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A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...

The controversial subject of pets in private rental properties is likely to be the chief point of debate at a webinar...

For most letting agents the last year has been a challenging one which has focused attention on dealing with the immediate,...

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...

Letting agents should stand proud of their record helping both landlords and tenants, especially in these more difficult times. That’s the view...

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...

ARLA Propertymark has written to the government to voice fears that letting agents will not be able to comply with new...

You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to know that climate change is a big issue that’s impacting our day-to-day lives....

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

Shelter has returned to the attack on the private rental sector. In a new report it claims a third of tenants in England...

Letting agents are being warned that many risk a backlog of mandatory electrical checks unless they take rapid action to work with...

A £5,000 fine has been handed to five landlords in London for failing to license HMOs.  One of the properties, a four-bedroom HMO in...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...

The council in Liverpool is likely to propose a scaled-back private rental licensing scheme after its original suggestion was rejected by...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

Confusion over Electrical Inspection Condition Reports, created by inaccurate statements from the government, has been slammed by a housing law expert.  Last...

The arrival of mandatory enhanced electrical checks so soon after the chaos of the Coronavirus pandemic represents a perfect storm for...

The government has withdrawn its latest electrical safety checks guidance for the private rental sector, with immediate effect. However, there remains...

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidelines ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...

ARLA Propertymark has made a series of demands on the government in the light of the Coronavirus crisis.  In a formal written...

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

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

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

There was a surge in the number of fake lettings inventories submitted last year, allowing tenants to be conned out of...

Lettings PropTech platform teclet says its product is key for agents seeking to comply with new electrical safety regulations in a...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...

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

The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...

[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...

A rogue landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property he let. Latif Rehman...

A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties.  Landlord Jack...

A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke...

An insurance firm has broken down the causes of major problems for buy to let landlords and tenants - and, perhaps...

As winter is coming, it’s time to think about how to protect your property from damp and mould. This silent assassin...

One of the UK’s highest profile lettings agencies - Countrywide band Beresford Adams - has been fined £22,500 for health and...

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

A rogue landlord in Chesterfield has received a hefty fine for a second time after the council took her to court...

The Welsh Government has started a formal consultation on proposals that include extending the minimum notice period applicable to a section...

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

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...

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

A housing minister has pledged that more key reforms for the private rental sector will be revealed soon, despite Brexit political...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it backs the stricter rules on mandatory electricity checks in rental properties announced by...

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...

A buy to let investor has been forced to close down two rat infested homes he owns in Rotherham after they...

Luton landlord Mervyn Kupshik has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 to the Local council - and if he doesn’t do...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...

A petition has appeared on the government’s e-petition website calling for a review of a city council’s newly-introduced selective licensing system. Nottingham...

Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...

A local authority has described a lettings property as “a real House of Horrors that put the health and safety of...

The Citizens Advice consumer charity claims that 28 per cent of private tenants who have experienced problems while renting have not...

A property management company which ignored a series of housing safety regulations and flouted laws designed to protect tenants’ rights has...

A Brighton and Hove lettings agent has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing two properties that he owned himself to...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes. In...

A council says it hopes a massive set of fines and costs imposed on one buy to let investor and his...

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

Letting Agent Today understands that Foxtons has been asked to appear at a hearing staged by a London council to prove...

A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...

Foxtons has been fined £35,000 for failing to prove to a local council that a house it was letting was safe...

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

A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...

A property company and a landlord have been fined over £200,000 after being accused of putting tenants’ lives in danger by...

A Scarborough buy to let investor has been found guilty of two offences under the Housing Act 2004 for non-compliance with...

New figures assembled by the Nationwide reveal precisely how much, on average, it costs to operate a privately rented property.    The numbers...

The findings of the most recent English Housing Survey, an annual report published by the Department for Communities and Local Government,...

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

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 after pleading guilty to breaching three separate fire regulations. Charles Thornton was fined...

Two landlords have been fined almost £14,000 for breaching a multitude of property management regulations. Abdul Qadir, 56, and Dr Mohammed Anwar,...

The landlord of a west London property, described by a judge as a "deathtrap" and an "accident waiting to happen", has...

A series of prosecutions of rogue landlords by a London council has also seen a so-called ‘property manager’ fined a four-figure...

The government has announced in its Housing White Paper that it is still “working with industry experts” to consider whether Client...

A letting agency which has pleaded guilty of poorly managing a house in multiple occupation has ended up with a bill...

A landlord is facing prosecution for failing to comply with various HMO regulations.  For the last two days, Paul Turner has appeared...

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for failure to comply with two Improvement Notices “resulting in a catalogue of health...

What appears at first sight to be a low-level dispute between a landlord and a council has raised what may be...

At the end of an already-challenging week for the industry, a landlord group has distanced itself from comments made in its...

A buy to let investor has been fined £29,200 after being prosecuted for 56 offences in what a local authority describes...

A Norwich landlord has been prosecuted “for putting lives at risk” according to the local council.  Piang Fui Pun has pleaded guilty...

To coincide with students' return to university, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, SELECT, has launched a radio campaign to...

A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been prosecuted and fined for failing to comply with 16 issues...

The owner of a series of flats to let in Cardiff has been fined £3,500 and ordered to pay £200 costs...

The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...

A private landlord has been jailed after being accused by a judge of "cutting corners" and deliberately putting his "wealth" before...

A rogue landlord faces a court bill of almost £40,000 after being caught cramming 24 people into a house in north...

Yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme is being drawn up with the claim that it will improve standards of...

A controversial Bill now being considered by the House of Lords has the controversial measure of banning lettings fees - but...

Two landlords have been fined after being found guilty of fire safety failings in their rental properties. Both prosecutions were brought by...

A new free online course has been launched to help letting agents understand the importance of regular electrical safety checks. The Electrical...

An analysis of 100,000 buy to let insurance policies reveals that storm damage, burst pipes and damage from break-ins are the...

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

MPs have given their backing to a government proposal to ban rogue letting agents and landlords who repeatedly break private rental...

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

Select, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, is reminding agents and landlords that from December 1 there must be five-yearly electrical...

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

The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...

Some 71% of landlords have not yet organised a carbon monoxide alarm in their rental property, according to a survey of...

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

Students in rented housing are being let down by a small number of bad landlords and a failure by local authorities...

A kit explaining how homes to let can be made more secure and legally-compliant has been launched by the Residential Landlords...

A landlord has been ordered to pay fines adding up to over £6,600.  Balwinder Singh Dhadwal was prosecuted at Dudley Magistrates’ Court...

An electrical safety charity has written to the new intake of MPs to explain why electrical safety in Britain’s homes needs...

A landlord has been left with a £1,600 bill for failing to comply with an improvement notice over a four year...