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A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations. The...
18 November 2020
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Two London landlords and their lettings agents will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds after a home they were letting...
30 July 2020
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Rental demand has dropped significantly across London and other major UK cities as a result of the pandemic. When comparing current levels...
23 April 2020
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A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A collective of activist renter groups has set out a manifesto of what it wants from the winner of next month’s...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for breaching fire safety and over-occupancy licence conditions at their House...
11 March 2019
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A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...
11 February 2019
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Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...
27 December 2018
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Rents in London rose by 0.1 per cent in the 12 months to June - it’s the first annual rental increase...
06 July 2018
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A London council has launched its own online letting agency with the aim of creating a buzz in the 'London property...
23 May 2018
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A landlady has been fined £15,000 for failing to license and manage a house in multiple occupation. Sharon Jacobs was also ordered...
13 March 2017
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A landlord guilty of breaching a planning enforcement notice has been ordered to pay £700,000 in fines and costs - the...
04 October 2016
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The Local Government Association, representing 370 councils across England and Wales, is calling on the public to speak out against rogue...
11 July 2016
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A letting agent who scammed dozens of tenants and landlords out of more than £220,000 of rents and deposits has been...
29 June 2016
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Magistrates have fined the leaseholders and landlords of a 10-flat property in north London £120,000 after finding they had put the...
20 May 2016
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Six letting agents have all pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud. The Ham & High says they were all employees of...
08 April 2016
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The Right To Buy policy “has turned into a rich harvest for the greedy elite” according to a trades union. The GMB...
16 February 2016
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Barnet is the latest council appearing to edge towards increased private rental sector licensing as it enters the final two weeks...