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A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued advice to agencies on how to comply with data protection law.  The UK data protection regulator...

New data reveals a 68 per cent surge in reports of meter tampering and energy theft during winter. The data - revealed...

General insurance platform provider Paymentshield has launched a rolling subscription model for tenants’ contents insurance. Now tenants pay for their contents cover...

A PropTech supplier to letting agents claims that tenants are more likely to have Netflix than contents insurance.  A survey of 1,013...

A lettings agency maintenance manager stole almost £100,000 from her company - but has escaped prison. Farida Mughal was working at the...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are to reduce costs and to have the ability to focus...

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...

New research from insurance provider Paymentshield has found that over one in five UK tenants have experienced a negative property event...

The online lettings platform Mashroom has set out a list of guidelines it’s offering to prospective tenants to avoid them falling...

Prominent property lawyer David Smith - recently in the news for his guidance for agents and landlords over the eviction ban...

A leading supplier says the current market standstill is an opportunity for the industry to rethink how short lets can be...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

Energy market regulator Ofgen is considering an amnesty for tenants and landlords, amongst others, to own up to ‘stealing’ energy through...

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...

A rental campaigner claims the amount of money stolen this year by crooked lettings agents and landlords has topped the £1.3m...

A lettings agency owner in Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and theft following a newspaper probe. Earlier this year...

A former lettings agent in Plymouth has finally admitted taking hundreds of thousands of pounds from tenants and landlords - the...

The former owner of a lettings agency has admitted charges of fraud, false accounting and theft involving some hundreds of thousands...

Student landlords and letting agents are being warned by the Master Locksmiths Association (MLA) to tighten up security in their properties...

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...

The owner of a Plymouth lettings agency is to stand trial in November and faces charges of fraud, false accounting and...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

The former owner and director of a Plymouth lettings agency are to stand trial on charges of fraud, false accounting and...

The cash value of tenancy deposits crooked landlords and letting agents have been convicted of pocketing in 2018 has already passed...

Crooked landlords and letting agents were convicted of stealing £1,162,037 of tenant’s cash in 2017 – a rise of 14 per...

The former director of a lettings agency in Plymouth is to appear in court in March facing charges of fraud, false...

Crooked letting agents and landlords have raided close to £1m from tenancy deposit accounts in 2017, new figures show. Campaigning agent Ajay Jagota,...

A lettings agency chief who monitors legal action against rogue agencies and landlords says almost £850,000 of deposits have been stolen...

A former lettings agent stole thousands of pounds worth of cash and personal items from homes after conning other agents into...

The director of a Plymouth letting agency has been re-bailed and will appear in court again in January.    Heather Crabb, owner of...

Reference provider Rent4sure says agents should beware of the growing issue of online identity fraud, especially hitting people in their 30s.   A...

Crooked letting agents have been convicted of stealing almost £700,000 of tenants’ deposits in the first half of 2017.   Campaigning letting agent...

An agency staff member has received a suspended prison sentence after stealing £11,500 in unclaimed deposits from a branch of Connells.   Amy...

The director of a letting agency in Devon has been released on bail until June 2.   In November and December, Letting Agent...

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

A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...

Property campaigner Ajay Jagota has launched what he calls a “stolen deposits totaliser” to keep track of how much cash crooked...

A former administrator at a Savills letting office has admitted embezzling around £16,000 from the firm over a five and a...

A leading personal finance journalist - and a former editor of Landlord Today - has used the columns of right wing...

A local newspaper says a Plymouth lettings agent has been arrested by police on suspicion of theft, fraud and money laundering.    Last...

Crooked letting agencies have been convicted of stealing £1,018,100 of deposits this year alone – and one agent claims this figure...

A Bairstow Eves letting agent who stole over £21,000 in tenants’ deposits over two years to pay her own payday loan...

Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...

A letting agent has been told he faces a possible jail sentence after admitting stealing thousands of pounds from tenants. The Manchester...

A letting agency accounts clerk recruited to replace an employee dismissed because of theft has now herself been found guilty of...