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An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  The analysis, carried out by...

PropTech specialist Vouch has launched a Rent Protection feature, designed to help landlords access cover to mitigate the risk of unpaid rent. The feature...

A comparison website has compiled a list of what it claims to be the most common lies on tenancy applications -...

HomeLet has launched a product to help combat tenancy fraud, which it claims has seen a 36 per cent rise since...

Over half of all fraudulent tenancy applications involve fake or doctored pay slips, a PropTech firm claims. Goodlord analysed a sample size...

A growing number of rental applications are being rejected by agents, it’s been claimed. PropTech firm Vouch says that between January and...

Propertymark is warning that higher Right To Rent costs are likely to hit agents when new processes kick in this autumn. From...

A commercial partnership between tenant referencing platform Canopy and property website OnTheMarket has involved an investment of some £350,000. The figure has...

In this tips piece, Blake Richmond, managing director of referencing at Goodlord, sets out how agents can combat fraud in the lettings process.  Over...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Nathan Abbott, Head of Change Management at The Lettings...

More and more people are committing tenancy fraud and it’s having a massive impact on the industryAs a lettings agency, you...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Vince Demilio, Sales Director of The Lettings Hub What services...

Propertymark wants agents to come forward with examples of fraudulent tenancy applications - a growing problem in the rental sector. A statement...

OnTheMarket has signed a 12 month exclusive commercial partnership with Canopy, the tenant referencing platform. The partnership will enable the portal to...

There’s been a huge 263 per cent increase in the value of fraudulent tenant applications in just three months, it’s been...

With Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirming the next phase of the roadmap out of lockdown, a PropTech firm has reflected on...

An exercise by PropTech company Goodlord has given an insight into what the lettings market may look like in parts of...

There’s likely to be a further surge of new tenancies in the weeks to come, challenging agents’ ability to cope with...

PropTech firm Goodlord says there’s been “a remarkable bounce back” in the lettings sector since the market resumed. It’s been three weeks...

The rental market effectively disintegrated in the early days of lockdown before showing signs of a rebound which are still active...

The latest market snapshot by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that while new and completed tenancy volumes dropped rapidly in the first...

A lettings agent who stole over £23,000 from tenants to pay for his gambling habit and pay off debt has escaped...

A fraudster has been jailed after being convicted on nine counts of fraud, theft and forgery relating to property firms which...

Andrews Property Group says it welcomes the sentence imposed on one of its branch managers after a long-running court case involving...

Rightmove says letting agents are reporting “extraordinary demand” in many parts of the country, with an increasing number of tenants positively...

A former Andrews letting agent and his ex-girlfriend are reported to have pleaded guilty to forging tenancy applications for properties which...