Tenant referencing · Early access
The most thorough reference we have ever built, at the lowest price we have ever charged. Certified digital ID with Right to Rent, open banking, live HMRC data, Land Registry and credit data, driven by the tenant from their phone. £8 per report. Early access is open now.
12 Harbour View, Brighton · £1,550 pcm
All checks passed — approval recommended.
Affordability: Verified £32,000/yr (HMRC) vs required £23,250/yr
What your negotiator sees nine minutes after sending the link. Illustrative; all details are fictional.
£8
One price covers every check for an applicant. Guarantors and additional applicants are £8 each too.
Instant
Open banking means income and affordability land the moment they connect. Without it, the rest of the checks still come back very quickly, not days later.
At source
Identity, bank, HMRC, Land Registry and credit data pulled directly, not documents the applicant chooses to send you.
What's in every £8 report
Each reference is assembled from live, verified data points rather than paperwork, so what you read is what the source said.
A certified Identity Service Provider (IDSP) check, the standard the Home Office accepts for digital Right to Rent. British and Irish passport holders are covered in the same check; everyone else goes through the Home Office share code route. The evidence stays on the file.
The tenant connects their bank in seconds, read-only. Income, outgoings and rent affordability come from real transactions, not a statement that can be edited before it reaches you.
The applicant signs in to their Government Gateway and HMRC's own PAYE record confirms who employs them and what they earn. No calling payroll, no waiting for an employer reference.
Applicants who own their current home are checked against the Land Registry title at that address, and the property being let is confirmed against its registered owner through the linked AML check, so the landlord is verified too.
Credit history, CCJs and insolvency, address verification and more, all tied back to the verified identity. The more points that agree, the harder the reference is to fool.
Every area is rated so a negotiator can read the outcome at a glance, and anything that needs a closer look comes to you for review.
How it works
Name, email and the property. That's all your branch has to key in.
Identity and Right to Rent, bank connection and HMRC sign-in, in one guided flow. No scanning passports or photographing payslips for your negotiators.
Results land as each step completes. You get a clear recommendation with every area rated, and the evidence stays on the file for when a landlord asks how you checked.
Since the Tenant Fees Act, every reference comes out of your fee or your landlord's. We built this one so you never have to choose between a thorough check and a quick, affordable one.
Why it's better for your branch
Built by two former lettings agents who started out doing referencing by fax machine in 2008, and have been trying to make it faster ever since.
Good tenants have options. A reference that can come back before they've left the car park lets you confirm the let before they book a viewing somewhere else.
Send the link and the tenant does the rest. No three-day email trail with payroll, no waiting for a previous landlord to call back.
Every day between offer and move-in is rent your landlord doesn't collect. Shorten it, and the renewal conversation starts from a better place.
Edited payslips and bank statements are the easiest fraud in lettings. Data pulled straight from the bank, HMRC and the Land Registry gives you a clear answer when a landlord asks, “how did you check?”
Civil penalties for Right to Rent failures rose sharply in 2024. Here the check is part of the reference, with the evidence kept where you can find it.
Referencing sits alongside your AML checks on the same platform, with the same login and the same team on the phone. New to Blinc? Referencing stands on its own, so you can start there.
Questions
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I have been using Blinc for almost 4 years now and I LOVE it. The platform is intuitive and easy to use and the team are really personable, knowledgeable and helpful. Very happy indeed.
Blinc has been a game-changer for our agency. Their tenant referencing process is incredibly efficient and user-friendly. The team is always available to answer questions and provide support. They save us time and allow us to focus on providing excellent service to our clients.
We have found the services Blinc offer to be of the highest standard, their staff are personable, pleasant and attentive and we would definitely recommend them to anyone looking for a better service from their referencing agency.
Recent reviews
Tenant-driven referencing only works if tenants find it easy. Recent public reviews from applicants and agents, via Trustpilot and Google.
I was impressed with the service. Firstly the simplicity of the platform, clear plain English instructions, intuititive and easy to follow. The automatic upload was greaty. Of course, you cant always account for human error, i.e. me missing a document, this was really efficiently communicated to me, I responded and the job was completed. Fast, straightword and stress free in a stressful time. Top marks, thank you.
Just wanted to say a huge thank you to the Blinc Referencing team. They were really helpful, informative and were able to help guide a vulnerable older lady through referencing with ease (passed refs in just over 24hours), where other agents had stayed away from her. Again huge thank you and your patience.
I was really pleased with how smooth it was. The online form was simple to fill in and didn't take long. They kept me updated at each stage, so I always knew where things stood.
Tenant referencing · Early access
Tell us a little about your branch and we'll be in touch when it's your turn. The first agents on the list are the first to run the most thorough reference we have ever built.
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