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The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association.  Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...

A new trade body is being set up in a bid to professionalise the short lets sector. The sector - which embraces...

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...

An east London lettings agency must pay more than £2,500 after a six-foot-high pile of waste was found fly-tipped on land...

One of the country’s leading lettings experts has outlined why the government is wrong to suggest that Section 8 powers could...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

Enfield wants to be the latest London council to introduce large-scale additional and selective licensing schemes which would affect most private rented...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

Vulnerable tenants suffering a higher risk of rent arrears will be hit hardest by plans to change the way landlords can...

A buy to let investor has been fined £4,800 and ordered to pay £2,200 in costs for failing to keep his...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is one of many industry groups in a new coalition calling for S21 repossessions to be...

There’s been another major industry survey revealing that a high number of lettings agents and landlords may quit the private rental...

Over 6,000 people have responded to the Residential Landlord Association’s survey asking what a post-Section 21 private rented sector should look...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has urged the government to 'fix' the court system before it goes ahead with its plan...

The official government consultation period on the scrapping of Section 21 eviction begins shortly, but now a leading lettings sector trade...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license...

Another controversial scheme licensing landlords who let their homes out may face legal challenge. Middlesbrough council’s formal consultation on the introduction of...

Short lets on Airbnb and similar platforms are causing increasing irritation for owners in residential blocks, according to a property management...

More local authorities have announced that they want to increase the size of the areas covered by their existing selective licensing...

The news this week that even individual private landlords must join a redress scheme is just the latest in an onslaught...

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...

The owner of a buy to let property already shut by police has been fined by a court in Devon.  In June...

Private landlords have to wait an average of over five months to regain possession of a property when applying to the...

A substantial study by university academics suggests that changes to the benefit system lie behind the long-term rise in homelessness from...

The industry’s first property management franchise scheme, SDL Property Partners, has been given a presentation on how members could be key...

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £452 after he breached the terms of his licence in an area of County...

There has been limited support given from some parts of the lettings industry to a proposal offering Capital Gains Tax relief...

Media speculation over the weekend has suggested that the government may be about to give tax breaks to landlords agreeing to...

A London local authority which is part way through its five year additional HMO licensing scheme wants lettings agents to give their...

Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...

The landlord of an HMO who subjected his tenants to insanitary and unsafe living conditions has been told he will no...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £13,000 for breaching the conditions of his licence as a result of...

Councillors in Stockton-on-Tees are under pressure to rethink plans to introduce Selective Licensing of private rented housing in two areas of...

A leading lettings sector trade body has repeated its call on government to offer a range of incentives to landlords and...

A 10 week consultation period begins today on selective licensing in the central area of Blackpool - with the council threatening...

Two landlords have been hit with hefty court fines for failing to comply with a local licensing scheme. The pair are the...

Senior Labour MPs have spoken out about what they believe are the anti-social and detrimental effects of short lets on surrounding...

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...

A council is seeking to prevent letting agents and landlords from letting homes to students in an area of a city...

The National Landlords Association reports that Bournemouth council has taken the unusual step of rejecting a proposal to introduce a landlord licensing...

A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...

Redbridge council in London is offering 50 per cent off the cost of its private rental sector licensing scheme until September...

Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...

Yet another local authority is considering introducing selective licensing of private rental property. Luton council has issued a statement saying that within...

The substantial majority of landlords could soon be required to licence their properties in one London borough if the government agrees...

The head of a property management company is calling on the government to introduce a tenants' register which would help rogue...

Manchester, which already has a major private rental sector licensing scheme, is now consulting on extending it with a third phase...

A group of landlords that mounted a successful legal challenge to a council’s proposed licensing scheme is continuing to recruit letting...

Manchester council - which previously described selective licensing schemes in the private rental sector as ineffective - has done a U-turn...

Yet another London borough is introducing a selective licensing scheme, under which parts of a local authority patch are subject to...

A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...

The local council in Nottingham wants to introduce a city-wide licensing scheme of all landlords across its estimated 43,000 private rental...

Local authorities appear to be at the forefront of identifying abuses of the Airbnb short-let platform and have called executives from...

Brent council in London is seeking the views of agents- as well as landlords, tenants and others - on the extension...

The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...

Another local authority is aiming to set up its own ‘social’ lettings agency.   The proposal is one of five put forward by...

Yet another local authority looks likely to adopt a licensing scheme for private rental sector properties, described as a bid “to...

A landlord has become the first to be prosecuted by Waltham Forest council for failing to obtain one of its controversial...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is standing up for the private rental sector in its response to the government’s inquiry into homelessness. The...

Ealing Council in London is undergoing a formal consultation about a proposal that all houses in multiple occupation within its boundaries...

New legislation designed to reform Scotland’s private rental sector could make it harder for agents and landlords to tackle anti-social behaviour...

A final decision on the legal challenge to a flagship council landlord licensing scheme has been set for next Thursday.  The Croydon...

The hearing that will determine whether there will be a judicial review of another council’s landlord licensing scheme will take place...

Harrow council is consulting agents, landlords and residents on a proposal to renew its licensing regime applying to selected Houses in...

Yet another council is proposing a licence on properties let out in the private rental sector - this time suggesting one...

The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London - appears to have abandoned...

Landlords have launched a legal challenge to plans by a local authority to charge for licences to manage properties. The Croydon Guardian...

The government’s apparent opposition to council-wide landlord licensing schemes will be put to the test in the coming weeks following a...

Private landlords are being encouraged to sign up to a new local authority accreditation scheme which offers them advice and support...