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Lettings agency and property management consultancy Bramleys has revealed the most common landlord complaints, and has provided suggestions as to how...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News

A lodger who punched, kicked and bit his landlord after being challenged about his drinking has been jailed. Mickey Boots punched the...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Over half of tenants who have stayed at short let home-based properties via Airbnb or similar platforms have broken or damaged...
24 November 2021
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A man who broke into the home of his prospective landlord and threatened him with a screwdriver has been jailed for...
06 October 2021
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Some tenants are effectively “professional crooks” taking advantage of Coronavirus law changes to avoid paying landlords, a leading letting agent says. Benham...
20 September 2021
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A man who tried to frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been jailed. Gerald Banyard,...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Direct Line Business Insurance has outlined seven tell-tale signs of cannabis cultivation, which it says is an increasing problem for landlords across...
20 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A former tenant who tried two frame his landlord’s partner as being involved in the Westminster terrorist attack has been convicted...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

An expert assessment of the average cost of damage caused by rogue tenants growing cannabis suggests landlords will typically pay almost...
12 May 2021
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It’s a story that’s seldom told - how some tenants steal items from landlords’ properties when a tenancy ends. Now the Oxford...
30 April 2021
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A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record. Sonia Nascimento rented...
12 March 2021
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A former tenant has been fined for sending racially offensive messages to his former landlord over three years after being evicted...
12 January 2021
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An industry service supplier has revealed the scale of the backlog in possession cases which cannot be pursued to eviction because of...
11 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord says he feared for his safety and locked himself in his bedroom following a drunken rampage by a tenant. The...
06 October 2020
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Evicting an unscrupulous tenant could potentially cost landlords thousands, even hundreds of thousands of pounds, new research shows. Benham and Reeves has...
15 August 2019
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Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for thousands of private landlords –...
20 July 2018
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MakeUrMove is warning that a significant number of buy-to-let landlords are thinking about quitting the private rented sector due to problem tenants...
09 May 2018
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A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...
05 April 2018
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The new blacklist of rogue agents and landlords, introduced as part of the Housing and Planning Bill, will go a long...
11 October 2017
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Significantly more must be done to protect landlords from rogue tenants, according to a couple who were left with a £10,000...
28 March 2017
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The government has vowed to offer private renters extra protections and safeguards, as set out in the long-awaited white paper yesterday,...
08 February 2017
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Given the financial issues that landlords can experience when they rent their property out to a nightmare tenant, especially those that...
03 January 2017
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Sheffield Council has promised to continue targeting rogue landlords after bringing its highest-ever number of successful prosecutions. Seven individuals and companies were...
03 January 2017
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The Housing and Planning Bill, which includes measures to tackle criminal landlords and letting agents, should also address the issue of...
26 April 2016
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Eviction firm Landlord Action is calling for a blacklist of persistent rogue tenants to be made public. The Housing and Planning Bill...
05 January 2016
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Police are seeking a rogue tenant who posed as a landlord to con cash out of potential tenants for a studio...
22 December 2015
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The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched its latest campaign, Reinventing Renting, which identifies opportunities for landlords to enhance their lettings...
15 December 2015
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A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...
11 December 2015
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In a welcome change to rogue landlord stories, a number of national newspapers have run a story about tenants trashing a...