By Craig Smith
Welcome to our new blog which will be focusing on the issues of property lettings and management in and around the Stafford area. We aim to update our blog as often as possible to keep all Landlords (and Tenants) informed of the latest news and legislation with regards to the rental market.
Why publish a Lettings blog?
The best way to ensure everyone has the latest news and information is to make it readily available and easy to access. We hope to keep you as informed as possible and updated with any major discussions or changes relating to the property rental market. Although our Franchisor focuses more on the national issues we hope to tackle some of the more local issues.
Who can read this, Landlord or Tenants?
The simple answer is everybody! We hope that the majority of information will apply to our Landlords but also to some of our Tenants as well. Another reason for this blog is to advise our Landlords of current market trends and to make letting a property that little bit easier! Any changes in property law or legislation can have an effect on everybody, so we hope that you will find this useful.
What are the upcoming issues in Rentals?
There are always a number of interesting points to be discussed when letting out and managing a property. Legislation is constantly changing and agent practices have to change to reflect these. The last 5 years have seen a number of big changes including Tenancy Deposit Protection and the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates for rental properties. We also anticipate a number of changes following the budget cuts this year and will be able to publish more information shortly.
To summarise…
We do hope that you will find our posts both useful and informative. We aim to make the headings for each post clear on each subject, so that you can easily find the posts more relevant to you. Hopefully, you will able to be kept ‘in the loop’ with our page and enjoy reading our latest posts!
Why is it that some properties are listed as “under offer” for over a month? This becomes very frustrating, how often is the website updated?
Hello Nigel, the website is updated on a daily basis when properties become available or under offer. The status will show as under offer from when the property is first taken until the tenant moves in. This is just in case they pull out for any reason, we are still marketing the property on behalf of our Landlords. Best Regards.