Tenant referencing for letting agents
A referencing provider with the price on the page.
RentFig is a UK tenant referencing provider your agency can use without a contract: £19 for a full reference, £9 for a credit check, ordered per applicant and paid by card. No set-up, no monthly fee, no minimum volume.
- Published per-check prices
- No contract or minimum volume
- Soft search — never affects credit scores
The price is on the page
£19 a full reference, £9 a credit check. No quote to request and no rate that depends on your volume, so you know what each let costs before you start.
No contract, no minimum
No agency account to set up, no monthly fee and no volume commitment. Order one reference or fifty, when you need them.
The applicant deals with us
Our referencing partner emails the applicant directly for their details and consent. Payslips and ID don't have to pass through your inbox.
Minutes for credit, often same day in full
Credit checks are usually back within minutes. Full references typically complete within 48 hours of the applicant finishing their part, often the same day.
Two checks. One price each, for every agency.
The same price whether you run one let a year or one a day. Each order covers one applicant or guarantor.
Credit check
£9per check
The fast first filter — confirm who they are and how they handle credit.
Includes:
- Credit history & adverse-credit search
- Soft search — no impact on the tenant's credit score
- Identity verification
- AML (anti-money-laundering) check
Full tenant reference
£19per reference
The full pre-tenancy check — identity, credit, income, employer and previous-landlord references, Right to Rent.
Everything in the credit check, plus:
- Income & affordability verification
- Employer & previous-landlord references
- Right to Rent check (England)
- Anti-fraud verification
With a free RentFig account it's £7 a credit check and £17 a full reference, and every order sits in one list. Create a free account
How it works for an agency
- 1
Order for each applicant
Pick a credit check or a full reference, enter the applicant's name, email and the property, and pay by card. About two minutes.
- 2
The applicant completes their part
They're emailed a secure form to confirm their details and give consent. You can reference a guarantor the same way.
- 3
The report comes to you
A clear verdict with the detail behind it, sent to the email you ordered with — yours or a shared lettings inbox — ready to pass to the landlord.
How agent referencing providers price
Most referencing brands built for agencies price through an agency agreement or a quote, so you can't compare the cost per reference up front.
| Provider | Published price | How an agency buys |
|---|---|---|
| RentFig | £9 credit check · £19 full reference | Order online per applicant — no contract, no minimum |
| Goodlord | Not published | Set by your agency agreement |
| HomeLet / Let Alliance | Not published | Quote on application, via an agency partnership |
| Canopy | Not published — tiers show “Let's talk” | Request form, then a quote |
Checked against each provider's own website. RentFig is our product. See the full round-up of UK referencing companies.
Who pays for referencing?
Since the Tenant Fees Act 2019 in England, and the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 in Wales, agents can't charge tenants for referencing. The cost sits with the agency, or with the landlord under your terms of business. At £19 a full reference, referencing is a small line whichever way you handle it. Our guide to the cheapest tenant referencing in the UK covers the rules in more detail.
Questions agents ask
- Can letting agents use RentFig for tenant referencing?
- Yes. There is no agency account to open and no contract to sign: you order a check online for each applicant, pay by card, and the report is emailed to the address you give. The price is the same £19 full reference or £9 credit check a landlord pays, and you can order one this week and none next month.
- How much does tenant referencing cost a letting agent?
- £19 for a full reference and £9 for a credit check, per applicant, with no set-up fee, monthly fee or minimum volume. With a free RentFig account it drops to £17 and £7. Most agent-facing referencing brands, including Goodlord, HomeLet, Let Alliance and Canopy, don't publish a per-reference price; it's set by your agency agreement or quoted on application.
- Can a letting agent charge the tenant for referencing?
- Not in England or Wales. Referencing fees charged to tenants are banned under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 in England and the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act 2019 in Wales, so the cost sits with the agency or, under your terms of business, the landlord. That is why the per-check price matters: it comes out of your margin or your landlord's pocket, never the applicant's.
- What does a full reference include?
- Identity and AML checks, a soft-search credit history and adverse-credit search, income and affordability verification, employer and previous-landlord references, a Right to Rent check (England) and anti-fraud verification. The credit check on its own covers the identity, AML and credit parts, for a quick first filter before you commit to a full reference.
- How fast are the references?
- Credit checks are usually back within minutes, because they're automated against credit reference agency data. Full references typically complete within 48 hours of the applicant doing their part, and often the same day. What sets the pace is how quickly the employer and previous landlord reply, which no provider can force.
- Can we reference guarantors as well?
- Yes. Choose Guarantor when you order and they answer the guarantor questions on home ownership and income instead of the tenant ones. Each person is a separate order, so a tenant plus a guarantor is two checks.
- Can we use RentFig alongside our existing referencing provider?
- Yes. There's no exclusivity and nothing to cancel. Agents use a pay-per-check provider for overflow when their main provider is backed up, for one-off lets that don't justify a contract, or while they compare providers.
- Who runs the checks, and does it affect the applicant's credit score?
- Checks run through our specialist UK referencing partner on licensed credit reference agency data. The partner contacts the applicant directly for their details and consent, so their documents don't pass through your inbox. Every credit search is a soft search: visible only to the applicant and never affecting their score.
- Do you offer branded reports, CRM integration, invoicing or rent guarantee?
- Not at the moment. Reports aren't white-labelled with your agency's branding, there's no integration with agency CRMs or property management software, each order is paid by card rather than on a monthly invoice, and we don't sell rent guarantee insurance. If any of those decide it for your agency, tell us — it shapes what we build next.
Need branded reports, invoicing or an integration? Tell us about your agency. Self-managing landlords can order the same checks on our tenant referencing page.