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Walsall council in the Midlands is considering an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs.  As is often the case with such schemes, the...

Another local authority is considering a clampdown on the spread and condition of HMOs. Bath and North East Somerset Council, which is...

Opposition Labour councillors on a local authority says HMOs should only be let if each bedroom has an en suite bathroom.  The...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

The author of a book described as being about “insecure renters haemorrhaging cash” has used her newspaper column to make a...

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...

A new renovation start-up is working with letting agents and landlords to allow key workers to use empty rental properties for...

The developers behind the prestigious Television Centre scheme and its nearby White City Place development in west London are showing support...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

A survey by lettings agency Carter Jonas has revealed what the firm calls the top priorities for tenants as the 2020s...

The manager of an agency in West Lothian has bought the franchise for the office she’s run for the past six...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

A company that slots temporary tenants into properties that it manages has been found guilty of 15 charges connected with Homes...

A short lets firm that describes itself as an “Airbnb management service” is launching an advertising campaign to woo landlords away...

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

With the Tenant Fee Ban obliterating a key income stream, letting agents should be looking at ways they can increase the...

A Liberal Democrat activist is considering establishing a landlords’ group consisting of party members. Tony Harris, writing on the LibDem Voice website,...

The owner of a buy to let HMO has been found guilty of six offences but has received a fine of...

Online lettings platform HomeRenter says its property listings are now more detailed and more compelling thanks to a new ‘property creation flow’...

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...

A former City marketing executive is suing a lettings agency for £1.4m in a row over alleged harassment in 2010. Agent Caroline...

An overcrowded property let by an unlicensed company with inadequate fire precautions and unheated rooms has led to a £46,620 fine...

Another short let management firm, set up in the wake of an explosion of Airbnb-style renting by amateurs and professionals, is...

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

Three agencies have been heavily fined after a property in London was being used for multiple occupation with 11 people living...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...

A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...

Airsorted, one of a number of management services that have sprung up to cater for hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms,...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced the details of two new acquisitions to further strengthen its huge network. Sales and lettings business...

A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...

Bristol council is consulting on a licensing scheme which could see buy to let investors paying £1,660 for a five year...

A fine of over £29,000 has been imposed on an absentee landlord whose property was said to have put tenants’ lives...

The Leaders Romans Group has announced its fifth acquisition in just six weeks after completing the purchase of South & Co...

A claim has been made that as many as 80 per cent of prospective tenants have been put off renting a...

The Leaders Romans Group has acquired an independent lettings agency in Bath, taking it into the south western region for the...

Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on draft regulations and guidance to implement the Fitness for Human Habitation requirements for...

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...

Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...

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

The agent behind London’s newest letting opportunity says it’s the most luxurious property in the capital’s most presigious neighbourhood - and...

A specialist student lettings agency says the drop in the number of applicants for UK higher education courses this year threatens...

A south London property firm has been prosecuted by a local authority over its HMO management and may now have to...

Legal & General has announced that its fifth Build to Rent scheme will be in Leeds. The site, Mustard Wharf, has permission...

A landlord of a shared house in Hove, near Brighton, has been found to be ‘putting people’s lives at risk’ and ordered to pay...

Bath is to have a major Build To Rent scheme from Legal & General, believed to be the first development of...

New research has revealed that the vast majority of tenants have experienced problems with damp or poor drainage. A survey of 1,000...

A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...

Asking rents rose 3.0 per cent outside of London in 2016 - but will rise 4.0 per cent in 2017. That’s the...

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

A trade body has accused some letting agents and landlords of “failing to get to grips” with several recent legal changes...

A London couple have used a lettings website to advertise for flat sharers in their property overlooking the Thames - it...

A landlord has been fined £7,000 for letting two properties which were unfit for habitation. Shahzad Mehmood was prosecuted at Swindon Magistrates'...

A letting agency has been fined after one of its landlords was found to be cramming six families into an unlicensed...

A pair of landlords have been slapped with a hefty fine for allowing people to live in damp-riddled rooms without fire...

London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings says student rents have risen by 55.5 per cent over the past 20 years,...

Property managers operating through a company have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 following a dawn raid that uncovered more...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

A new property tech startup is launching this month with the promise that it will “completely transform the way university students...

A landlord has been left with a court bill totalling more than £6,000 after allowing a house in to fall into...

A landlord who illegally converted a house to squeeze 28 tenants into just seven rooms has been handed a £20,000 fine...

Landlords and letting agents are coming across increasingly dirty rental properties at the end of tenancies, as a study reveals that...

It’s several weeks on from our story about a local authority setting up its own private letting agency and having only...

A local council has closed down what it describes as a ‘House of Horrors’ let to a family despite being in...

An unauthorised outhouse with a concealed entrance constructed at the back of a residential property in west London - one of...

Robert Watts Lettings has secured the latest Lettings Landlord award from the ESTAS.  Kate Watts, head of lettings of the agency based...

We’ve seen large numbers of local councils set up private rental accreditation systems, and a string of politicians from all major...

It’s not been a happy Christmas for a Leicestershire landlord who has been banned from renting out a converted garage after...

Another survey suggests that approaching 50 per cent of tenants experience unreasonable delays in getting repair work done - and one...

A landlord who let a property with serious health and safety hazards to vulnerable adults has pleaded guilty of failing to implement...

They might be set to squirm in discomfort under Lord Sugar's scrutiny in the boardroom, but Zoopla has revealed the luxurious...

A landlord has been handed fines totalling £3,250 and costs of £1,426 for running an unlicensed and unsafe House in Multiple...

A landlord has received a six month suspended jail sentence, has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service...

Barnet is the latest council appearing to edge towards increased private rental sector licensing as it enters the final two weeks...

An inappropriate advert for a rental property has been removed from a flat-sharing website. The ad, featured on flatshare.com, was for a...

No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...

An inventory software firm claims periodic visits by agents or landlords could lead to a reduction in damage to rental properties. The...

A report claims that agents and landlords are increasingly facing filthy property damage at the end of tenancies - and the...

I don't think there is one person in lettings and property management who isn't alarmed at the scenes just over the...

Almost half of students (49%) surveyed by Glide Utilities said their weekly rent represents good value for money, the firm has...

A private landlord who provided false documents and endangered the lives of his tenants has been ordered to undertake 200 hours’...