Cautionary Tales

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HMRC Handles 1,000 Tax Fraud Emails Every Day

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Fraudsters are sending out thousands of bogus emails to try to trick taxpayers to give out their bank details in...

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Scottish Landlord Who Took Eviction Into His Own Hands Faces Prison

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A Scottish landlord could face jail after he aggressively attempted to evict a heavily pregnant tenant over late rental payments...

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Buy to Let Fraudsters in £1 Million Property Club Scam

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let fraudsters lied about rental returns and finding tenants in a scam that tricked investors out of more...

Buy to Let Cannabis Farm Goes Up in Flames

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord is counting the cost of taking a year’s rent upfront from renters who turned out to be a...

Disputes Still Favour Tenants According to DPS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

After another bad few months for landlords in tenant disputes, the AIIC have issued more tips to help landlords in...

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Struggling Letting Agent Dipped in to Client Funds

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A letting agent confessed to a judge that he dipped in to rents and deposits paid by tenants to keep...

Rich List Builder Fined for ‘Death Trap’ Student Halls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Builders who took safety shortcuts in a purpose-built private student hall of residence were ordered to pay more than £14,000...

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Buy to Let Clubs Blamed for Ripping Off Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let property clubs that rip off landlords are blamed for rising rental home repossessions. The clubs ran relentless...

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Parking Problems and Neighbours who ‘Own’ the Road

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2011, 15 years ago | 12

Buy to let tenants parking in the streets near their home can spark huge rows with neighbours who think they...

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Landlords Warned Over ID Theft as Tenant steals £10,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords who let homes they have previously lived in are urged to tidy up their finances and redirect mail before...

Tenants Trashed Home as Landlord Waited for Eviction

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The plight of a landlord who had a buy to let home trashed by tenants who faced eviction for failing...

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Loan Shark Landlord Fined for Demanding 5,600% APR

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A thug landlord who ruled his tenants with threats and intimidation lent them cash at more than 5,600% APR. Loan...

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Insurers Will Pay Out Landlords after Riots

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Insurers have reassured landlords with rental properties in riot-hit cities that their homes and businesses are protected. Shocking images of...

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Landlord stabbed in the head 5 times by drug dealer takes action @LRSreferencing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th August 2011, 15 years ago | 8

Thank you to Vanessa Warwick and Nick Tadd of the Property Tribes forum for sharing this video interview. In this...

Property fraudsters to pay £200,000 or face longer in jail

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Crooked property investors who lied on mortgage applications to finance 19 buy to let homes have to pay back £200,000...

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Shared house was firebomb waiting to explode

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Electrical wiring in a shared house was so dangerous the property was a firebomb waiting to go off, a court...

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Mortgage fraudster stole landlord IDs to con lenders

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A mortgage adviser who stole buy to let landlord’s identities to con lenders out of £3 million has started a...

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Council takes over run down HMO property

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A shared house landlord has lost control of his property after a council banned him from holding a house in...