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20 January 2022
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One of the local authorities with the tightest clampdowns on letting agents has issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...
19 October 2021
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Six agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman for failing to pay compensatory awards - five of them for offences...
11 October 2021
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A local Trading Standards team is clamping down on rogue letting agents. Devon, Plymouth, Somerset and Torbay Trading Standards Service has launched...
23 June 2021
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A huge trading standards operation clamping down on lettings agents who fail to abide by Client Money Protection rules has been...
25 February 2021
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A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...
27 November 2020
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Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...
30 October 2020
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One of the highest profile figures in the rental sector says rogue letting agents should be named and shamed as a...
05 October 2020
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A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
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The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...
07 February 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...
06 January 2020
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The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...
12 November 2019
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An estimated 20 per cent of letting agents have still not signed up for a Client Money Protection scheme, six months...
27 September 2019
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Two London agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to honour two compensation awards. The first is Chase...
19 September 2019
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Last week’s revelation that approaching 50 per cent of letting agents surveyed in London were in breach of the law is...
17 September 2019
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...
16 September 2019
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The Property Ombudsman has announced a slew of expulsions after six agents failed to comply with redress rules. They failed to abide...
12 August 2019
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents says it fears the government needs to do more to prevent the possibility of banned...
23 July 2019
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There’s a warning this morning that the root-and-branch reform of the agency industry recommended by a government-backed working party will be...
19 July 2019
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Local authorities are failing in their duty to prosecute criminal letting agents, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has warned. The NLA says...
04 July 2019
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Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...
10 June 2019
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Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...
03 June 2019
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Cornwall council has confirmed that it’s to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to try to win compensation for victims of...
25 April 2019
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New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...
28 February 2019
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The National Approved Lettings Scheme has taken the unusual step of commenting on, and welcoming, the outcome of a court case...
01 February 2019
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A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...
13 December 2018
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The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...
05 December 2018
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Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...
08 November 2018
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Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme for failing to pay awards. One is OJ Residentials Limited trading...
05 November 2018
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The Guardian says the government is committed to making a datebase of rogue letting agents and landlords available to tenants. The newspaper quotes...
26 October 2018
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One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...
26 September 2018
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Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...
13 September 2018
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Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...
18 July 2018
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Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s...
17 July 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has heaped praise on a local authority which has fined 27 lettings and managing agents...
11 July 2018
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Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...
26 June 2018
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A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...
18 June 2018
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur has renewed his call for letting agents to use more technology to clean up their act when...
05 June 2018
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This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...
23 May 2018
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Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...
22 May 2018
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Two rogue letting agents in London have been fined thousands of pounds as part of a council campaign to clean up...
17 May 2018
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A statement from the government has repeated its determination to clean up the private rental sector through a series of measures,...
09 April 2018
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The Property Ombudsman is the latest property industry player to throw its support behind the introduction of mandatory qualifications and a...
04 April 2018
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The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...
01 April 2018
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The head of a major PropTech company serving the lettings sector says he want to see the introduction of a database...
22 February 2018
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Crooked landlords and letting agents were convicted of stealing £1,162,037 of tenant’s cash in 2017 – a rise of 14 per...
16 February 2018
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Romans has thrown its weight behind the banning orders being introduced in April which could see rogue letting agents and landlords...
26 January 2018
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Crooked letting agents and landlords have raided close to £1m from tenancy deposit accounts in 2017, new figures show. Campaigning agent Ajay Jagota,...
29 December 2017
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The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...
21 December 2017
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The first London boroughs are now rolling out the Greater London Authority’s ‘Rogue Landlord and Agent Checker’ - allowing tenants to...
20 December 2017
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A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...
04 December 2017
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A lettings agency chief who monitors legal action against rogue agencies and landlords says almost £850,000 of deposits have been stolen...
20 October 2017
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PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...
11 October 2017
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Crooked letting agents have been convicted of stealing almost £700,000 of tenants’ deposits in the first half of 2017. Campaigning letting agent...
27 July 2017
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The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...
26 June 2017
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The National Approved Lettings Scheme has called for the London Mayor’s new rogue agents’ database to be extended to include those...
28 April 2017
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Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...
27 April 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has broken ranks with the Association of Residential Letting Agents by opposing an ARLA-backed public database of...
27 April 2017
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A prominent campaigner over the misappropriation of rental deposits has welcomed the news that government proposals to ban letting agent fees...
18 April 2017
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A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...
10 April 2017
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New legislation coming into force today gives local authorities in England tough new powers to crack down on rogue agents and...
06 April 2017
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A trade body has backed government plans to introduce so-called ‘banning orders’ for rogue letting agents and landlords, but it says...
17 February 2017
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Conservative MP Oliver Colvile is calling for urgent action following a recent spate of fraud involving rogue letting agents. When approached by...
15 February 2017
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Lettings agents have been issued fines totalling £14,100 by a local authority for failing to comply with consumer rights laws. Officers from...
11 January 2017
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One of London’s leading politicians has created guidelines to help individuals ‘secret shop’ in a bid to expose what she claims...
03 January 2017
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Crooked letting agencies have been convicted of stealing £1,018,100 of deposits this year alone – and one agent claims this figure...
17 October 2016
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Channel 5 has commissioned a third series of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords with eviction specialist Landlord Action at the heart of...
28 September 2016
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Franchise agency Hunters is urging other letting agencies to become a SAFEagent to offer more secure services to landlords and tenants. “We’re...
04 August 2016
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The Local Government Association, representing 370 councils across England and Wales, is calling on the public to speak out against rogue...
11 July 2016
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The National Approved Letting Scheme has created a toolkit which it says will help local authorities tackle rogue letting agents who...
28 June 2016
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A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that letting agents are “completely unregulated” and that tenants are being “held...
09 June 2016
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There was a series of raids on HMOs led by a local authority early one morning at the end of last...
08 June 2016
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Letting agents in Scotland have started to sign up to a new compliance programme which has the aim of stamping out...
25 May 2016
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Consumers are being warned by The Property Ombudsman redress scheme about the actions of two lettings agents based in Southampton. Both agencies,...
04 May 2016
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A leading trade body has called for the Housing and Planning Bill now going through parliament to be widened to include...
26 April 2016
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Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...
21 April 2016
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A lettings agency in south London has been found to be the front for a cannabis growing operation, with drugs grown...
19 April 2016
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The demonisation of agents continues with the launch of a web-based application designed to “enable local authorities to take action against rogue...
23 March 2016
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The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...
01 February 2016
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Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...
19 January 2016
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MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...
13 January 2016
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Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...
05 January 2016
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The Housing and Planning Bill returns to the House of Commons tomorrow when the remaining stages of the legislation resume after...
04 January 2016
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It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...
21 December 2015
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An organisation representing councils wants a government database covering all housing-related convictions to deter rogue landlords switching from one area to...
14 December 2015
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The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...
14 December 2015
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Two letting agencies in the London borough of Camden have lost their appeal against fines for failing to join a redress...
01 December 2015
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SAFEagent is calling on the government to use the passage of the Housing Bill through Parliament to make a Client Money...
26 November 2015
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Generation Rent, the lobby group which recently narrowly escaped folding because of a lack of financial support, wants the public to...
19 November 2015
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The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a summary of the 600 responses it has received to its recent...
16 November 2015
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One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...
12 November 2015
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The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...
09 November 2015
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A senior Conservative MP is urging the government to give councils the power to issue rogue landlords with on-the-spot fines. Oliver Colville,...
20 October 2015
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The Associational of Residential Letting Agents has spoken up in favour of most of the provisions in the new Housing and...
16 October 2015
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A body representing over 370 local councils in England and Wales wants more powers to control the private rental sector, letting...
21 September 2015
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New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...
04 September 2015
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The Insolvency Service, which probes all compulsory liquidations and individual bankruptcies, has wound up two letting agencies. Morgan Fox (Lettings) Limited, formerly...
03 September 2015
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Campaigning charity Shelter has renewed its attack on the private rental sector, claiming that 125,000 tenants have suffered abusive behaviour from...
03 September 2015
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The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...
17 August 2015
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Housing minister Brandon Lewis has backtracked on suggestions that the government may introduce longer standard tenancy agreements in the private rental...
17 August 2015
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The Citizens Advice charity is urging people to lobby for more controls over the private rental sector, letting agents and landlords,...
17 August 2015
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Letting agents and other industry professionals are being consulted ver changes to the sector’s regulation - including possible blacklisting of rogue...
05 August 2015
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Unitary local authorities where trading standards and environmental health teams work to the same objectives are more successful at clamping down...
30 July 2015
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A letting agent is angry that there has not been a single prosecution in his region as a result of agencies...
27 July 2015
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The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...
24 July 2015
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A council in an area with one of the country’s largest private lettings sectors says it has launched investigations into more...
23 July 2015
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Eleven letting agencies in just one city have been fined a total of £37,000 for not being members of any of...
21 July 2015
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The latest episode of Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords programme will tonight show how a rogue letting agent in a...
08 July 2015
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The recent warning to estate agents by the Competition and Markets Authority sends a strong signal to the industry that “informal...
18 June 2015
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The Citizens Advice organisation has returned to the attack on the private rental sector, accusing rogue landlords of raking in £5.6...
22 May 2015
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The Residential Landlords Association is calling for better enforcement of existing laws and regulations to protect tenants in private rented housing. In...
22 May 2015
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The National Landlords Association has accused the Citizens Advice report of using “loose definitions to compound a perception that private housing...