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A management company and a lettings agency involved in running a London HMO have been prosecuted for fire safety failures. Monsoon Properties...

Letting agents have a key role in ensuring updated fire safety regulations really do improve standards for tenants in taller buildings. That’s...

A poll of 2,000 non-freehold tenants suggests that almost two-thirds claim not to feel 100 per cent safe in their homes. Some...

The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...

A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...

A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties...

Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...

A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...

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

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

A rogue letting agent has been ordered to pay £42,596 in fines and costs of £10,626 after pleading guilty to a...

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

A landlord has been hit with a total fine of almost £40,000 for breaching House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) management regulations. David...

More than half of buy to let landlords have taken measures to check the fire safety of their properties in the...

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

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

A landlord who illegally converted a house to squeeze 28 tenants into just seven rooms has been handed a £20,000 fine...

Two rogue landlords who collected rent from more than 30 tenants in five sub-standard houses all on the same street have...

A letting agency that failed to apply for House of Multiple Occupation licences at three properties in Birmingham has been fined...

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