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KEYWORD "Rogue Tenant" - 49 RESULTS
Lawyer claims tenant register would slash disputes and litigation

A property law specialist wants a national register which would allow tenants’ histories to be checked before rental agreements are signed. Nyree...

28 June 2023

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Can courts cope with more eviction cases under new law?

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

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Growing number of fraudulent ID and lettings applications

Data from fraud prevention database CIFAS a marked increase in both identity fraud and false lettings applications in the UK according...

15 December 2022

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Propertymark chief exec pays high cost thanks to rogue tenant

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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Agents warn against rent loophole in controversial debt plans

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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PropTech firm warns agents of possible legal action over negligence

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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Rogue tenants – how long has it taken to evict them during Covid?

The latest research by lettings agency Benham and Reeves has analysed how the pandemic has affected the UK rental market when...

17 September 2021

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Tenant fraud hits Build To Rent sector

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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Tenant offers agents hush money over cannabis factory

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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Tenant’s secret buy to lets land him with a suspended sentence

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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Why S21 must stay: £29,000 arrears and £2,000 mess left by tenant

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

12 November 2019

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Tax changes prompt landlords exit and rents rising, says survey

One in six landlords is seeking to reduce the size of their portfolio in the next 12 months and around half...

03 September 2019

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Rogue tenants can cost £40,000 to £100,000 to evict, warns top agent

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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Buy to let con-man must pay back £48,000 rent or go to prison

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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Death Trap: fine for tenant who converted home without owner’s consent

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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Tory says government “war on landlords” will make housing crisis worse

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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Sub-letting tenants caught on camera and to be on TV tonight

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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Should there be a Rogue Tenants register? Should the lettings industry fight back?

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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Agency caught up in sub-let scandal of homes let on Airbnb

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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'Expose rogue tenants too' demands agent starting anti-licensing petition

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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Tenant who sub-let death trap property must pay over £26,500

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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Rogue tenant jailed for 16 weeks for illegally sub-letting HMO

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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Fees Ban: MPs tell government to cap rental deposits at five weeks

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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PropTech boss calls for introduction of ‘rogue tenants’ database

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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Agents duped by man sub-letting homes to create £7m cannabis empire

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

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Rent-free tenants and two landlords fined over property management

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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Property management chief calls for national tenant register

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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Industry anger at government 'failing to fix broken market'

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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'How about a list of rogue tenants?' asks leading journalist

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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Tenant's attack on letting agent 'was ignored by police'

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 specialists want 'rogue tenants' blacklist to be drawn up

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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'Reinventing Renting' launched to help struggling buy to let landlords

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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Landlord Action blog exposes rogue tenants' activities

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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One in nine tenants sub-let - and over half don't tell their landlords

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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Agency says four out of five tenants believe landlords should pay for damage

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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Agency warns about prime central London sub-letting scams

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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Renters consistently ignore tenancy rules - claim

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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What's your problem? It's just a pig

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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Inventory firm backs idea of property visits

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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Agents warned of trafficked tenants with false documents

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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Rogue lettings reality-TV series gets second season

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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Agent claims 'filthy damage' by tenants getting worse

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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Council probes over 200 complaints into lettings sector

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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TV must-watch: programme exposes sub-letting scam

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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TV show to feature buy to let tenants who owe thousands

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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Sub-letting scams to be exposed on TV tomorrow

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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Letting agent lashes out at bad tenants

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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New TV series to explore ‘slum landlords’ and ‘rogue tenants’

Channel 5 has announced a new television series which will focus on the UK’s Private Rented Sector. Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords promises...

03 June 2015

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Landlord attacked by illegal immigrant tenant

A landlord was punched and kicked by a tenant and then had a bowl of spaghetti thrown at his head.  Rashid Bomedian,...

26 May 2015

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