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Tenants facing ‘No DSS’ bans told to complain via agent’s redress scheme
Eddie Hughes hopes official schemes can arbitrate on discrimination cases but our research shows very few tenants use them for this purpose.
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Redress boss: Agents must take ‘material information’ seriously or face problems
Sean Hooker of the PRS says inconsistent information uploaded to portals could increasingly expose agents to legal and regulatory action.
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Industry star joins board of insurance giant Hamilton Fraser
Paul Shamplina has also been made COO of the company, which operates both a redress and a tenancy deposit scheme.
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Features
Time to leave buy-to-let?
Over-zealous compliance regulation seems to be wringing the life out of the golden goose of the PRS – the buy-to-let landlord, says Adam Walker.
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Stamp duty deadline is speeding up landlord consolidation
Hamptons says 15% of all sales last month were larger landlords rushing to hoover up properties being sold by exiting smaller operators.
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Movers & Shakers
NRLA names new Legal Counsel
Leading housing lawyer and former RLA policy director David Smith has been announced as legal counsel for the National Residential Landlords Association.
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Lettings drive 77% of all complaints about estate agents, says PRS
Redress scheme also says its membership has increased by 50% over the past 12 months, as more and more agents joined Brexit despite the fees ban and other industry headwinds.
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Rent suspensions, deferrals and reductions on industry agenda as arrears crisis looms
High profile industry players offer guidance to landlords and tenants in an attempt to slow the rent arrears train coming down the track.
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Quarter of estate agents won’t come back off furlough until September
Research by PRS reveals that most agents will still be on furlough during July and that the return to work will take many more months than expected.
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Mediation service launches to keep landlords, agents and tenants out of court
The Property Redress Scheme, which has launched the service, says it has been brought forward to cope with the extra tensions being caused by the pandemic.
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