Estate agency
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RICS: Residential Lettings Survey 2010 - Estate agency
27 August 2010
Over the three month period to April, tenant demand for residential property continued to rise and did so at the fastest pace seen since January in 2009. The...
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Building defects: case notes - Estate agency
27 August 2010
In the first of an occasional series on the real-life defects that can turn into pitfalls for unwary surveyors, Phil Santo examines the loft at the centre of...
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Blue Book - Up to standard - Estate agency
19 August 2010
The 4th edition of the Blue Book is available now, addressing best practice in lettings for the first time, while updating standards all round, says Georgiana Hibberd. With...
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RICS: Housing Market Survey 2010 - Estate agency
12 August 2010
In January extreme weather put a freeze on market activity, but new instructions rebounded strongly in February. In March vendor activity picked up, but enquiries stabilised. The April survey...
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Determining the outcome in tenancy deposit disputes - Estate agency
11 August 2010
Adjudicators are fortunate that they have no previous experience of the case that has been set before them; they are therefore able to consider all of the submissions...
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Preparing for adjudication in tenancy deposit disputes - Estate agency
11 August 2010
It is incumbent on the landlord to prove without doubt that he/she is entitled to retain all or a portion of the tenant's deposit. If this is not...
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Blue Book 2009
- Introduction to residential estate agency standards
- The Property Standards Board Consumer Charter for Residential Property Transactions
- Ethics
- Securing instructions
- Acting for the seller: marketing the property
- Acting for the seller: agreeing the sale
- Acting for the buyer
- Ending the instruction
- Safety and security
- Agency management
- Regulation and legislation
- Adjudication
- Being an agent
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Dealing with problems
- How to approach problems
- Rent arrears and forfeiture
- Repossession
- Nuisance and anti-social tenants
- Disrepair
- Harassment and unlawful eviction
- Small claims
- Abandonment
- Business tenancies
- Live/work property
- Imprisonment
- Death
- Squatters
- Liquidators
- Minors
- Mortgage repossession
- Errors in tenancy agreements
- Bankruptcy
- Change of landlord
- Deposits
- Disrepair
- Ending the tenancy
- General legal principles
- Health and safety
- Inventory and schedule of condition
- Managing the tenancy
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Property and safety standards
- Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998
- Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994
- Building Regulations
- Furniture and Furnishings (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988
- Oil and solid fuel appliances
- Smoke detectors
- Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005
- The Housing Health and Safety Rating System
- Residential property licensing
- Resources
- Setting up the tenancy
- RICS Code of Measuring Practice
- Special tenancies
- Taking on the client
- Valuing residential property