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25/04/2023
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has once again teamed up with Generation Rent to attack the standards of private rental housing stock.
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Khan calls it a “scandal” that billions of pounds including housing benefit are b…
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20/03/2023
As reported earlier this year the financially troubled John Lewis Partnership announced its plans to create Build To Rent properties in land around Waitrose Stores and or on top of the stores; and now Tesco has just announced that it is also enteri…
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24/02/2023
A leading property industry chief has literally obliterated the falsehoods behind the ever growing demands for private rent controls.
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Ian Fletcher, director of policy at the British Property Federation, ha…
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23/02/2023
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme launched last year in May was open to landlords and homeowners is falling far short of its objectives.
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The claim is made by the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committe…
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21/02/2023
Sadiq Khan’s rent controls’ rant on Twitter has been met by a furious backlash which was not the feedback he was expecting.
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The London Mayor has forever and a day demanded the government give him powers so he can …
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21/03/2022
The Mirror newspaper has jumped on the media bandwagon of slating PRS landlords by launching its campaign to “make rented homes safer”.
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The newspaper claims its campaign ‘Safe As Houses’, is calling for the int…
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22/02/2020
A trade body has issued guidance and suggested advice for landlords and agents who are worried by the coronavirus infection.
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Despite much of the advice repeating the government’s guidance, it is still the…
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20/05/2019
As from 1 st June 2019 the start date for the Ban on Tenant Fees England - The New PIMS Tenancy Agreement MUST be used.
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22/07/2018
The National Landlords Code of Excellence Ltd, formed alongside North Somerset Council has its membership made up of South West Landlords and has just released a list of forthcoming events.
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17/10/2017
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Universal Credit is by far the largest 'shake-up' of the benefits' system that the whole of the UK has ever known and will affect over 12 million people and has already had a major impact on the private rented…
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18/09/2017
North Somerset Council are now working in collaboration with local landlords on a brand new solution “The Ark Passport Scheme” to help more benefit assisted and low income tenants secure private rented accommodation.
A shortage of affo…
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03/07/2017
PIMS.co.uk are pleased to announce Landlords and Letting Agents can now produce Tenant Credit Checks and Traces online instantly SEE VIDEO BELOW
Click the video to the right to see how the PIMS cre…
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20/06/2017
And The Winner Is...
Ruth From Devon!
Thank you to all members who took part in our survey. We want to make sure we’re focusing our efforts on the content and features that best ser…
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25/04/2017
On Tuesday 18th April 2017 Theresa May announced that there would be a snap election. The next general election was scheduled for 2020, however a snap election can be called if there is a no confidence vote in government or if two thirds of MP’s vote…
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10/02/2016
The government has recently updated their How to Rent booklet for all agents and private landlords. The government stipulates that landlords and agents must provide their tenants with a paper or online copy before any new tenancy period.
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25/12/2015
Earlier this year it was announced that Fergus and Judith Wilson had put up their private renting property empire on the market; and that there was considerable interest from Chinese investors.
The Kent ‘empire’ has been sold to the tune of &…
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04/12/2015
Earlier this week – 2nd December 2015 – it was the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery Day and Thames Valley Police is asking all lettings agents and landlords to help them stamp out Modern Day Slavery.
Government figures estimat…
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22/09/2015
The results of our poll are in and have some real implications for the success of the government’s planned right to rent checks.
We asked our members (landlords and letting agents) “when the new right to rent checks become compulsory in your …
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15/09/2015
Parliament voted changes on the 9th Sept and from the 1st October 2015 Section 21 Notice in England will become a prescribed form - NEW rules apply.
Changes to PIMS AST as a result of the above an immediate update to…
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13/09/2015
An Insurance company’s research has found out that according to tenants their landlords need to improve safety and security in their homes.
It is not all doom and gloom regarding landlord and tenant’s relationships as nearly two thirds of t…
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Older News
Fit for Habitation|March 2019 The ACT is intended to define minimum standards a rental property MUST
be and makes a clearer pathway way for Tenants to be compensated|https://www.pims.co.uk/fit_for_habitation_act_march_2019/
Guarantor|The person who provides a guarantee and promises to make payment good should the person responsible for the agreement fail|http://www.pims.co.uk/guarantors/
MEES|The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) Landlords are charged with the requirement to bring their rental property to a minimum EPC rating of E. Property with F and G rating will effectively be banned from the rental market April 2018 |http://www.pims.co.uk/epc/
Section 11|Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 places an obligation on the landlord to maintain the structure and exterior of the property, including installations for the supply of water, gas and electricity, heating systems, drainage and sanitary appliances|http://www.pims.co.uk/landlord-section-11-repairs/
serving date|This date is the date deemed received at the property - as an example if posted allow for posting days|/serving-notice-on-a-tenant-delivery-days/
Tenancy Application|The objective of vetting is to empower yourself so you can make an informed decision as to the calibre of the prospective person. Making your decision on facts and figures is invaluable and this is why you should always take references. The application form also provides you with permission to perform credits. This form details all the information you should ever require deal with most eventualities including absconding tenants|http://www.pims.co.uk/doc/57/
Tenant Fees|From June 2019 where renting properties in England gone are the days of charging for admin, letting fees, vetting, references,
inventory, check in, check out, cleaning, pet insurance or ANY other fee
that is not explicitly permitted within the legislation. |https://www.pims.co.uk/ban_letting_fees_act_2019/