Rogue Agents

Rogue Agents

Foxtons’ internal lettings data shows that the 2024 lettings market in the capital is likely to be more balanced than in recent frenzied years. ...
Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially with growing awareness that decarbonising homes is on the UK government's agenda. ...
Foxtons claims it’s reached new heights under its latest management team. ...
The Housing Ombudsman - currently active in the social housing sector but tipped to take a wider role involving private renting from not year - has issued a warning about scams across the housing landscape. ...
Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back Loan, then folded their firm to avoid paying back the loan. ...
Data from London-focussed lettings agency Foxtons has found that rent is up eight per cent year-on-year, with the London average now sitting at £582 per week.  ...
A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an affair with her personal trainer. ...
The board of Foxtons is under pressure from a minority of shareholders to put the agency group up for sale, according to a media report. ...
The London rental market is shifting towards equilibrium for the first time since the end of the pandemic, according to Foxtons. ...
Foxtons has snapped up London lettings agency Ludlow Thompson for £10m. ...
Not for the first time this year, a trading update from London-focussed agency Foxtons has shown that lettings is leading the agency’s growth drive. ...
The chief executive of Foxtons, who has been in the job exactly one year, now claims the company has enjoyed “incredible success” and is the capital’s number one agency brand. ...
London-focussed agency Foxtons says there is a part of the capital which is seeing an average of 38 prospective tenants for every rental unit that comes on the market.  ...
The Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team is one of two new non-executive directors at The Property Ombudsman. ...
The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. ...
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