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In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...

Fines on landlords and letting agents that fall foul of London council regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

An 83-year-old landlord who let a property through collapsed agency Homepoint says he is being pursued for nearly £2,400 by liquidators. Homepoint...

An unscrupulous letting agent has been jailed for two years for conning landlords and tenants out of almost a quarter of...

Council officers from Brent and Harrow Trading Standards have pledged to clampdown on unscrupulous letting agents in the London boroughs of...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has criticised the London Trading Standards (LTS) for what it says is an admission of failure in...

ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to continue taking action to clampdown on unscrupulous agents in the letting industry.  A significant number...

With new figures showing that almost half of letting agents do not comply with the law, London Trading Standards (LTS) has...

Letting and managing agents in England face the prospect of having to abide by a new regulatory framework, in accordance with...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...

All letting agents in England are now required to belong to an approved Client Money Protection scheme, a measure designed to...

Client Money Protect, part of the Hamilton Fraser group, has been awarded consent to operate a client money protection scheme when...

Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...

At least 19 landlords and tenants have been left £105,000 out of pocket by unscrupulous letting agents who ran London-based letting...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being reminded that new rules have been introduced which affect the way letting agencies are able...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has expelled TeesSurveyors Lettings Ltd (TSL) from the scheme for failing to pay awards totalling just over...

Rogue letting agents and landlords have reportedly been convicted of stealing almost £1m worth of tenancy deposits so far this year,...

Two letting agents have been hit with £14,000 fines for unlicensed shared properties in Camden, north London. The two rogue letting agents...

A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...

Rogue letting agents have reportedly been convicted of stealing more than £750,000 worth of tenancy deposits so far this year –...

Rogue letting agents were reportedly convicted of stealing just over £926,000 worth of tenancy deposits in 2017, fresh analysis from deposit-free...

The recent conviction of letting agent Lee Grace for illegally keeping £45,000 of tenancy deposits has contributed significantly to the near...

There was good news for landlords and tenants yesterday after the government took measures to prevent rogue letting agents stealing your...

An unscrupulous letting agent who conned landlords and tenants out of more than £220,000 has been sentenced to four and a half...

A letting agent who closed his New Malden firm leaving 17 landlords some £27,000 out of pocket has been jailed for...

A Staffordshire letting agent who stole £123,000 from landlords and tenants has been given a suspended prison sentence which has been...