A sales and lettings agent in Hounslow has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for three years and six months after the Ombudsman supported three separate complaints relating to a series of failings, but predominantly for non-payment of rent to landlords whose properties they managed.
A sales and lettings agent in Luton has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for ten years after the Ombudsman supported a complaint relating to non-payment of rent received on 31 properties.
Seekers Estate Agents, a sales and lettings agent based in Erdington, Birmingham, has failed to pay awards totalling £4,137 following two separate complaints relating to a series of failings in their letting and management service. As a result, the agent has been expelled from membership and registration for redress with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for a minimum of two years.
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has launched phase three of its national campaign with the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) to tackle lettings agents that are breaking the law by not displaying their fees. The next phase will see TPO contacting 117 letting agents in Plymouth and the surrounding region.
Have you reserved your place for this month’s Propertymark Regional Conference? The conference is open to all agents and is designed to keep agents up to date on government legislation and the day is structured to give agents a choice of sessions to attend featuring industry leading speakers to give delegates the flexibility to customise their own conference experience
Secure your place at one of the free roadshow events - find out more about the briefing sessions being led by Scottish Government, and a series of talks, workshops and networking sessions TPO and ARLA will be providing in December.
TPO Conference: 13 June 2018 (The National Conference Centre in Solihull)
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Today, The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has issued a warning to all estate and letting agents to act with caution, as fraudulent ‘buyers’ target agents with the latest computer virus scam.
Further to the press release in May 2017 announcing that The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme had expelled Essex based letting agent, Lettings Solutions Ltd, and imposed a two year exclusion, TPO’s independent Disciplinary and Standards Committee has now ruled that the agent should be excluded from membership of TPO and from registration for redress for a further year.
A sales and lettings agent in South West London has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for a year after the Ombudsman supported a landlord complaint.
Three agents have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for two or more years, after failing to pay awards made by the Ombudsman or comply with TPO’s Codes of Practice for Residential Estate Agents and Letting Agents.
Shields & Co UK Limited, a letting agent based in Lenton, Nottinghamshire, has been expelled from membership and registration for lettings redress with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for a minimum of two years, after it failed to pay an award of £3,157.15 following a complaint involving outstanding rental payments.
Consumers are being warned that Blackhorse Property Management Limited in Bradford (trading as Blackhorse Property) has been expelled from both sales and lettings redress membership with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for a minimum of three years, after it failed to formally respond or pay awards made for two separate complaints.
LPC Lettings Limited (trading as LPC Lettings), a letting agent based in Liverpool, has been expelled from lettings redress membership with The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for a minimum of three years.
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has issued a year-long formal warning to Purfect Property Solutions Limited after it failed to provide information and written assurance concerning a consumer complaint.
Today (3.30pm), at the House of Lords, The Property Ombudsman (TPO) launches its latest annual report, which reveals an increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a record total of compensatory awards paid by agents.
The three government approved redress schemes; The Property Ombudsman (TPO), Ombudsman Services: Property and The Property Redress Scheme have today issued a revised version of their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
Baroness Diana Warwick has been appointed Chair of The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme’s independent Council.
Ombudsman considers an extraordinary case concerning three properties and issues including tenant referencing, outstanding rent and repair bills and a tenancy renewal agreed without the landlord’s consent.
Landlords and tenants are being warned that London Corporate Apartments Ltd (LCA) has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme for failing to pay an award following a rental deposit dispute.
