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Consumer organisation Which? claims there are some 1,000 reports of rental fraud scams a month at this time of year. It says...

Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. After a...

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...

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting...

Increasing numbers of landlords are considering instructing lettings agents for the first time because of increased red tape and the complexity...

The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. Louise Baxter...

The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...

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

The majority of private landlords would consider switching to a letting agency because of the current complexity of buy to let.  A...

Short lets platform Airbnb - increasingly used by landlords acting as hosts - has issued a warning to consumer users about...

Trading Standards is calling for more due diligence checks to be made following the jailing of a rogue letting agent for...

Letting agents have been told they must have the right technology to reduce the risk of fraud. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties.  David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...

A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

Student rent has increased almost 20 per cent over the last year.  In data released as part of the 2021 NatWest Student...

There’s a new warning the rental fraud could be on the rise. Due diligence firm Homeppl says the combination of possible job...

A lettings agent has told the BBC that he has spotted illegal rental scams using online platforms, but the police have...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

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

A police force is warning potential tenants to check before handing over money after scammers conned people into making rent pre-payments...

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

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

Which? is warning prospective renters to beware scam lettings agencies and scam landlords following a case where £5,600 was conned out...

The Deposit Protection Scheme is warning of a possible online scam affecting agents, landlords and tenants A statement on the DPS website...

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...

The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

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

Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent...

Apprentice star Lord Alan Sugar has warned about the dangers of short let scams after an American family was apparently conned out...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...

Prospective tenants are being warned about a fraud scam that cons people into paying an advance fee to rent a property. The...

A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

A managing agent who used ‘ghost tenants’ as a front so that she could cram 16 people into one overcrowded house...

Propio, another crowdfunding platform, has launched with the ambitious claim of expecting returns from residential investments of between six and 15...

We’re grateful to The Property Group, an agency in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, for alerting us to an incident involving its Mayfair Town...

Mydeposits says it is aware of a new scam from what it calls “a fraudulent company” imitating mydeposits and getting in...

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

A survey of 1,000 tenants and landlords has provided evidence of what many agents already know - that the growing complexity...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was unearthed by trading standards...

A Bairstow Eves letting agent who stole over £21,000 in tenants’ deposits over two years to pay her own payday loan...

Channel 5 has commissioned a third series of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords with eviction specialist Landlord Action at the heart of...

A letting agent who stole more than £400,000 from clients has had her sentence appeal dismissed by judges. Amy Williams, who part-owned Williams...

The Thames Valley Police says it wants to speak to a man in connection with an investigation in which a number of...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

A man who posed as a letting agent to swindle landlords and tenants has been jailed for just over two years.   Legal...

ARLA is stepping up its call for letting agents to have professional qualifications in a bid to combat fraud.   In a contribution...

The Local Government Association, representing 370 councils across England and Wales, is calling on the public to speak out against rogue...

  A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...

Security experts interviewed by ITV London have given the green light to the Rightmove site after it was apparently being used...

The internet classified listings service Gumtree will meet with the Residential Landlords Association to discuss scams in which fraudsters posing as...

An industry body has asked classified listings online service Gumtree to issue its users clear warnings about possible scams involving fake...

The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice.  Whilst...

The Residential Landlords Association is warning private investors not to be lured by firms offering schemes which allegedly promise to help...

The specialist eviction company Landlord Action says it is in full support of the government’s latest proposal to crack down on...

The Mirror has exposed what it believes is a scam letting agency website attempting to get would-be renters to part with...

A prime central London letting agency says there has been a rise in the number of subletting scams in that part...

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

Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords programme, now in its fourth week, this evening looks at a serial bad tenant and...

Channel 5 tomorrow airs the first episode of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords, a six-part series which starts with the story of...