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At last - smoke and carbon monoxide regulations confirmed

21/09/2015

https://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news Parliament has approved the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 - the regulations which looked in jeopardy after a House of Lords defeat last week. The... read more »

We are 2015 Winners!• Best Letting Agent in Doncaster - 2015 • Best Letting Agent in South Yorkshire - 2015 • Best Letting Agent in DN1 - 2015

15/09/2015

Three Years Running, Well done team. allAgents has revealed its 2015 estate agency award winners, based on reviews posted from September 1 2014 to August 31 this year. In excess of 20,000 offices have been assessed, allAgents sa... read more »

NLA says new S21 rules “akin to a Laurel and Hardy sketch”

15/09/2015

Landlords have hit out at a raft of new rules being introduced in just three weeks’ time. The Department of Communities and Local Government’s (DCLG) announced last week that new regulations will come into force on 1 October. The new ru... read more »

HB Delays UK wide

14/09/2015

Half (52%) of private sector tenants on housing benefit have experienced delays over its payment from their local council, according to new research from the National Landlords Association (NLA). The figures, which are thought to affect approximatel... read more »

Legionella Scams!

22/06/2015

Landlords As part of the NLA membership they have a continued professional development section, they added a Legionella section last week which we have now completed. There is no onus on the landlord to carry out legionella... read more »

HELP TO BUY SCHEME!

16/06/2015

The Government has created the Help to Buy scheme to help hard-working people like you take steps to buy your own home. Whether you want to get onto the housing ladder or move up it, Help to Buy makes it possible to buy a new-build or existing home p... read more »

Rent Arrears is THE fastest growing debt in UK

12/06/2015

Rent arrears are becoming the fastest-growing debt problem in the UK, according to the Money Advice Trust charity. In the first nine months of this year, its telephone helpline received nearly 20,000 calls from people behind with their rent. Th... read more »

Not all agents are the same.

11/06/2015

Not all agents are the same. We at 247 are realistic, understanding but fair. We understand the difference between can’t pay and won’t pay. A difference between a good tenant who needs help in bad times and a bad tenant who ign... read more »

Retaliatory Evictions

10/06/2015

Introduction Earlier this year Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather introduced a Private Members' Bill to Parliament – the Tenancies (Reform) Bill – in an attempt to ban so called 'retaliatory' or 'revenge' evictions. Backed by a range o... read more »