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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...

A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...

The head of a property management company has been fined £25,800 after serious safety issues were discovered at a shared house...

A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

A risk management service says agents and landlords must do more to create a culture of safety, particularly around fire. Research released...

A safety training service is warning of “alarming statistics” showing an increase in the number of fires and fatalities and a...

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

A lettings company has been caught up in a case where rental accommodation has been described as “atrocious” and a landlord...

Over £80,000 pounds of fines have been imposed on a letting agency and its director. Zenith Accommodation Ltd’s boss, Mohammad Mallick of...

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...

A landlord and the property company of which he is director have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £17,000...

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...

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...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

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

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 landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000.  Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...

A local council is warning the HMO rental sector that tenants may be put at unnecessary risk as a result of...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

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

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

A London council’s action against a property agent it has accused of “repeated negligence” has resulted in £37,000 of fines and...

A tenant pretending to be landlord has been ordered to pay more than £21,000 after he carved up five family homes...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

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

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 buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

A landlord who rented out an unlicenced HMO has been fined more than £22,000 after the local council found five people...

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

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...

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...

A buy to let property owner has received a four month prison sentence for letting out a property he had already...

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...

A survey of 1,000 tenants in blocks of flats conducted on behalf of London Fire Brigade reveals that almost 40 per...

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

A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a buy to let landlord...

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

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

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

New data produced for Fire Door Safety Week shows that lower income tenants are more concerned about fire safety where they...

This week those working in the Private Rented Sector are being reminded of the importance of fire doors in rental properties. Fire...

A letting agency has been fined after one of its landlords was found to be cramming six families into an unlicensed...

A pair of landlords have been slapped with a hefty fine for allowing people to live in damp-riddled rooms without fire...

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...

A landlord has been fined almost £25,000 for a series of failings relating to a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). Birmingham-based Salih...

Letting agents and property managers of blocks with fire doors are being urged to take their responsibilities more seriously. The warning comes...