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Propertymark has come out in support of the National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team’s probe into Rent-to-Rent.    NTSELAT has...

An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

Tenant reference and tech supplier The Lettings Hub claims 25 per cent of fraudulent documents submitted by would-be tenants were identified...

Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...

A prominent industry expert says lettings agents and other property sector insiders should be extra-vigilant over cybersecurity breaches. Neil Cobbold, managing director...

A PropTech supplier this week hosts a free webinar for agents to shed light on the rise of attempted tenancy fraud...

A register launched to shed light on overseas property ownership in the UK now has over 30,000 registrations.  The Register of Overseas...

New figures suggest soaring numbers of tenants are at risk from criminals taking advantage of the tough rental market. Scammers place fake...

Agents and landlords are to face even longer waits for eviction court cases following the spending cuts announced in the Autumn...

A lettings platform claims that as many as one in 20 rental properties may be let to criminals - that’s some...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that agents and landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year...

A company claims that some 18 per cent of property firms have seen a rise in criminals attempting to launder money...

A PropTech firm claims to have saved a client more than £160,000 by preventing a criminal from illegally renting one of...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

The Build to Rent sector is being targeted by criminals with a 364 per cent rise in fraudulent tenant applications in...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

Rightmove is to host an anti-money laundering webinar next week, aimed at lettings and sales agents. The event, which is entitled Five...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

The government has failed the private rental sector says the Residential Landlords Association. In a statement released even before the resignation of...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

Luton landlord Mervyn Kupshik has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to the Local council - and if he doesn’t do...

A lettings trade body has welcomed extra government funding for English councils to clamp down on criminal landlords. But the Residential Landlords...

Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector.  Between...

Negative media portrayals of the buy to let sector could help to tip Britain into a housing crisis, claims an online...

The government has confirmed that all property agents in England will need to be part of an approved Client Money Protection...

Trade bodies have been responding to today’s report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee deliberations on the private...

A group of criminals threw a large concrete block through a window to gain access to an estate and letting agency. The...

The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...

Before new London mayor Sadiq Khan has had his first working day in office, his proposals for a private rental sector...

A trio of criminals have been jailed for 18 years after using the cover of a lettings agency to allow them...

Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...

Police in Scotland are clamping down on what they call “gangster landlords” who are using the lettings sector for money laundering.  A...

A police force is appealling to landlords and letting agents to allow their void privately-let properties to be used as potential...

The publication of the Immigration Bill giving details of the government's expectations of letting agents and landlords to conduct checks on...

New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling for more effective action to find the minority of landlords who are criminals. The Association...