The number of attacks increased from 178 to 208 year-on-year.
Cyber attacks against UK property services businesses rose by 17% in the year to 31st December 2025, according to Karis Insurance.
The number of attacks increased from 178 to 208.
Property agents and buy-to-let (BTL) property managers became more attractive targets because they held growing amounts of personal and financial information, according to its analysis.
This included passports, driving licences, proof of address, bank account details, mortgage information and tenancy records.
Data linked to property transactions could also be used for payment diversion fraud, where criminals replace a seller’s bank details with their own.
Ravi Sejpal, director of insurance at Karis Insurance, said: “In many cases, property businesses hold just as much detail about their client base as a bank would.
“However there are very few businesses in the property sector who have bank-level data security arrangements.”
“The sort of personal data that property agencies hold about their clients could be hugely valuable if it fell into the wrong hands.”
“These figures show that hackers are increasingly realising that.”
Sejpal added: “The property industry has now reached a point where having specialist insurance for data breaches is critically important.”
“Every financial services business and law firm involved in property long ago understood the risks posed by hackers, which can be business-critical for those affected.
“The property industry itself hasn’t quite moved at the same pace in getting on top of the risks, however.”
