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Scams are rife in the quick house buying sector with many companies seeking to take advantage of sellers in desperate situations. That’s...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

A warning to people selling their homes to beware of internet-based scams offering cut-price surveys has been sounded by a leading...

The Treasury Select Committee of MPs has announced an inquiry into ‘economic crime’ - including the possibility that overseas-owned UK homes could be...

The Property Ombudsman has taken the unusual step of warning all estate and letting agents to act with caution over fraudulent...

Portal juggling has been defined as one of a number of "emerging threats" aimed at deceiving consumers through the manipulation of...

The Land Registry has thrown more light on the case in which veteran war reporter Max Hastings was the subject of...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...