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10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Unique lettings agent motivation event scores award success](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
An event which claims to change the fortunes of letting agents has been recognised by the Professional Speakers Academy. Agent Rainmaker Live...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina leads lettings forum at Propertymark extravaganza](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property expert quits TV show, says tenants need “sensitivity”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Eviction-400x310.png)
One of the lettings industry’s best known faces - Paul Shamplina - is to end his TV series focussing on evictions. Suggesting...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top industry figures to address new agency event this autumn](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Conference1400x310.jpg)
High profile lettings industry figures Paul Shamplina and Sally Lawson are amongst the keynote speakers at a new event for agents...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Evictions - What Next? Industry must rethink process, say leaders](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NoteOfEviction.png)
Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![They’re Back: Lettings and investment experts exhibiting this week](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BuytoLet3-400x310.jpg)
The Property Investor Show is back for its 20th year with 100 property sector experts and exhibitors in London this week. The...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Evictions to be shown on TV current affairs show this evening](/upload/images/Property%20People/tv%20ections%20400%20x%20310.png)
ITV’s Tonight current affairs programme will this evening look at evictions in the private rental sector. The episode - Losing Your Home:...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Scrapping Section 21 may take three years says industry expert](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/eviction-image400x310.png)
A leading expert on the private rental sector predicts it will take three years for the government to scrap Section 21 evictions...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![How can letting agents improve their reputation?](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/Staff-Recruitment-Image-400x310.jpg)
How can agents improve their position in society? A report has been published following a roundtable discussion between prominent agency figures...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Last chance to register – webinar on transparency in lettings tomorrow](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Webinar-400x310.png)
The live launch of a roundtable event hosted by rental payments platform PayProp takes place tomorrow – and letting agents can...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Webinar – how can letting agents be compliant with Trading Standards rules?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/magneteventpro.jpg)
A recent industry roundtable event hosted by PayProp, which brought together some of the lettings industry’s biggest hitters, will be live streamed next week...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Confrontation with letting agent to be shown on TV show](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/TV%20400%20x%20310.png)
The next episode of the Channel 5 show Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords this evening features an agent offering a supposed guaranteed...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mystery agent refuses to pay £150,000 owed in guaranteed rent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
The Property Redress Scheme has expelled an agent operating a guaranteed rent scheme which failed to pay £150,000 to a former landlord client. The agent...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent To Rent scandal exposed on TV show about rogue letting agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A London lettings agency is exposed on TV this evening over what turns out to be a sham guaranteed rent scheme. Landlords...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents must accept deals over arrears if all else fails - advice](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the industry’s leading experts wants letting agents to engage with tenants and landlords over Covid-related arrears, agree to mediation,...
13 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![TV eviction expert warns of “court avalanche” when ban ends soon](/img/default/lat.png)
Paul Shamplina, the man behind Landlord Action and a Channel 5 show on handling rental crises, is warning that county courts...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Evictions and arrears webinar this morning aimed at rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s an hour-long webinar this morning, aimed at giving property professionals the latest information on arrears, possession cases and evictions. It’s at...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Severe arrears’ now just cause for bailiff-enforced evictons](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been a further tweak to the eviction controls introduced in England for the duration of the lockdown, lasting until December...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Name and shame rogue lettings agents, says top industry figure](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![“Devastating” - fears for industry after government U-turn](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the leading figures in the lettings industry has described the government’s eviction ban U-turn as “devastating.” Paul Shamplina, founder of...
24 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Longer eviction ban will hurt most vulnerable and damage rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Labour evictions policy could mean financial ruin - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin. Landlord...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Issues with rent default and legal issues? These webinars are for you…](/img/default/lat.png)
PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings sector guru Shamplina backs longer possession notice](/img/default/lat.png)
Paul Shamplina, the founder of Landlord Action and star of a Channel 5 programme on evictions, says he fully backs the...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Eviction court hearings stopped by Coronavirus - so what next?](/img/default/lat.png)
What appears to be the first court adjournment of an eviction case caused by the Coronavirus outbreak has happened - raising...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Half of S21 cases want rehousing by council, claims eviction specialist](/img/default/lat.png)
High profile eviction company Landlord Action says as many as 50 per cent of Section 21 cases it handles involve tenants...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Call for greater referencing technology to improve detection of fraud](/img/default/lat.png)
Eviction expert Paul Shamplina has urged letting agents and referencing companies to invest in technology to improve fraud detection. The call comes...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Sub-letting tenants caught on camera and to be on TV tonight](/img/default/lat.png)
More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rogue lettings agency coughs up £16,000 it owes - on TV](/img/default/lat.png)
Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Section 21: New call for government to rethink proposed ban](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s been another call on the government to rethink its plans to change the Section 21 eviction process. The founder of Landlord...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban: new workshop aims to help agents offset damage](/img/default/lat.png)
Hamilton Fraser’s Academy programme has announced its next workshop, on May 14, to target how lettings agents can future-proof their business...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![TV show acts as warning to letting agents over fake tenant references](/img/default/lat.png)
A TV show on Channel 5 this evening may well serve as a warning to letting agents about the dangers of...
19 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rogue lettings agency to be featured in TV documentary this evening](/img/default/lat.png)
A rogue lettings agency which is no longer trading is to be featured in a TV documentary this evening on Channel...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Tonight's BBC Panorama to investigate controversial Section 21 evictions](/img/default/lat.png)
Tonight's edition of BBC Panorama will investigate the Section 21 evictions process, also known as 'no-fault evictions'. The show - 'Evicted for...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Call for unregulated eviction firms to sign up to redress schemes](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the leading eviction specialists is calling for unregulated companies offering similar services to sign up to redress schemes in...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Eviction firm Landlord Action acquired by redress scheme owner](/img/default/lat.png)
HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action. Landlord...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords told: 'Use letting agents, don't rely on listings websites'](/img/default/lat.png)
The founder of eviction specialist Landlord Action is advising landlords to use accredited letting agents and not try to take the...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![New website brings together PRS, mydeposits and others](/img/default/lat.png)
Hamilton Fraser - parent firm to mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect - has brought its...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![New podcasts aim to educate agents, landlords and tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
Hamilton Fraser - parent company to several key brands operating in the private rental sector - has launched a series of...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Unscrupulous letting agents to be named and shamed on TV](/img/default/lat.png)
Channel 5 has commissioned a third series of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords with eviction specialist Landlord Action at the heart of...
28 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Expert Advice on Student Lets from mydeposits](/img/default/lat.png)
Our key partner and buy-to-let specialist, Hamilton Fraser, and renown industry expert, Paul Shamplina have released the first in a new...
12 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Landlord Action warns of eviction delays thanks to new procedures](/img/default/lat.png)
Specialist eviction service Landlord Action has outlined the quickest way to evict tenants under new regulations introduced by the Ministry of...
30 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rent Smart Wales workshop announced for July](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has announced the details of a workshop for Welsh letting agents, taking place in July. The event...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Trebling in volume of sub-letting through Airbnb and similar services](/img/default/lat.png)
Specialist eviction firm Landlord Action claims that in the past 12 months the number of incidents where tenants have sub-let properties...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sub-letting scams up as landlord possessions reach record high](/img/default/lat.png)
The total number of evictions last year reached a record high of 42,728 according to data from the Ministry of Justice. Whilst...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News
![Eviction specialists want 'rogue tenants' blacklist to be drawn up](/img/default/lat.png)
Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlord Action blog exposes rogue tenants' activities](/img/default/lat.png)
A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Warning that latest HMO reforms will not stop sub-letting scams](/img/default/lat.png)
The specialist eviction company Landlord Action says it is in full support of the government’s latest proposal to crack down on...
11 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Can councils cope with new Section 21 provisions?](/img/default/lat.png)
Eviction specialists at Landlord Action are raising concerns as to whether there are sufficient resources, especially at local council level, to...