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Renting reform White Paper lands and it’s more radical than expected
The bombshell document's 12-point plan includes significant changes for letting agents including how they deal with ASTs, pets, rent rises, and benefits tenants.
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Industry leader: ‘PRS reform must come from a culture of collaboration’
Safeagent's CEO gets to grips with the challenges faced by the private rental sector during the pandemic, and the looming reforms.
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Are your deposits safe?
The collapse of client account service provider ARPM has thrown a spotlight on the complex area of client money protection. Are changes needed? Richard Reed investigates.
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EXCLUSIVE: Only 10% of lettings firms get Tribunal fines cancelled
Figures are revealed within the latest edition of Safeagent's enforcement toolkit for Trading Standards officers.
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Trade bodies split over how to help tenants repay Covid rent arrears
Safeagent is pushing for an upgraded Discretionary Housing Payment scheme, while Propertymark and the NRLA want a system of loans and grants.
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Learning the RoPA
When it eventually comes, RoPA will demand training, but it’s not just about box-ticking, it’s about doing the job better and winning more business for the firm, says Richard Reed.
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Suspend electrical and licensing inspections during lockdown, say industry groups
Risks for electrical safety and property licensing inspectors are too great to justify further enforcement action, it is claimed.
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Up to 10% of tenants have rent arrears, letting agents report
Poll of industry by Safeagent reveals higher rent arrears including a significant number who are refusing to pay their rent.
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Radical benefits reform needed to protect both agents, tenants and landlords, says trade body
Accreditation body Safeagent has suggested half a dozen or so well-argued ideas to stop a tsunami of evictions after the latest ban ends.
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Claimed evictions cliff edge this month ‘unlikely’ say letting agents
Research by Safeagent among its member agents fails to find evidence of a looming evictions surge once possession hearings restart on August 23rd.
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