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Tenant Referencing for Landlords and Letting Agents
Landlords can find the perfect property, in the best location and at a good price, but with the wrong tenant(s), your investment can become a time consuming and expensive worry. A wrongly placed tenant could cause issues such as unpaid rent, disturbing neighbours and mistreating your property, including illegal activities such as cultivation of drugs.
With properties requiring a substantial outlay, tenant referencing is essential. Alan Boswell Group have partnered with a range of referencing providers who can to meet your specific needs, so whether your priorities are price, speed, service or product range, our partners have an option that will best meet your requirements, services include:
- Right To Rent Checks
- Employment References
- Open Banking
- Tenant Onboarding
- Contract Free
- Landlord References
- Credit Checks
- Company Credit Checks
- Guarantor Checks
Please be aware though, that finding a good tenant is not always a guarantee that you will not incur issues in the future as even the best tenant’s circumstances can change through redundancy and ill health. So, we recommend protecting all tenancies with either Legal Expenses or Rent Guarantee.
Landlords who wish to purchase rent guarantee insurance must reference their tenant in order to purchase a policy.
Please see below our list of recommended providers:
Our Partners
RentProfile
RentProfile provides award winning tenant referencing for landlords with an average turnaround of one business day. The company has processed over 100k reports to date and has a Trustpilot score of 4.5 stars from over 1800 verified reviews.
Services include:
- Simple and clear report including identity, employment & affordability, credit file review, rental history
- GDPR compliant. FCA and GOV.UK recognised business
- Advanced risk scoring allowing for greater accuracy of outcome
- Responsive customer services including phone support
- Real-time tracking of application online
- Complimentary landlord mobile app
Canopy
Canopy offers a ‘hands-off’ tenant referencing service, delivering results quickly but without sacrificing thoroughness and quality. Using the latest technology including biometric ID verification and open banking we can verify Identity and affordability in minutes.
Services include:
- Free lead Pre-qualification
- Right to rent service
- Experian credit report
- Income & affordability verification
- KYC/ AML Checks
- Employment & Landlord references
Tenancy360
Tenancy360 is a one stop solution for tenant onboarding, taking tenants from the point of application, through thorough referencing, to the signing of signatures and collection of move in money.
We are here to save you time and money in your onboarding and renewals process, freeing up your time to win more business and focus on what really matters to your business.
Access to our full dashboard is entirely free for six months, then only pay a small fee per reference after this.
Our services include:
- Credit & affordability checks via Open Banking
- Landlord & employer referencing
- Tenancy agreements and e-signature collection
- Tenancy compliance support
- Fast & secure deposit & standing order management.
- Call centre support from our offices in High Wycombe
- White labelled, automated emails and texts to tenants
Vorensys
Vorensys offer class leading tenant screening services directly to letting agents and landlords and white label services to insurers, software vendors and property management portals.
Our services include:
- Tenant Referencing
- ID Verification
- Contract Generation
- Utility Switching
- White Label
- Insurance
Letmojo
Two types of tenant referencing available:
- Basic credit file review
- Full and extensive tenant review
LetRef
LetRef was set up in 2008 order to provide an exemplary service for letting agents and landlords, addressing all the errors the other referencing companies made and putting them right! They have gone from strength to strength and their client base has grown year-on-year due to their excellent reputation.
They carry out every reference check thoroughly and verify all information received, this ensures their many prestigious clients have the utmost confidence in them. Landlords receive detailed reports that build a picture of the potential tenant along with back-up documentation that verifies all references fully. They can also provide Enhanced AML checks with liveness verification (IDVT).
Related products
Landlords Insurance
Flexible landlords insurance products from a market-leading broker. Compare quotes for your buildings, contents, and liability insurance for commercial or residential properties.
Rent Guarantee Insurance
Provides insurance for non payment of rent in the event of a tenant defaulting as well as any landlord legal expenses cover of up to £100,000.
Landlord Legal Expenses Insurance
Provides cover for your rental property, including repossession of the property and other legal disputes.
Landlord Home Emergency Cover
Home emergency cover for your own or rental property in the event of a domestic emergency e.g. boiler breakdown, failure in utilities etc.
Block of Flats Insurance
A comprehensive flat insurance policy tailored to your requirements will give you peace of mind, talk to one of our specialists today or get a quote online
Multi Property Landlord Insurance
Multi-Property landlord insurance for your residential and/or commercial property portfolio.
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