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A wealthy landlord who set up a fake lettings agency in Hull has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
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A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
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Purplebricks has appointed a new media agency - mSix&Partners - as it launches its ‘free’ sales offer to landlords and other...
15 December 2023
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A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 2023
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The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team has issued new guidance on terminology used in property advertising - particularly lettings. The...
16 August 2023
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned advertorial material issued by the government department responsible for rental reform and housing. Two Labour MPs...
12 October 2022
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A business news website is reporting that an agency has been ordered to pay £1,550 for displaying a board illegally. Charles Lear...
16 March 2022
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A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties. David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...
06 January 2022
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The House of Lords will today discuss the apparently-growing Sex for Rent scandal. Campaigners say a search on websites such as Craigslist...
22 November 2021
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Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...
15 May 2020
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A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...
10 March 2020
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The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...
05 March 2020
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Hostmaker, a property management firm working with properties listed on Airbnb and other short-let platforms, has ceased trading with its parent...
04 March 2020
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Agents and landlords are advised to think carefully before allowing tenants to keep pets, despite a government push to relax restrictions. The...
06 February 2020
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An undercover investigation by the LBC radio station has revealed unscrupulous landlords who expect sex from women tenants in return for...
17 December 2019
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Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...
19 September 2019
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A short lets management firm which was earlier this year at the centre of an advertisement controversy is now partnering with...
08 August 2019
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Airbnb has issued a statement distancing itself from controversial advertisements from a short lets management service. Hostmaker - which describes itself as...
07 June 2019
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A statement issued by short lets management firm Hostmaker about its controversial advertising campaign has been branded “disgusting” by a campaign...
07 June 2019
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Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...
04 June 2019
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A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...
28 May 2019
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The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...
23 May 2019
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The chief executive of Hunters has told MPs there are 19 properties on its books which specify ‘No DSS’ - but...
25 April 2019
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The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement for a company that helps Airbnb hosts prepare and manage their properties for...
08 August 2018
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Letting agents and landlords will have to win planning consent to erect To Let signs in student areas of Leicester from...
12 June 2018
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A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...
01 February 2018
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Two letting agencies have removed advertisements after complaints were filed to the Advertising Standards Authority. The first case involved LSL Property Services...
17 January 2018
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Letting agency Saxons has been fined more than £3,000 after pleading guilty to the offence of displaying an unauthorised To Let...
03 October 2017
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A local authority has clamped down on what it describes as illegal advertising boards, fining agencies thousands of pounds in the...
20 June 2017
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A BBC survey claims that private sector landlords are more likely to accept potential tenants who own pets than ones who...
10 March 2017
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Two complaints about an advertisement for a property have been upheld by a watchdog - which has now banned a letting...
26 October 2016
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A company called My Property Host is seeking to attract failed sellers to become ‘accidental landlords’ and let out their homes...
29 September 2016
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A lettings sector supply company has had to amend an advertisment after a complaint about its “misleading” statement over smoke and...
31 August 2016
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A council has asked agents in its area to tell landlords of additional planning powers taken by the authority which may...
09 March 2016
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The internet classified listings service Gumtree will meet with the Residential Landlords Association to discuss scams in which fraudsters posing as...
07 March 2016
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Three lettings groups have modified their advertisements after complaints were received by the Advertising Standards Authority. The UK Association of Letting Agents...
02 March 2016
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An industry body has asked classified listings online service Gumtree to issue its users clear warnings about possible scams involving fake...
19 February 2016
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A letting agency that has been the subject of a BBC investigation and has gone into liquidation in controversial circumstances has...
27 January 2016
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A letting agent in London has ditched the usual euphemisms and gone for the blunt approach by describing rooms to let...
10 September 2015
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The Advertising Standards Authority has praised a letting agency after it agreed to amend an advertisement following a complaint - meaning...
09 September 2015
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David Alexander, managing director of the letting agency DJ Alexander, has come across some unusual requests in over 30 years doing business...