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Managing agents in London have been instructed to pay a £15,000 fine for operating a House in Multiple Occupation without the...

The government has indicated that the delayed publication of the latest How To Rent document is to be Friday March 24. The...

Bury council in Greater Manchester has adopted new measures to fine agents or landlords up to £30,000 if their properties fail...

A head tenant who posed as a landlord has been taken to court by a London council. Sonia Nascimento rented a converted...

A lettings firm has been ordered to pay over £18,000 after failing to provide adequate living conditions for his tenants. Chelmsford magistrates...

A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

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

Pressure group Generation Rent claims half of London’s councils did not fine any landlords for letting out unsafe homes in the...

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...

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...

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

A local council claims it has received over 500 complaints from private rental tenants since the start of April - approaching...

The most controversial local council rental licensing scheme in the country has been deemed a success - at least by the...

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

Birmingham council has issued its first civil penalty against a House in Multiple Occupation landlord - and it says that move...

Warwick district council has issued its first civil penalty to the landlord of an HMO. Glenn Gamblin, the landlord of the property...

A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...

Two buy to let investors have been fined thousands of pounds after failing to carry out improvements to unfit rental properties. Adur...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

New figures from a leading trade body suggest that councils across England have cut by a quarter the amount they are...

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

A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...

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 London council has fined a letting agency over £10,000 for failing to install smoke alarms in a rental property. Waltham Forest...

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...

Almost a fifth of landlords say they are now less likely to let to EU nationals or people from the European...

The crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme across the UK has exceeded...

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...

The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...

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

It may be almost Christmas but the government is this week unveiling new laws to combat what it sees as the...