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18/08/2009 - Landlords and tenants were conned, court hears

A fraudster who tricked private landlords - and those who had signed tenancy agreements with them - out of huge amounts of money has been given a four-year prison sentence.Elliot Wilson conned landlords in the north of England into thinking...

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30/07/2009 - Landlord launches Twitter case against tenant

Private landlords across the world may be interested to learn of a lawsuit that has been launched against a particularly web-savvy tenant.Amanda Bonnen, a tenant from Chicago, has been sued by her landlord Horizon Group Management after she...

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26/05/2009 - Private landlords warned about drugs

Private landlords have been advised to check their properties are not being used for large-scale cultivation of cannabis.The warning came from Central Scotland Police after cannabis plants worth around £150,000 were discovered at a hou...

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26/05/2009 - Going direct to private landlords 'may be better than using agents'

Dealing direct with private landlords may be better for tenants than using an agent, a charity has suggested.Private landlords often prefer to deal with letting agents as they provide services such as tenant credit checks and arrange for te...

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24/04/2009 - Importance of tenant credit checks reiterated

Private landlords who are new to the game have been given a number of pointers on what they should remember to do when letting out their properties.Tenant credit checks are an important consideration, according to lettings agency Young's.In...

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08/04/2009 - Cannabis farm found in rental home

Another cannabis farm has been found in a rental home - one month after the National Landlords Association warned property owners to stay vigilant about the prevalence of such illegal businesses in the UK.In March, the BBC indicated that 29...

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03/03/2009 - Britons 'forced to rent'

Private landlords could be benefitting from an influx in rental demand from Britons who cannot afford to buy a house in the current economic climate, research has suggested.A street poll by Adfero found that 58 per cent of people would opt ...

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24/02/2009 - Tenants 'bailing out' of rental properties

Private landlords have been urged to consider credit and reference checks on tenants after an increase in the number of rental accommodation users leaving without paying owed rent.According to research by buy-to-let mortgage lender Paragon ...

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