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18 February 2019
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A landlord has been ordered to pay over £5,000 in fines and costs in a licensing dispute with a local council. Almas...
15 February 2019
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A lettings agency and its director have been fined a total of £30,000 for failing to licence HMOs and giving sham...
13 February 2019
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Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...
12 February 2019
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A council has prosecuted a buy to let investor for not making necessary improvements to his property. The landlord, Balwinder Singh Chandi,...
14 January 2019
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A local authority has taken the unusual step of issuing a celebratory press release stating that it issued penalty notices adding...
31 December 2018
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Shock figures released by an insurance company suggest that councils are woefully unable to police new regulations regarding mandatory HMO licensing. Figures...
06 December 2018
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One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...
04 December 2018
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Havering council in London has issued £261,750 in penalty notices to what it calls ‘criminals’ operating in the private rental sector. Between...
26 October 2018
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Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...
19 October 2018
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The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...
27 September 2018
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Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...
26 September 2018
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There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...
25 September 2018
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More than 77,000 UK landlords will be shelling out a combined £95 million this month, as new occupancy laws come into...
24 September 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a reminder to the industry of the need to understand and abide by...
19 September 2018
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Agents and landlords are being advised to check the status of their HMO licenses in the London Borough of Harrow following...
13 August 2018
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A leading PropTech entrepreneur says lettings agents should be more vocal in providing the government with feedback on council rental licensing...
03 August 2018
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More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...
02 August 2018
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A buy to let mortgage firm says it’s likely that there will be a spike in refinancing enquiries as landlords meet...
02 July 2018
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A local authority has described a lettings property as “a real House of Horrors that put the health and safety of...
10 May 2018
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A survey by consumer group Which?, working with landlords’ associations, reveals that 70 local authorities now have selective or additional licensing...
09 March 2018
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Three one-day courses are being held this year - the first next week - aimed at updating letting agents on changes...
07 March 2018
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The Residential Landlords’ Association is upset at the government’s confirmation that the extension of mandatory HMO licensing will come into force...
02 March 2018
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The local media in Bristol are reporting that landlords in the city are complaining that they face backruptcy if a hugely...
27 February 2018
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Bristol council is consulting on a licensing scheme which could see buy to let investors paying £1,660 for a five year...
22 February 2018
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This is a rare story: a council has dropped a plan for a lettings licensing scheme as a result of 900...
13 February 2018
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No fewer than 44 per cent of landlords plan to expand their portfolios before July 2018 despite tax obstacles, according to...
09 February 2018
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A lettings agency apparently trying to get around HMO regulations has been prosecuted for licensing and housing offences. Easy Let Agency let...
06 February 2018
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Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...
31 January 2018
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The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...
25 January 2018
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Homes in Multiple Occupation produced average yields of 8.9 per cent in 2017, the highest of all buy to let property...
24 January 2018
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The government has announced new minimum space requirements for private lettings in a bid to reduce problems of overcrowding. In addition to...
02 January 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents and other trade bodies have not yet responded to the government’s announcement over the holiday...
02 January 2018
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The government has released more details on long-discussed proposals to tighten up licensing in the private rental sector. It wants landlords in...
28 December 2017
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HM Revenue & Customs has launched a consultation on adding tax checks to private rental sector licensing schemes - in other...
14 December 2017
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A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...
08 December 2017
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A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...
04 December 2017
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A buy to let investor who failed to purchase a £542 licence for his HMO has been ordered to pay almost...
28 November 2017
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One of the industry’s best known buy to let lenders, Paragon, is combining its Mortgage Trust and Paragon Mortgages product ranges...
10 October 2017
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A lettings insurance specialist company is warning that students moving into private rental accommodation may pose a greater-than-average risk of fire. Total...
09 October 2017
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Greenwich is the latest council to make it compulsory for planning consent to be given before converting homes into Houses in...
05 October 2017
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A property company and a landlord have been fined over £200,000 after being accused of putting tenants’ lives in danger by...
03 October 2017
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A landlord has been fined a total of £7,298 for operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation in Oxford that was...
28 September 2017
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Letting agency Spicerhaart has been fined £2,670 after pleading guilty to operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation. A prosecution was brought...
26 September 2017
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A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to repay over £5,000 to his tenants for letting an unlicensed House of Multiple...
25 September 2017
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Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...
21 September 2017
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More than 100 criminal prosecutions have been secured against landlords since the start of an enforcement crackdown by Brent council in...
25 July 2017
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Another new cloud software platform - HeyLandlord - has been launched to make it easier for agents and landlords to communicate...
19 July 2017
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Agents and landlords are unwittingly issuing incorrect Section 21 notices, resulting in thousands of pounds being wasted on aborted possession claims...
28 June 2017
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A north London landlord who housed a family of five, including three children, in a cramped attic has been prosecuted by...
11 May 2017
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Greenwich council in London is the latest to announce an extension to its HMO licensing policy. The council is already legally obliged...
05 May 2017
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A landlord who exposed tenants to “miserable” living conditions because of fire safety hazards has been prosecuted by a local authority. The...
02 May 2017
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A property firm at the centre of the campaign against phasing out landlords’ mortgage interest relief says is urging tenants to...
19 April 2017
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A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £17,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty at St Albans Magistrates'...
19 April 2017
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New legislation coming into force today gives local authorities in England tough new powers to crack down on rogue agents and...
06 April 2017
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A landlady has been fined £15,000 for failing to license and manage a house in multiple occupation. Sharon Jacobs was also ordered...
13 March 2017
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A letting agency which has pleaded guilty of poorly managing a house in multiple occupation has ended up with a bill...
07 February 2017
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02 February 2017
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A new task group is being set up to explore how a council can tackle what it calls “problems with private...
26 January 2017
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A property investment financing specialist says an increasing number of buy to let investors are converting properties into Houses in Multiple...
17 January 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning the government that some of its proposed changes to regulations governing HMOs may...
19 December 2016
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A building firm that carried out illegal building work to create homes to let has been hit with a £250,000 confiscation...
12 December 2016
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A council believes that a landlord was “putting tenants’ lives in danger” because he did not have local authority licenses for...
08 December 2016
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What appears at first sight to be a low-level dispute between a landlord and a council has raised what may be...
06 December 2016
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A Birmingham letting agency and a landlord have been fined £5,590 for failing to obtain an HMO licence and for breaching...
06 December 2016
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A major buy to let mortgage provider has eased the criteria to be met by landlord investors who want to borrow...
23 November 2016
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A buy to let investor has been fined £29,200 after being prosecuted for 56 offences in what a local authority describes...
11 November 2016
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning that proposals to enforce minimum room sizes in HMOs in the privste rental...
31 October 2016
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A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £4,200 in fines and costs for not having a licence for his...
31 October 2016
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Brent council in London is seeking the views of agents- as well as landlords, tenants and others - on the extension...
24 October 2016
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It is feared that Cardiff council will later this week severely restrict the number of new shared houses in two popular...
20 October 2016
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The government’s wave of measures to clamp down on the private rental sector and introduce harsher regulations for investors and landlords...
19 October 2016
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Letting agents and landlords are being reminded to comply with an obligation to remove ‘to let’ signs in certain parts of...
06 October 2016
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Labour councillors controlling Brighton and Hove council are reported to be writing to the government for premission to charge HMO owners...
30 September 2016
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New data produced for Fire Door Safety Week shows that lower income tenants are more concerned about fire safety where they...
28 September 2016
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A letting agency has been fined after one of its landlords was found to be cramming six families into an unlicensed...
21 September 2016
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13 September 2016
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A pair of landlords have been slapped with a hefty fine for allowing people to live in damp-riddled rooms without fire...
09 September 2016
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Student accommodation provider Student Cribs has secured £200m in funding from institutions to expand its portfolio - and it’s looking for...
08 September 2016
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A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been prosecuted and fined for failing to comply with 16 issues...
08 September 2016
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Two training seminars geared towards letting agents operating in London are being organised for the autumn. Organised by the National Approved Letting...
24 August 2016
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A private landlord has been jailed after being accused by a judge of "cutting corners" and deliberately putting his "wealth" before...
22 August 2016
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Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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A London council will introduce two new licensing schemes in the New Year. These make it a legal requirement for landlords to obtain...
05 August 2016
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A House in Multiple Occupation located on the third floor of a property with a restaurant at ground level was one...
02 August 2016
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Two more student houses in Brighton have been ordered to close by a government planning inspector. There have now been four such...
27 July 2016
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An east London council is changing its planning rules, bringing in Article 4 consent before homes in key areas are converted...
26 July 2016
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A landlord is to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next week after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to fire...
25 July 2016
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The growth in buy to let mortgage products - rising rapidly until recently - has now begun to drop off. Products increased...
14 July 2016
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A new scheme governing the letting out of residential property above retail premises is to be launched in September in the London borough of...
14 July 2016
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Bexley council in south east London says it is going to announce what it describes as a “crackdown” on HMOs next...
29 June 2016
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A legal tribunal has ruled that a landlord must refund his tenants rent totalling £2,934 because he housed them in unlicensed...
28 June 2016
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An investment company claims government and councils should do more to stamp out so-called rogue landlords who, it says, are giving...
20 June 2016
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A row has broken out between landlords and the council in Oxford, where the local authority is considering a private rental...
14 June 2016
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There was a series of raids on HMOs led by a local authority early one morning at the end of last...
08 June 2016
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A new report claims that over a third of student property investors plan to expand their portfolios in 2016, despite the...
07 June 2016
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Landlords are increasingly favouring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and more 'complex property types' due to the often higher yields available. Mortgages...
02 June 2016
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A letting agent and four landlords face bills totalling more than £20,000 after being prosecuted by Islington Council for operating unlicensed...
06 May 2016
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A student accommodation specialist is warning about the potential pitfalls of investing in individual student rooms or small pods as opposed...
05 May 2016
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A 24-year-old from Luton has been jailed after being found guilty of six counts of fraud in relation to obtaining properties...
28 April 2016
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A private landlord aged 72 must pay £4,800 after pleading guilty to 11 offences of breaching the Licensing and Management of...
08 April 2016
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A council has asked agents in its area to tell landlords of additional planning powers taken by the authority which may...
09 March 2016
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A property company managing an HMO in prime central London has been £47,900. The fine is in relation to 24 charges under...
18 February 2016
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A landlord who has had previous conflicts with his local council has effectively lost control of his 16 private rental properties. William...
17 February 2016
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Ealing Council in London is undergoing a formal consultation about a proposal that all houses in multiple occupation within its boundaries...
15 January 2016
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The government should rein in its plans to transform the way Houses in Multiple Occupation are licensed. That is the view of...
22 December 2015
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Two landlords of HMOs have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties - and now have to pay fines of...
16 December 2015
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An energy supply company that specialises in the lettings market has announced deals with three major businesses that allows it to...
01 December 2015
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A local council has successfully applied for a landlord without an appropriate HMO licence to repay housing benefit - no less...
27 November 2015
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A local authority has issued a press release branding a landlord as “unscrupulous” after he was ordered to pay £7,300 in...
24 November 2015
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A local authority is considering introducing measures to prevent landlords turning family homes in one of its conservation areas into HMOs. Reading...
23 November 2015
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One council’s attempt to crack down on rogue landlords has been branded a "complete failure" because half of its HMOs are...
18 November 2015
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The Department of Communities and Local Government has published a summary of the 600 responses it has received to its recent...
16 November 2015
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One of Britain’s largest local authorities has beefed up its powers so it can issue fines of up to £5,000 on...
12 November 2015
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The specialist eviction company Landlord Action says it is in full support of the government’s latest proposal to crack down on...
11 November 2015
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The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...
09 November 2015
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A new survey claims there is a serious shortfall of appropriate quality accommodation for students. The research, conducted amongst 500 students and...
03 November 2015
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A landlord has admitted letting sub-standard HMOs to 30 people without being registered with his local authority. Plymouth landlord John Mayer pleaded...
21 October 2015
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Three landlords have become the first to be prosecuted by a council - almost three years after the authority introduced a...
08 October 2015
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The number of buy to let mortgage products has leapt to 953 - an 11 per cent increase in the past...
02 October 2015
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A landlord has received a six month suspended jail sentence, has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of community service...
28 September 2015
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The private rented sector is becoming an increasingly diverse place. Its growth into the UK's second largest form of housing has...
15 September 2015
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A landlord has been ordered to pay a total of £8,680 after failing to comply with formal council notices to improve...
11 September 2015
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New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...
04 September 2015
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Barnet is the latest council appearing to edge towards increased private rental sector licensing as it enters the final two weeks...
03 September 2015
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Investors with HMOs are better placed than other landlords to combat any financial damage caused by future interest rate rises. Analysis carried...
02 September 2015
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A landlord reported to have received £100,000 in housing benefit from tenants in the past year is to repay court fines...
01 September 2015
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There has been a huge increase in the number of investors acquiring Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in the North West...
24 August 2015
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Newham Council has reported that in the two and a half years since its licensing scheme came into force it has...
24 August 2015
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A landlord has been handed a total fine of £75,215 for a number of offences, including failing to licence four houses...
21 August 2015
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There have been angry scenes at a consultation meeting as a local authority seeks to extend its licensing scheme - thought...
07 August 2015
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The publication Environmental Health News has secured the release of files showing the details of hundreds of convicted private landlords in...
24 July 2015
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Harrow council is consulting agents, landlords and residents on a proposal to renew its licensing regime applying to selected Houses in...
17 July 2015
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A letting agency that failed to apply for House of Multiple Occupation licences at three properties in Birmingham has been fined...
06 July 2015
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An amnesty on the licensing of houses in multiple occupation is being held in Barnet in north London following the successful...
17 June 2015
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A landlord in Coventry has been handed a £3,350 fine after a house in multiple occupation under his ownership was found...