Recent Articles in Renting Property Checklists

Is the Conservative government anti landlord and agent or just anti the Private Rented Sector altogether?
Dec 8, 2016

It’s a sad time for agents, landlords and unsuspecting tenants in the PRS as we head into Christmas. What are the problems and what can be done?

What does the Autumn Statement mean for property?
Nov 24, 2016

The government statements are always useful to better understand what and where they think we are heading and problems that they need to fix – which might impact on us.

Why yields are no longer an accurate measure of success for landlords
Nov 7, 2016

With price growth slowing and rents rising, we have seen, in the main, a rise in yields for the PRS. However, this measure just looks at landlord ‘turnover’ and ignores the fact that landlords are facing one of the toughest few years from a profitability perspective. So, what's the real story...

The new Living Home Standard – what do you think?
Oct 20, 2016

This week Shelter launched a new idea called the Living Home Standard (LHS) which it has created from an Ipsos MORI poll to find out “what an acceptable home should provide” and then assessed whether homes are achieving them or not.

Agents are being held accountable when they fail
Oct 10, 2016

A recent report from The Property Ombudsman Scheme (TPOS) shows that agents are now being held responsible and taken to task if they don’t deliver a good service...