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Compliance issues are on the increase in the private rented sector according to a prominent industry supplier. Inventory and software chief Nick...

Thousands of homes in central London may have been lost to Airbnb and other short let platforms, a Labour candidate claims. Rachel...

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

Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country.  It says rental...

One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...

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

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

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

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

A head tenant who posed as a landlord has been taken to court by a London council. Sonia Nascimento rented a converted...

Airbnb has been ordered to pay some 52,000 euros in compensation to the owner of an apartment in Paris after a...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...

A rogue lettings agency which is no longer trading is to be featured in a TV documentary this evening on Channel...

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...

A London council is using dawn raids in its clampdown on illegal subletting and on so-called ‘beds in sheds’ where tenants...

With a host of changing regulations hitting the private rental sector, some landlords may be put off using letting agents, but...

An online student lettings agency claims there will be a growing number of students using the holiday season to boost their...

An online letting agency claims a third of tenants are subletting without the agreement of their landlord, with an even higher...

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

Landlords should make sure they are regularly checking their property to ensure tenants are not subletting without permission. Staying on top of...

A survey of tenants suggests around one in nine private sector tenants sublet their propertiers, and almost half of those do...

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