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The letting agent’s trade body Propertymark is concerned that the court system could buckle if eviction case numbers rise as a...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Data from fraud prevention database CIFAS a marked increase in both identity fraud and false lettings applications in the UK according...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed that Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson had to bear a huge £18,000 cost thanks to a rogue tenant. The...
24 October 2022
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Propertymark has spoken out against a possible loophole that might allow tenant arrears to go unpaid in certain circumstances. The trade body...
19 August 2022
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A rogue tenant occupying a property for up to nine months and refusing to pay rent could cost a combined £10,000...
11 July 2022
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The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Two PropTech companies say tenant fraud - reported to be a growing problem in buy to let - is now an...
02 August 2021
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A rogue tenant has tried to bribe two letting agents with hush money after they discovered his cannabis growing factory. Anisi Hamollari,...
29 June 2021
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A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...
29 January 2020
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The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News
One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...
03 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...
15 August 2019
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A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...
07 August 2019
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A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...
31 July 2019
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An outspoken Conservative party figure says government policies such as the scrapping of Section 21 will play into the hands of...
30 July 2019
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More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...
17 June 2019
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The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...
25 January 2019
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The Daily Mail has unveiled an extensive network of homes advertised on Airbnb but actually being sub-let by tenants who are...
03 January 2019
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The head of a lettings agency has launched a petition in opposition to a bid by a local council to extend...
27 November 2018
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A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...
23 July 2018
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A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...
22 June 2018
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A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...
29 March 2018
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The head of a major PropTech company serving the lettings sector says he want to see the introduction of a database...
22 February 2018
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Letting agents were amongst those duped by a Merseyside builder who rented 33 homes and then sub-let them to allow the...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Two landlords and two tenants were fined a total of over £11,000 after losing their appeal against housing convictions concerning property...
30 January 2018
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The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...
26 June 2017
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Agents and many industry bodies have expressed their disappointment and anger at many provisions of the Housing White Paper produced by...
08 February 2017
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A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...
03 January 2017
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A tenant has been found guilty of an assault of a letting agency staff member and has been ordered to do...
11 March 2016
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Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...
05 January 2016
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The National Landlords Association has launched a new campaign - Reinventing Renting - to encourage landlords to make their lettings businesses...
15 December 2015
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A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...
14 December 2015
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A survey of tenants suggests around one in nine private sector tenants sublet their propertiers, and almost half of those do...
19 November 2015
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About 80 per cent of tenants think that their landlords should pay for damage they have caused when their tenancy ends. That...
23 October 2015
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A prime central London letting agency says there has been a rise in the number of subletting scams in that part...
02 October 2015
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A signed tenancy agreement is not worth the paper it is written as tenants are blatantly ignoring its terms and conditions...
18 September 2015
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A property being let out in Lincolnshire produced an unexpected surprise for the agent and landlord handling a routine inspection -...
14 August 2015
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An inventory software firm claims periodic visits by agents or landlords could lead to a reduction in damage to rental properties. The...
05 August 2015
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The police have told letting agents and landlords that they are in a unique position to spot - and prevent -...
31 July 2015
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The Channel Five series Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords - which ends its first series this evening at 9pm - has been...
29 July 2015
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A report claims that agents and landlords are increasingly facing filthy property damage at the end of tenancies - and the...
28 July 2015
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A council in an area with one of the country’s largest private lettings sectors says it has launched investigations into more...
23 July 2015
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Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords programme, now in its fourth week, this evening looks at a serial bad tenant and...
15 July 2015
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The second episode of Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, due to air tomorrow evening at 9pm, will feature three separate...
30 June 2015
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Channel 5 tomorrow airs the first episode of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, a six-part series which starts with the story of...
23 June 2015
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A north of England letting agent has made an outspoken attack on “bad tenants’ who hide behind apparent “legal loopholes.” Tariq Zarin...
12 June 2015
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Channel 5 has announced a new television series which will focus on the UK’s Private Rented Sector. Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords promises...