With Christmas around the corner, everything slows down a little. Emails tail off, work diaries ease, and for a short while at least, the urgency of the year steps back a bit.

Both landlords and tenants are increasingly managing everything online: referencing, deposits, rent payments, maintenance requests, tenancy agreements, inventories, and more. That convenience is brilliant… until a scammer gets involved. Here are some practical ways landlords and tenants can stay safe this Cyber Monday and beyond.

Fancy a little bit of fun in between last-minute shopping, elf on the shelfing and any other festive business you’re enjoying/enduring? Here’s our festive property quiz based on our experience - No Googling please… answers at the bottom.

Here we’re going to ask, is the Boxing Day Bounce a real thing …. or is it just a load of old baloney?