Rentman Lettings and Property Management Software - News

TDS says it did not notify OFT about new landlord service

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:55:30 GMT

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has not notified the launch of its new service for private landlords to the authorities – because it says it did not have to. LAT ...

Upad launchesÂ�£250 Olympics letting service

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:53:44 GMT

Upad, the self-service lettings agent, has launched a dedicated Olympics lettings service. For £250 plus VAT, home owners wanting to let their property ...

London agent in West meets East talks with investors

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:52:29 GMT

London letting agent Marc von Grundherr, of Benham & Reeves, is setting off to visit the Middle East and Far East to talk to would-be investors in London ...

Belvoir staff raiseÂ�£16,000 for Macmillan

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:51:37 GMT

Belvoir, the lettings chain, has raised over £16,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support in the last year. Its goal was to raise £10,000, but it ...

Most inventories'would not stand up in court'

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 06:51:11 GMT

The majority of the inventories presented to deposit scheme adjudicators are not worth the paper they are written on, leading to landlords losing deposit cases, ...

Rental registration sees 24% rise in 2011

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

New figures show interest in renting a home rose by nearly a quarter in 2011, with more than 275,000 tenants registering for private accommodation.Data from lettings ...

Tiny demand from tenants as landlords still chase Olympic gold

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:55:01 GMT

Landlords hopeful of hitting gold in the Olympics by charging four times normal rents are continuing to inundate letting agents. Many are making it clear that ...

Rent rises in most areas'not living up to the hype'

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:53:47 GMT

Despite much hype, rental levels in many regions are still not back up to those of 2008. The claim has come from Belvoir managing director Dorian Gonsalves, ...

Countrywide recruiting graduates for lettings management

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:53:00 GMT

Countrywide Residential Lettings has started a graduate recruitment drive with the launch of a graduate management programme. With places for 12 graduates, ...

New landlords pile into buy-to-let

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:52:19 GMT

Buy-to-let returns are on the up – and new landlords are piling into the sector. According to Knight Frank agents, the average annual yield nationally ...

Fire safety in flats conference for agents

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 06:51:49 GMT

A half-day conference on fire risks in blocks of flats is being held for agents and property managers. Organised by News on the Block, tickets are £65 ...

Radical changes announced for Scottish social housing

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Landlords may be interested to hear radical changes have been proposed to the way properties in the social rented sector are allocated and managed.The Scottish ...

Olympics 'forcing tenants out of their homes'

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

An increasing number of landlords in London are planning to cash in on the Olympics by evicting tenants so they can rent homes to visitors prepared to pay large ...

'Jack Russell' Shapps barks up wrong tree on SAFE

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:51:12 GMT

Here’s the good news: the SAFEagent scheme has been mentioned by housing minister Grant Shapps in Parliament. And the bad news? Shapps doesn’t ...

London council launches lettings management for private landlords

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:48:58 GMT

A local authority has launched a full-management lettings service for the private rented sector. It was already offering a tenant-find service. Harrow Council ...

Deposit scheme publishes new guide for landlords and agents

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:47:43 GMT

Tenancy deposit scheme mydeposits has released an online checklist for landlords and letting agents to help them in any dispute with their tenant over the return ...

'Leap of faith' as Chainbow founder sells chunk of his business

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:46:31 GMT

Arguably the best known figure in block management, Roger Southam has sold a major chunk of his Chainbow business after more than 20 years, and will now focus on ...

Yorkshire independent adds two more agency purchases

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 06:45:42 GMT

Yorkshire lettings business Linley & Simpson has continued its expansion drive with two new acquisitions. It has bought Lets-Move.net as well ...

Check properties ahead of freezing conditions, landlords advised

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

As cold weather takes a grip on the UK, landlords have been advised to ensure they check and prepare their properties for freezing conditions.The Landlord Syndicate ...

Landlords 'struggling to gain finance'

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:00:00 GMT

An increasing number of people are interested in entering the buy-to-let market, it has been claimed.Private rented sector expert at LettingFocus.com David Lawrenson ...

eBay-style auction site for rental properties

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:01:16 GMT

A new eBay-style rental property auction service allows landlords and letting agents to upload their properties so that potential tenants can bid on them. ...

Oxford licensing of all HMOs is'draconian', says agent

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:59:19 GMT

A city council has started licensing every House in Multiple Occupation as from this week – with the decision proving highly divisive. One ...

TDS launches new scheme for landlords

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:58:36 GMT

A new tenancy deposit protection scheme for private sector landlords is launched this week by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme in association with the Residential Landlords ...

Landlords' buying and selling activity set to slow down

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:57:53 GMT

Latest figures from the Association of Residential Letting Agents show that the proportion of landlords who bought and sold properties in 2011 increased as the ...

Arla: Landlords to reduce portfolio reshaping in 2012

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

New research has suggested landlords may be less inclined to reshape their portfolios in 2012, with buying and selling set to stagnate.The latest study from the ...

Survey finds only 12% plan to join property ladder

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Letting agents may notice demand for rental property continues to remain strong in the next 12 months, as a new report has shown young people will struggle ...

First-time landlords 'should use approved letting agents'

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Inventors thinking about entering the buy-to-let market and becoming a landlord have been warned "there is a lot to know".Private rented sector ...

Agents alerted over fake ID tenant scam

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:21:53 GMT

Agents and landlords are being warned about a scam, whereby phoney tenants take out tenancies in blocks of flats where post is delivered and left in communal areas. The ...

'Correction' in London market as City gets jobs jitters

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:20:18 GMT

Cluttons says that there has been a ‘correction’ in the central London lettings market. It said a ‘remarkable’ period ...

Lettings portal reports 22% rise in traffic

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:18:39 GMT

Scottish lettings portal Citylets has published strong results for 2011, with visitor traffic up 22% on 2010. Inquiries to lettings agents also rose by 21%. Thomas ...