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One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm...
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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A crooked lettings agent stole almost £30,000 from dozens of clients to prevent his business from going bankrupt. Tim Catherall, of Nottinghamshire,...
28 September 2020
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Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...
10 September 2020
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A buy to let investor has been sentenced to two years in prison after claiming income support despite being a professional portfolio...
03 August 2020
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A buy to let investor who kept a group of men as slaves – making them work 90-hour weeks in return...
04 June 2020
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Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...
06 April 2020
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A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...
25 February 2020
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A London council tenant who for a period of seven years failed to disclose that he owned three houses, has been...
29 January 2020
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A rogue landlord has been found guilty of unlawful harassment and misleading and aggressive practices, and will be sentenced next month. Ragoopathy...
24 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Number 10 briefings to the national media suggest that the scrapping of Section 21 - long talked about by the previous...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...
10 December 2019
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A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...
12 November 2019
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Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent...
04 November 2019
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Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Energy market regulator Ofgen is considering an amnesty for tenants and landlords, amongst others, to own up to ‘stealing’ energy through...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...
07 August 2019
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A London council’s action against a property agent it has accused of “repeated negligence” has resulted in £37,000 of fines and...
31 July 2019
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A rogue landlord in Chesterfield has received a hefty fine for a second time after the council took her to court...
18 July 2019
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The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...
08 July 2019
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A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...
20 June 2019
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The Scottish Government is investigating 114 businesses suspected of carrying out letting agency work without registration and has issued 86 compliance...
08 May 2019
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A London council has won one of the largest-ever Proceeds of Crime claims from an unscrupulous buy to let investor. Andre Charles Trepel,...
02 May 2019
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A former employee of Martin & Co has admitted operating a fraud scheme that involved agency clients paying money into his...
26 April 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Mother and daughter lettings agency fraudsters have been told to expect jail sentences after defrauding landlords and tenants of £266,000 over...
10 April 2019
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A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...
28 March 2019
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A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately...
11 March 2019
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A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...
19 February 2019
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A buy to let investor who converted three family homes to HMOs without securing planning permission has been jailed for falsifying...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has taken the unusual step of commenting on, and welcoming, the outcome of a court case...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord and building contractor have been fined after quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory...
02 January 2019
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A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...
24 December 2018
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A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...
10 December 2018
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We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...
26 November 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A man who submitted false VAT returns for the Lincoln franchise branch of Martin & Co for a period of six...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A self-employed gas fitter has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely...
06 August 2018
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A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex. Liz...
10 July 2018
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A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

An agent has been banned from letting properties under ‘fit and proper person’ legislation in Scotland, following an incident in which...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A second journalist at the London-based financial newspaper City AM has launched an attack on letting agencies - while the furore...
30 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A property managing agent has been ordered to pay £40,000 following the death of a woman at a fire at a...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The cash value of tenancy deposits crooked landlords and letting agents have been convicted of pocketing in 2018 has already passed...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Three head tenants who sub-let a three bedroom house to 35 men have been hit with over £23,000 in fines. Gheorghe-Valentin Lingurar...
26 February 2018
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The director of a lettings agency who who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on holidays and other luxuries...
16 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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A crooked lettings agent has been ordered to repay thousands of pounds from his pension. As previously reported on Letting Agent Today...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A fake agent who made thousands from letting out rooms that didn’t exist has been arrested - a month after being...
01 February 2018
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Two landlords and two tenants were fined a total of over £11,000 after losing their appeal against housing convictions concerning property...
30 January 2018
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A letting agent has been spared jail despite stealing over £7,600 from tenants to subsidise his failing business. Simon Cawley, from Kingsbridge...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A buy to let property owner has received a four month prison sentence for letting out a property he had already...
22 December 2017
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The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The owner of a property firm who reportedly misled tenants and let an illegally converted property has been jailed for 155...
29 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent who stole thousands of pounds collected from tenants has been jailed for 20 months. Kent Online reports that gambling...
16 October 2017
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A former lettings agent stole thousands of pounds worth of cash and personal items from homes after conning other agents into...
06 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston. Truro Crown Court...
11 September 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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A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...
30 May 2017
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A family of rogue landlords who crammed 31 tenants into a 'Slumdog Millionaire'-style shanty home have this month been found guilty...
25 May 2017
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A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...
11 May 2017
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An agency staff member has received a suspended prison sentence after stealing £11,500 in unclaimed deposits from a branch of Connells. Amy...
02 May 2017
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A body representing 370 councils in England and Wales wants the government to close a legal loophole which allows the conversion...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...
17 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord who admitted threatening violence against a tenant who left the property he was renting has been given a substantial...
16 March 2017
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A landlord who ran multiple property companies but failed to declare his income or that he was a company director to...
13 March 2017
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A rogue landlord found guilty of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A council’s first case for non-compliance with its landlord licensing regime has seen one individual plead guilty to 12 offences -...
27 February 2017
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A convicted Surrey letting agent who used his clients’ money to cover his business debts has been ordered to pay £25,000...
23 February 2017
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A report out today claims foreigners and Britons without passports, particularly from ethnic minorities, are being discriminated against in the lettings...
13 February 2017
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A fraudster has been jailed after being convicted on nine counts of fraud, theft and forgery relating to property firms which...
09 February 2017
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A letting agency specialising in student accommodation in Nottingham city centre and its director have admitted a series of breaches of...
23 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Peter Grant, currently serving year 27 of my sentence in the property industry and still loving every moment of working...
03 November 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was unearthed by trading standards...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been given a suspended prison sentence following his failure to maintain or check the gas fittings in one of his properties. A...
20 October 2016
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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
From: Breaking News

An estate agent from Devon who conned landlords, tenants and even his friends out of a total of £157,250 has been...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent who stole more than £400,000 from clients has had her sentence appeal dismissed by judges. Amy Williams, who part-owned Williams...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A 35-year-old self-employed worker from London has been given two suspended jail terms for falsely claiming to be Gas Safe Registered and signing off certificates for privately...
23 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A man who posed as a letting agent to swindle landlords and tenants has been jailed for just over two years. Legal...
02 August 2016
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A landlord is to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next week after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to fire...
25 July 2016
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A landlord who waged what a local authority describes as “a war of intimidation” against tenants living in his property has...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Local Government Association, representing 370 councils across England and Wales, is calling on the public to speak out against rogue...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A former letting agent has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to ten counts of fraud. Nicholas Dowse, also known...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading trade body says it’s time for the private rental sector to take gas safety more seriously following a spate...
11 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A chef who is reported to have battered a letting agent over the head with a cricket bat in a row...
10 May 2016
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A letting agent who closed his New Malden firm leaving 17 landlords some £27,000 out of pocket has been jailed for...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has received a suspended six month prison sentence after he ignored repeated warnings about arranging an annual gas safety...
26 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A managing agent who tried to force out his tenants by filling the stopcock chamber with cement so that they would...
25 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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An unregistered gas fitter has been received a suspended prison sentence for illegally installing a gas boiler and undertaking landlord’s gas...
07 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A London landlord has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence after failing to have a gas boiler in a...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Andrews Property Group says it welcomes the sentence imposed on one of its branch managers after a long-running court case involving...
08 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A buy to let landlord in Stockton-on-Tees, has been sentenced after illegally uncapping and reconnecting a gas supply. Teeside Magistrates’ Court heard...
07 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
From: Breaking News

A letting agent has been told he faces a possible jail sentence after admitting stealing thousands of pounds from tenants. The Manchester...
04 January 2016
From: Breaking News

An Oxford landlord has been convicted of unlawfully evicting a tenant after “a campaign of sustained harassment”. Riasat Ali was ordered to...
21 October 2015
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A landlord has received a six month suspended jail sentence, has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service...
28 September 2015
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An opinion poll's findings, released to back up a call for tougher controls in the private rental sector, suggests 71 per...
24 September 2015
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The office of a letting agency that urged its landlord clients to consider increasing rents has been the subject of an...
04 September 2015
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Letting agents and property managers of blocks with fire doors are being urged to take their responsibilities more seriously. The warning comes...
02 September 2015
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A student landlord has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay over £12,400 after pleading guilty to...
08 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The journalism website HoldTheFrontPage says a landlord who tried to sue a weekly newspaper for defamation over its coverage of a...