Bureau hails safe agents scheme as step forward

AS one of the founding members of Safeagent, franchise Belvoir Lettings supported the Safeagent awareness week.

The initiative, held last week, has received enormous support from consumer champions.

The Citizens Advice Bureau has included Safeagent information in its new Paying the Rent toolkit, an internal resource for its advisers.

It means that CAB advisers are encouraging consumers to only use a letting agent that is a member of Safeagent.

Citizens Advice housing policy officer Geoff Fimister said: “Citizens Advice has long called for regulation of letting agents, but this is not on the horizon at present. As an important step in the right direction, though, we support the Safeagent scheme.”

The British Property Federation also warned consumers that most landlords who use a letting agent are probably unaware whether any money they handle is protected by a Client Money Protection scheme.

Ian Fletcher, director of policy at the federation, said: “A simple message is often the most effective, and in this case it couldn’t be simpler: if you don’t use a Safeagent your money could be at risk.

For more information about Safeagent, visit http://www.safeagents.co.uk/ or call Belvoir Lettings in Peterborough on 01733 321500.

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