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Michael Gove’s Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities hit back overnight at critics of the government’s Renters Reform Bill. The Bill...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has given what some commentators have interpreted as a sign that private rental sector licensing from councils...

A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...

Reapit has inked a deal with fast-expanding PropTech service Kamma to automate information about private rental sector council licensing. This year is...

There’s to be a consultation this autumn about a proposed selective licensing regime in Scarborough. The proposal covers parts of the Castle,...

It already looks like 2023 is on track to see licensing fines for agents and landlords reaching nearly double the 2022...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove outlining its concerns about the latest licensing scheme proposal from a local council. The...

A London borough is tomorrow holding an online training session for agents and landlords on how to submit a licence application...

PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors the growing number of local council licensing regimes, has teamed up with an insurance broker. The link...

A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...

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

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

The government has given an extra £3.8m to councils to come up with ways of catching rogue landlords - and in...

A landlord who made a perverted request to take photographs of a teenager in her underwear has had his request for...

The government has blocked a council rolling out selective licensing across no fewer than 3,000 homes in its patch.  Under Stoke on...

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says lettings agents should be more vocal in providing the government with feedback on council rental licensing...

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...

Two buy to let investors have been fined a total of more than £27,000 under enforcement powers introduced in Burnley to...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

Angry landlords in Shropshire have set up an online petition against local council proposals to introduce selective licensing.    The Wrekin Landlords Association...

A council’s first case for non-compliance with its landlord licensing regime has seen one individual plead guilty to 12 offences -...

A group of landlords that mounted a successful legal challenge to a council’s proposed licensing scheme is continuing to recruit letting...

A group of landlords and buy to let investors that has already successfully persuaded a council to scrap plans for a...

London mayor says the private rental sector will play an increasing part in solving the capital’s housing shortage - but insists...

Agents and landlords in one of the country’s most politically-volatile cities are preparing to meet the local council to protest at...

The campaign group ACORN, which has in the past organised protests outside letting agency offices, is up in arms that a...

A local council has halted proposals to introduce a licensing regime for a town’s privately let properties after what a newspaper called...

The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a deal which gives its members a 50 per cent reduction if they sign...

Ealing Council in London is undergoing a formal consultation about a proposal that all houses in multiple occupation within its boundaries...

A final decision on the legal challenge to a flagship council landlord licensing scheme has been set for next Thursday.  The Croydon...

A lettings organisation claims that a council licensing scheme in London will mean compulsory monthly visits to properties being let out. Harrow...

A bid to take Rotherham council to a judicial review over a selective licensing scheme for private sector landlords has failed. All...