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A man has pleaded guilty to tenancy fraud after unlawfully subletting his council flat  by advertising it for rent via Airbnb. Birmingham...

The police are urging landlords and tenants to be extra vigilant following a number of reports of rental scams. Since the start...

A woman who faked documents and posed as a private landlord in an elaborate tenancy scam has been jailed. Natalie Chamberlain, aged...

A London council has revealed that a social housing tenant claimed their property was a private one, and fraudulently sub-let it...

A Labour member of the House of Lords is warning that a new law could allow landlords’ bank accounts to be...

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

A wealthy landlord, who also ran a fake lettings agency, has been jailed for 11 years for allowing ‘ghost tenants’ to...

The National Residential Landlords Association has teamed up with a provider of so-called ‘smart property protection technology’. This means that landlords can...

The think tank Policy Connect is warning that landlords have reported that sub-standard carbon monoxide alarms are persistently available online, leaving...

Landlord Action supremo Paul Shamplina has endorsed a new PropTech tool aimed at stopping landlords falling victim to fraud. Title Guardian claims...

A prominent accountant is warning that the upcoming Renters Reform Bill, when it becomes law, will be used by HMRC to...

A council chief has spoken out in support of landlords who lost money to a “despicable fraudster” who is now in...

A three bedroom house has been freed up after a remarkably long investigation by a London council.  The result follows a legal...

A council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for the second time for illegally evicting a tenant. The prosecution for offences relating to...

A risk management platform claims landlords are amongst those most at risk of fraud. Thirdfort has identified the top eight types of...

The majority of private landlords would consider switching to a letting agency because of the current complexity of buy to let.  A...

A London council and Airbnb are working together to try to counter large scale fraud amongst social housing tenants who sub-let...

An analysis from PropTech firm Goodlord claims that landlords would have lost a combined £1m over the last year without anti-fraud...

HM Revenue & Customs has named and shamed a string of landlords who, it claims, have collectively avoided many millions of...

A prominent lettings agency is warning its own and all other landlords that they are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

A London council has prosecuted a builder - Valeriu Sandu, of Valmic Properties Limited - for lying about fitting sufficiently fireproof...

One of the major lettings market indices has produced figures showing how much rents rose in 2021. HomeLet says the average rent...

The BBC Radio 4 consumer affairs programme You and Yours says 4,746 rental scams have been reported to the police and...

There’s a new warning to landlords purchasing properties about a spike in scams which have seen victims defrauded out of hundreds...

A new PropTech platform says it allows easy digital contact between tenants, landlords and third party suppliers avoiding the need to...

The Property Investor Show returns to London’s Excel Centre next month – the first major UK property event to go ‘face...

Landlords, letting agents and tenants in South Yorkshire are being warned about an increase in rental fraud. Local police there say they...

The many thousands of landlords who have snapped up properties have been advised to be on alert - a tax consultancy...

Landlords with student tenants, as well as the growing number of institutional landlords of purpose built student accommodation, appear to be...

The Property Investor Show is back and in person, rather than virtual. It’s been announced that it will take place at London’s...

Propertymark wants to hear about examples of fraudulent tenancy applications - a growing problem in the rental sector. A statement from the ARLA wing...

London based landlord and property developer Richard Leahy has agreed to hand over assets worth almost £2m. This settles a civil recovery...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity is warning that fake investment scams are amongst the fraudulent activity that’s on the rise across...

A genuine tenant who advertised on social media for a property has been scammed out of £450 by fraudsters posing as...

There’s a warning that there’s been a huge rise in fraudulent tenant applications since the start of the pandemic. In terms of...

Oliver Andrews, editor at Property Assist Claim, sets out how landlords can find the ideal tenants for their rental homes.  If you...

Scams involving fake landlords and bogus lettings agents are rife in the private rentals sector, and may have been made worse...

Members of a wealthy Blackburn family of landlords with a portfolio of properties have been sentenced for defrauding the Department for...

It’s been confirmed that during the current one month lockdown in England there will be no enforcement of possession orders except...

The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...

A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...

A letting agent in Nottinghamshire stole close to £30,000 from several landlord clients and tenants to help prevent his business from...

With fraudulent mortgage applications up by 5% in 2019, anti-money laundering service, SmartSearch, has compiled some key things to consider to...

Landbay has joined the Lender Exchange in order to have access to better conveyancing solicitors. Lender Exchange, owned by Decision First, is...

Gumtree, the dedicated website for free classifieds adverts in the UK, is urging landlords and tenants to follow its ‘safety advice’ when...

A young couple who recently turned to the web to find a property to rent have fallen prey to a fraudulent...

A now-former council tenant in north London has been handed a suspended sentence and ordered to pay close to £90,000 after...

A man who rented hundreds of properties that he sub-let to criminal gangs running brothels and cannabis farms has been jailed...

An unscrupulous letting agent has been jailed for two years for conning landlords and tenants out of almost a quarter of...

It’s impossible to ignore the recent boom of the short let market, as more and more buy-to-let owners opt to try...

Lord Alan Sugar has issued a warning to Airbnb users after a family was  cheated out of around £465 because fraudsters told...

Three rogue operators in London have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering fraudulent rental payments received for properties that...

Cheshire Police are appealing for landlords, along with letting agents and local residents to help crack down on organised crime gangs. Officers...

A buy-to-let landlord who claimed that he needed a council home has been ordered to pay back more than £48,000 or...

A managing agent who defrauded buy-to-let landlords out of £16,500 over an 18-month period will face a Proceeds of Crime Act...

An Airbnb host who rented out his council flat in central London has been fined £100,000 and evicted by Westminster City...

Whether you are looking to rent out your property or sell, it is worth noting that August is the most popular...

The level of fraudulent rental applications being received by letting agents is on the up, new research shows. The study by Benham...

There is a growing need to improve fraud detection in the private rented sector, according to Landlord Action. Paul Shamplina, the founder...

A couple from Barry in Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, have been handed suspended prison sentences for benefit fraud after being convicted...

  When you rent a property to a tenant, you are required to pay tax on any profit you make from rental...

A man in Dundee has denied that he fraudulently pretended to be a landlord who asked for an up-front deposit from...

A fraudster pretending to be a landlord scammed a couple looking to move into a new property with their children out...

On April 1 2019, the rental sector shifted into a new era of even greater professionalisation with the introduction of mandatory...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is reminding would-be tenants to be vigilant when looking for somewhere new to live and to...

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...

Fraudsters posing as landlords have conned prospective tenants out of £20,000 over the past couple months by persuading them to pay...

Many people invest in property or sign up to investment club arrangements, which are not uncommon in the industry, but sometimes it...

Shelter has recently run a campaign aimed at banning ‘discrimination’ against tenants on benefits in the private rented sector, presenting a...

Three rogue directors of a letting agency in London who conned at least landlords and tenants out of more than £105,000 were...

Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...

The government’s long-awaited White Paper on post-Brexit immigration policy, published last week, unveiled plans for a single, skills-based immigration system applying...

The recent conviction of former letting agent Heather Crabb for illegally pocketing £260,000 from renters in Plymouth has contributed significantly to...

At least 19 landlords and tenants have been left £105,000 out of pocket by unscrupulous letting agents who ran London-based letting...

Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being reminded that new rules have been introduced which affect the way letting agencies are able...

‘Open banking’ provider TrueLayer has teamed up with Goodlord to enhance the proptech platform’s fintech integration for landlords, tenants and agents. Goodlord’s...

  What is a tenant reference? A tenant reference is a tool for landlords to help choose the right tenants. A good tenant...

Automated payment systems can help to reduce letting agency fraud, it has been claimed. PropTech firm PayProp says that automating rental payment...

A buy-to-let landlord who owns 30 properties in York and Leeds has been handed a fine of more than £1,000 and...

A rogue landlord who swindled £28,000 from a family friend has been sentenced to four years in prison. Mark Thorogood of Maelgwyn...

The law has finally caught up with a letting agent who stole £22,000 from clients, including landlords. Peter Bell, now the former...

Private landlords in Basildon are being invited to attend a free rental workshop this week. The event, which is being run by...

An unscrupulous individual pretending to be a private landlord in order to scam more than £10,000 from unsuspecting tenants before going...

According to official figures, more than 200,000 homes in England were empty for at least six months during 2016. In London,...

The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...

Given that thousands of landlords and tenants are not protected by client money protection (CMP), placing money held by letting agents are...

The findings of the BBC investigation into ID fraud linked to Right to Rent checks will come as no surprise to...

A scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling a ‘black market in forged Ids’, a...

A former north London letting agent who stole thousands of pounds worth of cash and belongings from rental homes by tricking...

A landlord has been jailed for failing to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of his rental properties. Richard Fuller, 53,...

With July being Fraud Awareness Month, the subject of online rental fraud has been brought into the spotlight by Nick Marr,...

A letting agent responsible for managing a large buy-to-let portfolio in Norwich has been handed a 20-month suspended sentence for two...

The National Landlord Association (NLA) has launched a free tenant finding service for its 70,000-plus members and teaming up with the...

As a buy-to-let property owner, the last thing you want is for your investment to be sitting empty. But it’s not...

Many buy-to-let landlords are simply not getting the best mortgage deal, or find themselves trapped into mortgages with high standard variable rates, as...

The vast majority of landlords are unable to identify a fake passport when presented with one leaving them vulnerable to fraudsters...

A London based landlord has been given a suspended two-year prison sentence for tax fraud, following a Revenue and Customs investigation...

A private landlord has been jailed for almost four years after being found guilty of stealing money from more than 100...

A private landlord in Scunthorpe has been prosecuted for tenancy fraud and ordered to pay back more than £30,000 after deceptively...

The recent closure of Morgan Hampton letting agents in Wimborne, Dorset, has been ceased upon by the CEO of Keep It...