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BMV Instant Equity Adverts Unfair says ASA

Author: Mark Alexander

21st March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Consumer champion gets tough on ‘instant equity’ claims Slick property salesman trying to talk investors in to signing up for...

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Landlord may face jail over HMO arson killings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2012, 15 years ago | 1

The landlord of a shared house where a mum and her three-year-old daughter died in an arson attack may face...

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Crooked landlord admits stealing student deposits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th March 2012, 15 years ago | 1

A university had to take on extra staff to deal with complaints about a landlord who stole deposits on student...

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A choice of two tenants

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

14th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

If you had a choice of the two tenants below which would you choose? A middle-aged couple (one working and...

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Ombudsman Report highlights need for regulation, say ARLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Following the report from the Property Ombudsman that revealed a sharp rise in complaints about lettings agents, ARLA have issued...

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Letting agent complaints soar by 26% says The Property Ombudsman

Author: Mark Alexander

14th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Complaints against rogue letting agents surged by 26% to more than 7,600 in 2011, according to independent adjudicator The Property...

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Are ‘rate your landlord’ websites worth the effort?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th March 2012, 15 years ago | 6

New online services are springing up that let property people and renters share information about ‘bad’ landlords and tenants –...

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Landlords conned out of £100,000 in subletting scam

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th March 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Fraudster Rose Chimuka conned landlords of out of more than £100,000 by posing as a mum to rent their homes...

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Third illegal eviction costs landlord £4,500

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th March 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Landlord Mohammed Khubaib needs to change his ways and stop illegally evicting tenants or he’ll end up in jail –...

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Flood dispute could make commercial landlords suffer

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th March 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Commercial landlords could find their properties are without insurance in a few months if the Government fails to provide the...

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Police on high after closing 5,000 cannabis factories

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2012, 15 years ago | 6

Police are on a high after closing 5,000 cannabis factories across the North West in the past three years –...

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Jail for HMO landlord who couldn’t afford to pay fine

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st March 2012, 15 years ago | 2

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – Buy to let landlord Abdul Hanif was jailed for allowing a tenant...

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HMO landlord let tenants live in a garden shed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

An HMO landlord was fined £4,000 for letting 16 tenants live in filthy and dangerous conditions – including in a...

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Buy to let property scam netted £450,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th February 2012, 15 years ago | 5

A sham property investment company that conned landlords out of £450,000 has been wound up by the Insolvency Service. Modo...

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Runaway letting agent disappears owing thousands

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2012, 15 years ago | 16

Landlords and tenants are trying to track down a letting agent who has shut up shop leaving them thousands of...

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HMO landlords fined £11,000 for mismanaging properties

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Two landlords were fined £11,000 for breaking house in multiple occupation management rules. After the successful prosecutions, Newport City Council,...

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Subsidence warning due to drought

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

– News Sourced by Property118 News Team – he warning from the Environment Agency that the South East and London...

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Tenants call for tougher action against criminal landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st February 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Tenants are calling for tighter action against criminal landlords who badly manage their homes or charge rip-off fees. The protest...