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A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...

A seaside council has issued over £15,000 in fines to owners of unlicensed HMOs.  Torbay council in south Devon adds that “a...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

Franchise giant Hunters is continuing its expansion with the acquisition of Forte Lettings & Property Management, an independent in Exeter. The Devon...

The Mirror newspaper says eight members of the new Boris Johnson-led Cabinet are buy to let investors - and it accuses...

Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers.  The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...

A think tank is blaming high rents for apparently stopping Millennials moving to better paying parts of the country. A report from...

A council in the west country has launched a grading system for property agents which it says is designed to be...

Collyers, an Experts in Property estate and lettings agency with two branches in North Devon, has hoovered up a lettings firm...

The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon.  In June...

An agency in the Experts In Property trade group has snapped up the lettings side of a rival independent company. Collyers Properties,...

The Independent online newspaper says Conservative MP Gary Streeter will tomorrow meet with Prime Minister Theresa May and urge her to...

The holiday lets market is just starting to pick up and new research shows that 80 per cent of those who...

Crooked landlords and letting agents were convicted of stealing £1,162,037 of tenant’s cash in 2017 – a rise of 14 per...

A crooked lettings agent has been ordered to repay thousands of pounds from his pension. As previously reported on Letting Agent Today...

A letting agent has been spared jail despite stealing over £7,600 from tenants to subsidise his failing business.  Simon Cawley, from Kingsbridge...

Research by The Guardian newspaper reveals that massive numbers of local authority councillors are also buy to let investors - and...

West Country chain Bradleys Estate Agents has acquired Premier Lettings, formerly situated in the Preston area of Paignton, Devon.     Premier had...

An inquest into the suicide of a well known local estate agent in the West Country has heard that there had...

The weakness of the pound since Britain’s decision to quit the European Union a year ago means that holiday properties are...

The director of a letting agency in Devon has been released on bail until June 2.   In November and December, Letting Agent...

No fewer than 14 ‘pop up brothels’ have been discovered in one seaside town in six months, with all of them...

A local newspaper says a Plymouth lettings agent has been arrested by police on suspicion of theft, fraud and money laundering.    Last...

An estate agent from Devon who conned landlords, tenants and even his friends out of a total of £157,250 has been...

An unregistered gas fitter has been received a suspended prison sentence for illegally installing a gas boiler and undertaking landlord’s gas...

The ongoing court case involving a former letting agent has now heard that the nine cases of fraud being considered allegedly...

A former letting agent has pleaded guilty of nine offences of fraud involving the retention of deposits and rents belonging to...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...