers lead new bid to ban letting agent fees
But Government says transparency, not a ban, is needed
Compliance
TPO letting agents now able to use Trading Standards Institute logo
Some 12,400 letting agents now able to use logo after Institute's acceptance of code
Compliance
Letting agent in £70k fraud went on to work for NAEA President’s firm
In latest scandal, agent who went on to work for unknowing Martyn Gerrard agency was arrested at airport, admits fraud and now faces jail
Lettings
Blanket PRS licensing is labelled ‘an abuse of legislation’
Landlord hits out at Newham Council 'copycat' scheme and accuses councillors of posturing