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Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour is using a Bill currently going through Parliament as a backdoor method to introduce the regulation of lettings, estate and...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A London lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for not paying compensation to a landlord following a failure...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords will have to include many more specific points about their properties when they list them in future - whether directly...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been a clampdown on imprecise wording used in lettings listings. The National Trading Standards Estate and Lettings Agency Team - which...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Hawks Properties Limited has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour a compensation award. The agency - with...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A council chief has spoken out in support of landlords who lost money to a “despicable fraudster” who is now in...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord who left his tenants homeless after breaking into their house at night with a hammer has been prosecuted by...
17 June 2023
From: Breaking News
TV property expert Phil Spencer has called for a radical simplification of the rules surrounding landlord licensing, fees and other regulations. In...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Over the last few years, the property industry has been focusing on the need to provide more information to buyers ‘up...
18 February 2023
From: Agent Advice
A landlord has admitted breaching planning rules at two properties in south London. He submitted a guilty plea in response to Southwark...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord who created false identities and fake lcompanies as part of an elaborate web of misinformation designed to exploit...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Many landlords have welcomed the zero deposit insurance concept - but is this being damaged by the pressure-selling techniques of some...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord representative is to be a member of a new advisory panel which has been set up by the Property...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
As the cost of energy spikes and the government rolls out new support, landlords and tenants involved in ‘bills included’ rental...
25 July 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000. In...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A London council has prosecuted a builder - Valeriu Sandu, of Valmic Properties Limited - for lying about fitting sufficiently fireproof...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are likely to be obliged to supply agents with additional details in future, before their properties are listed to let...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A council says it’s going to clampdown on landlords who are “keeping deposits unnecessarily” and agents “charging unpermitted fees.” The pledge comes...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Automated rental payment platform PayProp recently held a webinar, attended by well over 100 people, in which a condensed video of...
20 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
Private sector landlords are being warned by a council to check their investments meet the legal minimum energy efficiency standard, or...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...
13 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and landlords can still...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The steps landlords need to take to improve their own image and enhance their reputation in the eyes of consumers was...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A warning has gone out to landlords with properties in Scotland regarding legislation coming into effect in early 2022. Trade association SELECT is...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A warning has been issued to landlords about a crackdown on compliance issues surrounding property management. No Letting Go, the country’s largest...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Several high-flying lettings sector bodies say rental properties advertised on portals should carry much more upfront information. This means landlords who use agents...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News
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...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order. The order came into force...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Scams involving fake landlords and bogus lettings agents are rife in the private rentals sector, and may have been made worse...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The trading standards team charged with policing lettings and estate agents is to investigate whether a new guideline on referral fees...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
As more people start to think about moving home as the coronavirus restrictions are eased, sales and letting agents are being...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord in Gainsborough will be sentenced later this month after being found guilty of unlawful harassment towards his tenants...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News
An unscrupulous letting agent has been jailed for two years for conning landlords and tenants out of almost a quarter of...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Three rogue operators in London have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering fraudulent rental payments received for properties that...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their...
01 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Council officers from Brent and Harrow Trading Standards have pledged to clampdown on unscrupulous letting agents in the London boroughs of...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has criticised the London Trading Standards (LTS) for what it says is an admission of failure in...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News
ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to continue taking action to clampdown on unscrupulous agents in the letting industry. A significant number...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
With new figures showing that almost half of letting agents do not comply with the law, London Trading Standards (LTS) has...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Act, better known simply as the tenant fees ban, is coming into force from June 1 2019. It...
24 May 2019
From: Rental Reform
A private landlord in Lincoln has been warned that he could be given a prison sentence of up to 15 months...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A new pilot has been launched by TrustMark, the government endorsed quality scheme, in partnership with East Sussex Trading Standards, to...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Landlords in West Bromwich should be aware that local letting agent, The Lettings Shop (TLS), located in High Street has been...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
At least 19 landlords and tenants have been left £105,000 out of pocket by unscrupulous letting agents who ran London-based letting...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Trading standards will almost certainly need help from consumers to help police the ban on letting fees, according to PayProp. As part...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Tenant Fees Bill that will ban most charges set by landlords and letting agents to tenants in England will continue its...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The next stage of the Tenants’ Fees Bill through Parliament will be a Second Reading in the House of Lords this...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards services in London are warning landlords and letting agents to ensure that they comply with the law and not...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord has been found guilty of aggressive practices, failing to protect a tenancy deposit and operating an unlicensed House...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has released its latest annual report revealing an increase in the number of consumers contacting the...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News
The security deposits that tenants leave with their landlord or their letting agent could be capped at no more than five...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
A landlord who failed to provide his tenants with adequate living conditions has been sent to jail. Majid Saniinejad, of Stoke Newington,...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News
It is a statutory duty for letting agents to fully publicise the fees they charge to landlords and tenants, and yet...
14 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector is urgently required to ensure the abolishment of what is in...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
The recent closure of Morgan Hampton letting agents in Wimborne, Dorset, has been ceased upon by the CEO of Keep It...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News
A landlord in Hayes, west London, has been ordered to pay back more than £140,000 in rent she received unlawfully after...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
A new Fair Fees Forum has been launched by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) in order to help prevent excessive...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Last week, a landmark case in Scotland highlighted the need for deposit protection, after a letting agent in North Ayrshire became...
13 July 2016
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being urged to regularly check their carbon monoxide alarms or risk being fined up to £5,000, after a new...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News
A free open evening is being held by Teignbridge Council for anyone interested in letting property in the South Devon district. The...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News
Stirling Council is inviting local private landlords and letting agents to register for an upcoming Open Day and Conference. The annual event,...
09 May 2016
From: Breaking News
A rent-to-rent fraudster has been jailed for 16 months after being found guilty of six counts of fraud relating to HMOs Moses...