Strict inspection and dissemination regulations imposed by the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) limit the availability of full tenant screening credit reports and national criminal record searches to established property management companies. Yet this information could be crucial in helping private landlords ensure they have responsible tenants.
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Everyone seems to have some sort of advice to a landlord about responsibilities towards tenants – but just what are they and how do they affect the legal obligations of the job?
Read full articleInventories more important than ever
An Inventory is more than just a list of items; in the property industry we are more concerned with condition. The point of an inventory is ensuring that everything within that property, whether it is furnished or unfurnished, to see what is in the property and what is the condition […]
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Landlords have more choice over how to safeguard tenant deposits after changes in the market at the start of April 2013.
Read full articleNew tax year is a chance for landlords to make buy-to-let less taxing
With a new tax year commencing, and repeat warnings that HMRC are cracking down on tax evasion amongst residential landlords, the Landlord Syndicate is offering advice to landlords on how to make their tax less taxing in the year ahead. “If you haven’t done so already, the first thing you […]
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Land banking scammers who conned thousands of pounds out of investors have been closed down by the High Court.
Read full articleSerious rent arrears increase for landlords
Buy to let landlords have had more tenants struggling with serious rent arrears in the past three months, according to a new report from a rent debt firm.
Read full articleSetting rents is easier with new official data
The mystical art of setting competitive rents has just been made a lot easier with new data about private lettings across England going online.
Read full articleLandlord fined for reconnecting faulty boiler
A buy to let landlord was fined £17,000 ignored safety rules and left a family at risk by asking an unregistered fitter to reconnect a dangerous gas supply.
Read full articleSkint renters take 23 years to save a deposit for a home
Just how much renters need financial help from the government’s Help to Buy mortgage guarantee plans is revealed by new figures that show most would take 23 years to save enough money for a deposit.
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