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The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to investigate allegations about advertising for shared ownership homes.  In 2021 an advertisement appeared on...

A jury has ruled that a lettings agency has been guilty of illegally evicting tenants in Margate - with locks changed,...

A lettings agency is alleged to have used violence and vandalism over a prolonged period against the tenants of at least...

An activist group that has staged many protests against letting agents must pay just under £100,000 in costs and damages to...

A prominent industry supplier has hit out at what he calls “the merry go round of housing ministers” following yet another...

Almost half of renters in England have been victims of illegal behaviour from landlords or lettings agents, Shelter claims. The stark allegations...

There have been just 17 First Tier Tribunal cases involving allegations of fees charged to tenants in contravention of the Tenants...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

The National Residential Landlords Association has dismissed the latest claims by campaigning charity Shelter that landlords have not done enough to...

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...

A Midlands MP says he has spoken with housing minister Kit Malthouse about the case of a two-branch lettings agency that...

Letting Agent Today can reveal that the agency at the centre of the scandal over alleged charges for viewings has been...

A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...

The owner of a Plymouth lettings agency is to stand trial in November and faces charges of fraud, false accounting and...

The Observer newspaper has published a story alleging that a London lettings agency “pressured” prospective tenants into accepting accommodation without viewing...

A council is seeking to prevent letting agents and landlords from letting homes to students in an area of a city...

The director of a Plymouth letting agency has been re-bailed and will appear in court again in January.    Heather Crabb, owner of...

A no-holds-barred blog on a controversial website claims that it lifts the lid on being a letting agent in central London...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.   As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

Conservative MP Oliver Colvile is calling for urgent action following a recent spate of fraud involving rogue letting agents.   When approached by...

A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...

A letting agent is on trial after being accused of rape. John Evans, 53, has pleaded not guilty to six counts of...

The manager of a Lancaster letting agency dealing chiefly with students says he will co-operate with any police investigation into his...

There has been a sharp and rapid rebuttal of comments made by new shadow chancellor John McDonnell suggesting that private sector...

An agent wrongly accused of fraud has described the “hell” he went through following allegations that money had been stolen from...

The Residential Landlords Association says it has “deep concerns” over the Panorama programme broadcast early this week claiming that landlords were...