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07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Police urge agents to smoke out illegal cannabis farms](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Plant-1-400x310.jpg)
Police are urging letting agents and landlords to act swiftly if they think one of their properties is being used as...
26 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Cannabis Farms - agents asked to smoke out culprits](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Farm-1-400x310.jpg)
Five regional police and crime commissioners have written to letting agents highlighting the problems of cannabis farms in private rental properties. The...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents jailed for role in multi-million-pounds drugs crimes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Arrested-UK-400x310.png)
Two agents who helped establish a multi-million-pound drugs ring in two cities have been jailed. Ossama Omar and Mohamed Latif ran Platinum...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Police tips for agents on how to smoke out cannabis farms](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Farm-1-400x310.jpg)
Police officers are this week raising awareness among agents about the signs of potential cannabis grows. The campaign is being led in...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
!['Drugs, booby-traps and rentals' – an expanding issue for agents?](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Cannabis-Farm-1-400x310.jpg)
Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...
21 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Blow! Wind power to supply huge number of student rental properties](/img/default/lat.png)
Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of purpose built student accommodation, has signed a deal guaranteeing a fifth of its annual...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware - what to do if you suspect a cannabis farm](/img/default/lat.png)
A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...
03 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Police hit ‘slavery’ landlord with landmark court order](/img/default/lat.png)
The West Midlands Police force says it’s secured what it calls a “landmark court order” against a rogue landlord who turned...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cannabis alert for private rental sector as electricity thefts surge](/img/default/lat.png)
New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Police raid smokes out cannabis farm and string of lettings problems](/img/default/lat.png)
A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Give All Your £ to Google](/img/default/lat.png)
In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents duped by man sub-letting homes to create £7m cannabis empire](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents were amongst those duped by a Merseyside builder who rented 33 homes and then sub-let them to allow the...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Letting agency used as cover for vast cannabis farming network](/img/default/lat.png)
A trio of criminals have been jailed for 18 years after using the cover of a lettings agency to allow them...
13 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Country agency asks: are Tories restricting supply of rural homes to let?](/img/default/lat.png)
The rural agency team at Bidwells says it is concerned the Conservative government may - by accident or design - be...