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

A campaign group of activists says there have been only “few reports of dodgy behaviour” by agents and landlords in the...

Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...

The agency and landlord responsible for letting a two-bedroom flat in Dagenham have been found guilty in court for providing extremely...

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...

Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

A lettings agent who wants tenants to take out policies to fund complaints against agencies and landlords has branded the social...

Some 39 agents and landlords have had banning orders over the past three years according to a report in The Guardian. Under the...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...

Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

One might have thought that if private rental tenants were as badly treated as some people suggest, housing would be their...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has launched his party’s General Election campaign with an attack on what he describes as “dodgy landlords.” He...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

London Trading Standards has made the startling claim that 46 per cent of almost 2,000 agents it has surveyed are falling...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...

Thanks so much for your fantastic response to our call for Christmas videos and pictures to show how your office is...

The Conveyancing Association has made a wide-ranging response to the government’s call for evidence on the regulation of letting and managing...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Unlikely as it seems one of Channel 4's digital networks, E4, has commissioned a comedy series based in ... a lettings...

An investment company claims government and councils should do more to stamp out so-called rogue landlords who, it says, are giving...

The controversial campaign group ACORN, which has made headlines by protesting outside letting agency offices in Bristol, is launching a new...

An organisation representing councils wants a government database covering all housing-related convictions to deter rogue landlords switching from one area to...

Competition is hot among home buyers in my part of southern England to take ownership of properties that come onto the...

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...