Ladybird Living – Your London Estate Agent
11
Apr 2024
Ensuring a tenant's income through payslips is a common practice in tenant referencing. However, what challenges does this approach pose, and what alternatives exist?
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02
Apr 2024
In recent years, there has been a noticeable uptick in acquisitions within the letting industry, with larger firms consolidating smaller agencies. This prompts the question of whether independent small agencies will soon become obsolete.
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07
Mar 2024
Client money protection schemes serve as a type of insurance intended to safeguard funds held by property professionals, specifically letting agents.
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14
Feb 2024
Navigating property licenses poses a significant challenge for letting agents and landlords. The realisation that one in four properties necessitates a license, coupled with the dynamic nature of the legal framework changing every eight days, adds considerable stress.
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24
Jan 2024
The majority of energy bills are determined by the regulator and the government. Ofgem makes use of a specific spreadsheet, a structured and agreed-upon mechanism, to calculate the standard variable price.
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14
Dec 2023
The National Trading Standards (NTS) has issued guidelines for letting agents and landlords to enhance the disclosure of material information in property listings.
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12
Dec 2023
Here are five key recommendations for letting agents to contemplate before embarking on their winter break.
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28
Nov 2023
A substantial surge in calls to leasing agents has led to staff spending more time than ever addressing phone inquiries. Agents are facing up to ten times the usual number of daily incoming calls in recent months according to Agent Rainmaker. However, these challenges can be alleviated through the adoption of technology-centric solutions.
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17
Nov 2023
Airbnb, a platform specialising in short-term rentals, has sparked controversy within the private rented sector by encouraging tenants to lease out their spare rooms. A previously conducted survey by Airbnb, now removed from their website, revealed that 80% of tenants seek additional income due to the escalating cost of living, proposing subletting as a viable solution. The platform even suggested potential benefits for landlords, such as reducing the risk of rent arrears.
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14
Nov 2023
Rent prices took a notable 11% downturn following the scorching summer as the market experienced a cooling phase in October. The latest report by the Goodlord Rental Index indicates a substantial drop in the average rent for new tenancies over the past month, aligning with the dissipation of the summer's high demand.
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