Industry Reports
See latest application fraud developments, fraud technology, risk assessment technology and news from your industry.
Real Estate
The latest industry reports from the UK rental market...
The state of lettings fraud, Jan-Sep 2023
Essential fraud trends for letting agents, landlords and BTRs to understand when protecting their...
Tenancy fraud in the UK: 2023 data & trends
See the latest fraud data, UK fraudster profiles, a UK map of the hottest fraud areas, 2023 trends...
Why you should be wary of rental fraud in 2022
Rental fraud is on the rise, there’s no doubt about that. We’ve seen fraud increase 100% between Q3...
Tenancy fraud during a cost of living crisis
New data on fraudsters midway through 2022 Includes a fraud map of the UK, a common fraudster profile and...
The lettings landscape in 2022
We spoke to over 100 letting agents up and down the UK to investigate what they saw as key opportunities & hurdles and how they see the future. See the results...
Why you should be wary of rental fraud in 2022
Rental fraud is on the rise, there’s no doubt about that. We’ve seen fraud increase 100% between Q3...
Tenancy fraud during a cost of living crisis
New data on fraudsters midway through 2022 Includes a fraud map of the UK, a common fraudster profile and...
The lettings landscape in 2022
We spoke to over 100 letting agents up and down the UK to investigate what they saw as key opportunities & hurdles and how they see the future. See the results...
What does open banking mean in the rental market?
Open Banking is a term used to describe a set of technologies and standards which allow customers to securely share...
An investigation into BTR fraud
We take a look at fraud in the BTR space and how to avoid it. With there being a 364% rise in fraudulent tenant applications in BTR in the past six months, it's vital companies combat...
Document analysis for letting agents
Fraudsters are getting more sophisticated by the day. Human vetting and traditional methods no longer work. See this report on how our document analysis safeguards...
Banking, lending & insurance
The latest industry reports from UK financial services...
The rising threat of fraud in the insurance sector
The current economic climate and its continuous and unpredictable effects on mortgages rates, rental prices and...
Top ways mortgage lenders verify bank statements
Mortgage lenders have taken to becoming extra diligent in their analysis of application documents following a rather turbulent...
Managing risk and fraud during an economic downturn
The latest data from the global bank Goldman Sachs tips the UK economy to enter a deeper recession in 2023 than many forecasters...
Monthly fraud reports: fraud caught by Homeppl
Includes fraudster profiles and a technology spotlight...
The June '23 fraud monthly round up
The summer surge in rentals continues as people in the capital and around the UK look for newer dwellings. It's an incredibly busy...
The May '23 fraud monthly round up
The cost of living crisis continues to loom over Britain as more news of mortgage rate increases further squeezes the disposable income...
The April fraud monthly round up
Well, another month has come and gone and another cabal of tenancy fraudsters have been identified. And more importantly, landlords...
The March fraud monthly round up
Homeppl saw a 153% increase in the value of tenancy fraud between February and March. That means two things. 1) Fraud is...
The February fraud monthly round up
It was no surprise that February has been equally as prolific in the hunt to fish out tenancy fraud as January, as the economic climate...
The January fraud monthly round up
The first month of the year was a super busy one for our technology-wielding fraud fighters as the rental market and the cost of living...
The December fraud monthly round up
Happy New Year to all! Whilst for many, December tis' the season to spread holiday cheer, we were also busy ensuring that our clients ...
The November fraud round up
Another month comes and goes and the Homeppl fraud fighters have been ever busy. Homeppl flagged over £1,585,068 in fraudulent...
The October fraud monthly round up
Halloween was not the only subject of spooky behaviour to take place this October. Homeppl noted a rise in tenancy fraud attempts...
The September fraud monthly round up
Homeppl have spent the Summer warning its clients and letting agents around the country that all types of fraud...
The August monthly fraud round up
With the cost of living crisis and the surge in energy bills looming many are struggling with the seemingly never-quelling rise...
The July fraud monthly round up
As the cost of living crisis continues to spiral, the rental market is heating up more than ever with a record-breaking prediction of £63 billion...
The June fraud monthly round up
Over £1m of fraud caught for our clients in June 2022 It's been another successful month at Homeppl HQ as we wave...
The May fraud monthly round up
Our new monthly round up details all the fraud we've caught over the calendar month! With the cost of living crisis and the rental...
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