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![Agents key to reassuring high-rise tenants on fire safety - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_379104220.jpg)
Letting agents have a key role in ensuring updated fire safety regulations really do improve standards for tenants in taller buildings. That’s...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fire Hazards - two thirds of tenants don’t feel 100% safe](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Propcert%20March%20blog%202%20-%20Why%20carbon%20monoxide%20alarms%20are%20important%20.jpg)
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...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency director already banned - now fined tens of thousands](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
The sole director of a lettings agency, who was recently made the subject of an anti-social behaviour injunction and banning order,...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Banned: Rogue agency and director cannot let any property in England](/img/default/lat.png)
A London council has secured banning orders against rogue property agents who were previously fined over £70,000 for letting an unlicensed...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Management firm and landlord guilty of 27 safety breaches](/img/default/lat.png)
A property company and a landlord have each been found guilty of 27 charges relating to the management of two properties...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency director and landlord hit with massive fines](/img/default/lat.png)
Two landlords - one of them an agent - have been given fines totalling £135,000 and must pay costs for failing to...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![New fire and smoke alarm laws delayed until early 2022](/img/default/lat.png)
The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agency in court as new ‘rogues taskforce’ swings into action](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Portal, agencies and directors hit with £100,000 penalty over unsafe flat](/img/default/lat.png)
A room-finding portal, along with the owners of a London lettings agency and management firm, must pay over £100,000 for letting...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big fine for landlord without HMO but letting to 11 migrant workers](/img/default/lat.png)
A landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally letting his property out to 11...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![£140,000 in fines for buy to let couple failing to maintain properties](/img/default/lat.png)
A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...
29 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rogue agent hit with £52,000 bill after pleading guilty to 18 offences](/img/default/lat.png)
A rogue letting agent has been ordered to pay £42,596 in fines and costs of £10,626 after pleading guilty to a...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlord hit with huge fine for 'worst property seen in years'](/img/default/lat.png)
A landlord has been hit with a total fine of almost £40,000 for breaching House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) management regulations. David...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Over 50% of buy to let investors have checked fire safety - survey](/img/default/lat.png)
More than half of buy to let landlords have taken measures to check the fire safety of their properties in the...
28 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![London council issues first lettings sector 'civil penalty'](/img/default/lat.png)
The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let owner accused of endangering lives of tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been prosecuted and fined for failing to comply with 16 issues...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Shocking case of 28 people crammed into illegally-converted house](/img/default/lat.png)
A landlord who illegally converted a house to squeeze 28 tenants into just seven rooms has been handed a £20,000 fine...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rogue couple fined £36,000 after 30 tenants crammed in houses](/img/default/lat.png)
Two rogue landlords who collected rent from more than 30 tenants in five sub-standard houses all on the same street have...
05 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent fined after not applying for HMO licenses](/img/default/lat.png)
A letting agency that failed to apply for House of Multiple Occupation licences at three properties in Birmingham has been fined...