Multiple Tenant Applicants For Single Rental Property According to a recent report published by a national letting agent, there is now an average of five tenant applicants for every rental property in the UK’s private rental sector (PRS), so how do landlords choose which tenant to rent to? It is important for landlords to know [...]

Know Who You Are Renting To – The Importance Of Tenant Referencing UK landlords who fail to carry out even the most basic pre-tenancy tenant referencing and background checks are leaving themselves exposed to housing some of the worst tenants occupying their rental property. The importance of proper tenant referencing and background checks cannot be [...]

Comprehensive Tenant Referencing Saves Landlords Time, Stress And Money! The number of bad tenants trying to apply for rental properties in the UK’s private rented sector (PRS) is on the rise, according to a number of lettings agencies. Letting agents who conduct thorough tenant referencing checks on all applicants have reported an increase in the [...]

Most tenants are complete strangers, who as a landlord, you may meet once or twice before granting a tenancy agreement to or handing over the keys to the rental property. If using a good letting agent, the landlord may not even meet the tenant until after they have moved in. This leaves the landlord with [...]

If you are a seasoned landlord or are just starting out in buy-to-let, you need to understand the importance of carrying out background checks on potential tenants. Right now it’s a landlord’s market with more people choosing to rent so UK landlords can afford to be a little more choosy. The National Landlords Association (NLA) [...]