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A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Restaurant staff were kept in “dangerous and overcrowded” conditions by a property company and its landlord-director, a court has heard. The company...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A leading lettings sector trade body has set out reasons why the eviction ban should be lifted - which may help...

The Nationwide is investing in a digital lettings service called Bunk - it’s headed by a 24 year old who has...

A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...

Anyone underestimating the size of the UK’s growing private rental sector ought to think again - new research shows its value...

The 24 year old head of an online lettings platform called Bunk says it’s up to letting agents to show they...

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

A London local authority is looking for the landlord of a bungalow which had two bedrooms but was home to 15...

A London council has agreed to a TV crew taking part in a raid on an overcrowded and unlicensed HMO. The surprise...

A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...

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

Council officers discovered men living mattress to mattress inside a run-down flat above a commercial premises during a dawn raid.   Police and...

Far from being wealthy property investors, two thirds of individual landlords pay merely the basic rate of income tax according to...

A group of letting agencies in Yorkshire have proposed to the government a radical alternative to the proposed fees ban -...

London agency Benham & Reeves Residential Lettings has surveyed its tenants and, based on 1,400 responses - a third of the...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The government’s wave of measures to clamp down on the private rental sector and introduce harsher regulations for investors and landlords...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...