Rogue Agents

Rogue Agents

Agents attacked for “dated and stagnant services” to landlords ...
An agency trading as Bowden Property Group Limited was fined at Belfast Magistrates’ Court yesterday for failing to protect a tenancy deposit of £900. ...
A London council has prosecuted a managing agent and its director after being found guilty of offences under the Housing Act 2004 at two HMOs. ...
A council says it’s secured the first banning order in its area, securing a stop on a rogue letting agent renting out any property for the next three years. ...
Foxtons latest trading update shows growing reliance on lettings income. ...
Foxtons says London’s lettings market is now at its summer peak. ...
An increase in property listings is helping to create a more normalised market which is a welcome relief to renters, landlords and agents alike, new data from Foxtons shows.  ...
Internal data from Foxtons, London’s largest lettings agent, indicates sentiment may be improving across the capital as data shows a 12% increase in tenant demand in April compared with March. ...
The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12 years after admitting their role in Covid Bounce Back Loan abuse.  ...
Two London agents who traded fraudulently through their lettings business and scammed victims out of over £24,000 have been sentenced. ...
Data from in-the-news agency Foxtons reveals rental applicant demand has increased 9% from February, yet is now still 14% lower year on year. ...
Lettings giant Foxtons has hired merger and acquisition bankers from Rothschild following pressure from shareholders to sell itself for £160m, the Sunday Times claims. ...
Foxtons says it wants to extend what it calls its “full digitisation of the lettings journey” to its sales side, as well. ...
An analysis of over 600,000 tenancy applications has found that fraudulent applications rose by 140% last year.  ...
Landlords’ champion Paul Shamplina says more landlords should use lettings agents, who he describes as their “allies” in the battle to operate the private rental sector.  ...
This is apparent in the prime lettings segment, it's claimed...
The controversy involves the tenant union Acorn...
Well known business billionaire enters private rental sector as investor...
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