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News Archive for 2018

News Archive for 2018

News archive from Estates IT for 2018

Tenant Fees Bill In House Of Lords

Tenant Fees Bill In House Of Lords

After 2 years, the Tenant Fees Bill has reached the discussion stage in the House of Lords and will be debated today

Deb Roberts


Written by Deb Roberts
Source Estates IT Ltd

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Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Bill

Homes (Fitness For Human Habitation) Bill

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill would give private and social tenants the ability to take landlords to court if their home is unsafe. Currently, landlords have no obligation to their tenants to put or keep the property in a condition fit for habitation.

Deb Roberts


Written by Deb Roberts
Source Estates IT Ltd

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Section 21: New Rules

Section 21: New Rules

From 1st October 2018 the new Section 21 rules which came into force on 1 October 2015 for all new assured shorthold tenancies (AST), will apply to ALL ASTs.

Deb Roberts


Written by Deb Roberts
Source Estates IT Ltd

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HMO: Rule Change Imminent

HMO: Rule Change Imminent

From October 1st, 2018 all HMO's must be licensed if they house five or more occupants, from at least two unrelated households, irrespective of the number of storeys that the property has.

Deb Roberts


Written by Deb Roberts
Source Estates IT Ltd

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PCHomesPlus

PCHomes Plus

Every so often a new Proptech company pops up claiming they are going to revolutionise the property market and the way agents work.

Jacqueline Stow


Written by Jacqueline Stow
Source Estates IT Ltd

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Inadash

Estates IT Partners With Inadash

Our newest integration is with Inadash by RTPV Limited, a new app-based platform which aims to revolutionise the renting process, both for agents and tenants.

Jacqueline Stow


Written by Jacqueline Stow
Source Estates IT Ltd

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GDPR

Are You Ready For GDPR?

The objective of GDPR is to give individual data subjects more control over what data is held on them by organisations and to make it easier for them to give and withdraw consent for that data to be stored.

Jacqueline Stow


Written by Jacqueline Stow
Source Estates IT Ltd

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Training For Professionals (TFP)

Training For Professionals (TFP)

Our software for Estate Agents includes a professional letter suite from Training for Professionals. The suite includes Tenancy Agreements, Pre- and End Tenancy Notices, Prescribed Information and many others.

Jacqueline Stow


Written by Jacqueline Stow
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Card Payments

Credit Card Surcharge Ban

This ban now means that it will be unlawful for retailers to charge additional fees when someone uses a particular credit or debit card to make a purchase.

Deb Roberts


Written by Deb Roberts
Source Estates IT Ltd

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Landlord - Tenant Law

New Year, New Measures To Crack Down On Rogue Landlords

Within the space of a week, the government has announced a raft of new measures to crack down on rogue landlords

Deb Roberts


Written by Deb Roberts
Source Estates IT Ltd

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