- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Three rogue operators in London have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering fraudulent rental payments received for properties that were never available to rent. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Landlords and tenants will continue to be able to claim back the entire amount of money that has been lost or misappropriated by an agent, as has been the case since January 2018 in the UKALA scheme, after the association ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
Labour’s shadow housing spokesperson is promoting a video claiming that ‘everyone’ in the private rental sector suffers from ‘rogue landlords and letting agents.’ ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their own compliance, according to PayProp. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Council officers from Brent and Harrow Trading Standards have pledged to clampdown on unscrupulous letting agents in the London boroughs of Brent and Harrow by investigating companies that fail to protect landlords and tenants' interests by ignoring rules around the ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
ARLA Propertymark is urging the government to continue taking action to clampdown on unscrupulous agents in the letting industry. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
With new figures showing that almost half of letting agents do not comply with the law, London Trading Standards (LTS) has today issued a stark warning to tenants to better understand their rights or risk being ripped off by rogue ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were sentenced last week at Blackfriars Crown Court to two years and four months each in prison. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
At least 19 landlords and tenants have been left £105,000 out of pocket by unscrupulous letting agents who ran London-based letting agency Crestons. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Trading Standards services in London are warning landlords and letting agents to ensure that they comply with the law and not overcharge tenants after several agents in the capital were found to be non-compliance with the requirement to display fees ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
The government has launched new online information designed to help renters and landlords know their rights. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
Two letting agents have been hit with £14,000 fines for unlicensed shared properties in Camden, north London. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
ARLA Propertymark has slammed the new database of rogue landlords and letting agents, which will come into effect from tomorrow, as ‘a pointless exercise’. ...
- Written by: Marc Da Silva
It has been confirmed that a database of rogue landlords and letting agents as well as new banning orders will be introduced on April 6, 2018. ...
- Written by: Graham Norwood
A property expert says landlords must use lettings agents to avoid becoming victims of the growing threat of fraud. ...
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