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Companies House has new powers from this week to combat fraud. These are measures under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

Law firm Brevis Law is shedding light on the difficulties agents and landlords have in meeting Right To Rent requirements in...

Propertymark has hit out at a proposal from a group of MPs that there should be a single Ombudsman covering the...

The activist group Generation Rent is backing a call by MPs for the government to tighten up proposals to scrap Section...

Effective enforcement is crucial to stamp out rogue lettings agents and protect consumers says safeagent. In the latest edition of its Effective...

One of the local authorities with the tightest clampdowns on letting agents has issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

Letting agents are not required to conduct retrospective Right to Rent verification on tenants who had a Covid-adjusted check since March...

Two landlords have been served with civil penalty notices for operating unlicensed HMOs.  The notices were from Wellingborough council; one was for...

A group of local landlords and others in the private rental sector are challenging a local authority’s licensing proposals with their...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

The government has given the green light to a council’s huge licensing scheme, set to cover 18 of its 20 wards...

The government’s hugely-publicised database for rogue letting agents and landlords has been running for almost two years and has…wait for it…just...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has backed a five year extension for a massive London council landlord licensing...

A landlord in one of the most scenic parts of Devon had been served with a £18,000 civil penalty because he...

One of the industry’s leading trade bodies has revealed that the number of laws creating an obligation on landlords in the...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally letting his property out to 11...

A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...

Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...

A leading trade body says the argument that councils have insufficient powers to tackle rogue operators isn’t supported by the facts...

Two thirds of local authorities in England and Wales brought no prosecutions against private landlords in 2017/18 according to research by the...

The policy director of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is calling on local councils to use the 'extensive powers' they have...

Consumers' money remains at risk until April 1 2019 is the key message of this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week. Over the next...

The Property Ombudsman is the latest property industry player to throw its support behind the introduction of mandatory qualifications and a...

The government has this morning - Easter Sunday - announced a crackdown on rogue letting agents in the shape of a...

Brent Council has confirmed that the government has approved its request to extend the local selective licensing scheme. The local authority, which...

A London council is marking 125 successful prosecutions against agents, landlords and sub-letting tenants since 2016. The authority, Brent, says the convictions...

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...

New legislation coming into force today gives local authorities in England tough new powers to crack down on rogue agents and...

An immigration minister has revealed that 91 landlords have been issued with civil penalties since the Right to Rent scheme was...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has created a toolkit which it says will help local authorities tackle rogue letting agents who...

An immigration lawyer has criticised the government’s Right to Rent scheme - officially starting today - for having little impact but...

Eviction specialist company Landlord Action wants the government to complement its action against rogue letting agents and tenants with a ‘rogue...

The growth of the PRS has provided a long list of benefits for the lettings industry. However, it is not without...