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A landlord has been fined a four figure sum for failing to produce documentation for a council. Fathima Syeda Kauser of Luton pleaded...
16 June 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents are being urged to prepare for changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Lettings accreditation and training service Safeagent is calling on the government to make more public cash available for councils to exercise...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has hit back in this week’s debate on the quality of private rental property, following sharp criticism in a...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Thousands of tenants have no choice but to accept “appalling conditions” according to the chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter. Polly Neate...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
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Private rental property conditions and the enforcement of regulations by councils and government have all been in the firing line from...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Activists in the Acorn campaign group are lobbying a council in a bid to - in its words - “ban slum...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A property management company has been fined for failing to repair an open sewer in the garden of a rental property. SRA...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A fast-expanding PropTech business has opened a new office in London to serve a growing client base in the capital and...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A council is warning letting agents to adhere to health and safety laws or else face the legal consequences. Telford & Wrekin...
10 January 2022
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MPs and the wider public have been presented with a lengthy report on the growth of Airbnb and similar platforms across...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A London property managing agent has been ordered to pay more than £80,000 for safety failings which “exposed a potentially large...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms. Earlier this week the government...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A property consultancy says it’s identified the next ‘landmine’ in the building safety saga facing agents and landlords around the country. Mary-Anne...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are being warned that the Fire Safety Act 2021 will make a huge impact on their responsibilities -...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Airbnb has launched a scheme it calls the UK Trust and Safety Alliance to offer hosts information on health, safety and...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has given its broad support to a new Private Members Bill introduced into the Northern Ireland assembly, aimed at improving...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Rental and other households should replace optical smoke alarms every 12 years unless manufacturers recommend otherwise, according to a study by...
01 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A poll of over 1,300 renters by a flat share platform suggests that over half have been deterred from moving in...
10 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A local authority has explained its role in ensuring that a private landlord could arrange for an electrical safety inspection to...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A new CRM which calls itself as “a transformative new technology” says its latest app aids safety for agents. The latest version of the...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid In your experience,...
12 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A letting agent has been fined £11,500 for breaking HMO houses and fire safety rules at a property he manages. Agent Benjamin...
04 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Councils are failing to protect tenants in three out of four cases where they discover rental homes are unsafe, according to...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued updated guidance to include the recent extension of the bailiff enforcement...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News

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

Changes to electrical safety standards rules applying to existing tenancies came into force at the start of the Easter break and...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector has new electricity regulations taking effect next week, putting the emphasis on agents and landlords. The Electrical Safety...
26 March 2021
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark is asking agent members to ensure the safety of lone workers in branches and on viewings. A statement from the association...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agencies are being urged to help to shape the future of the rental sector by completing a survey as part...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have been told to document all arranging, planning and scheduling of work related to electrical checks in a bid...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A council claims that as many as a fifth of all the private rental sector homes in its area have a...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

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

Two landlords in the same town - one the director of a lettings firm - have been prosecuted as their properties...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One person had to be rescued from a fire after their landlord failed to ensure they had a working fire alarm...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents have until January 11 to respond to the latest consultation proposal stiffening health and safety in the private rental...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord taken to court by a council has ended up with a bill in excess of £20,000. Dennis Goodwin of Highbury...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being warned they are likely to face a higher number of mandatory electrical checks as the sector expands...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade body is reminding new landlords tempted by the stamp duty holiday of the raft of health and safety measures they...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Two London landlords and their lettings agents will have to pay tens of thousands of pounds after a home they were letting...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Reports into Letting Agent Today suggest there’s still some confusion over new regulations surrounding electrical checks in the private rental sector. If...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A solicitor involved in the Court of Appeal case which ruled in favour of the private rental sector has spoken of...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has released new guidance regarding electrical safety checks - and there's a worry it may include thousands of additional...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A local council is warning the HMO rental sector that tenants may be put at unnecessary risk as a result of...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Accreditation service NAPIT has produced a publication for the rental sector ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has issued guidelines ahead of new electrical safety checks coming into force for...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A document outlining options for the future regulation of Airbnb and other short let platforms in the UK is to be...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A council wants buy to let landlords with one-bed flats or rooms in shared homes to help it find homes for...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13. Propertymark...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and if you’re taking time off we hope you and your families enjoy a well-earned break. We’ll...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenants’ safety should be letting agents’ first priority in the new era of activity during the Coronavirus pandemic. In a new document...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s only eight weeks to the start off the new Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector which come into...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus. The call comes...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

“Communication is pretty much everything…” - that’s the key message from Tega Alexander, digital marketing manager at the up-and-coming Homesearch. Thanks so...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech expert says there’s still more that can be done by the rental sector to drive up the quality...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A landlord from Plymouth has been sentenced after failing to maintain gas appliances and failing to have landlord’s gas safety checks...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Letting and Management has thrown helpful light on the responsibilities and recommended approach of letting agents faced with...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has been called upon to issue specific Coronavirus guidance for the rental sector. The chief executive of the Association of...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has postponed its conference until September. In a statement to registered attendees last evening ARLA says: “After...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks has issued guidance to members about how to reassure its lettings agent and landlord clients...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A resident who was unable to access an emergency escape route during a fire was found standing on a windowsill hanging...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Landlords Association has issued advice for the lettings sector on the coronavirus infection. Although much of the advice is a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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

It looks almost certain that agents and landlords must ensure electrical installation inspections and testing are carried out for all new...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government says new regulations are to be introduced to combat carbon monoxide poisoning. The regulations will require landlords and their...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost 40 per cent of battery-powered smoke alarms failed to activate in residential fires in England in the past year –...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined more than £150,000 after failing to rectify safety hazards in a property he let. Latif Rehman...
02 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been hit with court fines for a fourth time for failing to properly manage his rental properties. Landlord Jack...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

An inventories supplier is advising that the growing number of sub-letting scams can be reduced by regular property visits by agents...
20 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Association of Estate Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...
05 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the UK’s highest profile lettings agencies - Countrywide band Beresford Adams - has been fined £22,500 for health and...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A Labour councillor on Islington council - which is controlled by the party and has Jeremy Corbyn as a local member...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...
12 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A local council says it has now successfully prosecuted a landlord for flouting the law that protects the health and safety...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

While we wouldn’t be so bold as to say the government gets its daily fix of property news from the Today...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Junior housing minister Heather Wheeler MP has written to Hull City Council to express her concerns about the authority's controversial accreditation...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A managing agent and several landlords have been fined almost £5,000 after forcing tenants to live in unacceptable conditions in a...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who let out an unsafe and unlicensed property in London has now been hit with a...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association and Gas Safe Register have joined forces to promote gas safety awareness in the private rental sector. The...
21 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A study claims as many as a fifth of private renters in the UK have developed an illness due to issues...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

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

A husband and wife must pay joint fines, penalties and costs totalling over £8,000 after complaints about a bungalow they owned...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has received a hefty fine “for endangering the lives of his tenants by failing to meet...
12 April 2019
From: Breaking News
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body says a recent court case threatens the right of buy to let landlords to repossess their properties. The Residential...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for breaching fire safety and over-occupancy licence conditions at their House...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been convicted of three offences relating to his failure to comply with fire safety requirements in a privately...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Sub-standard homes remain a key weakness in the private rental sector, which needs to get its house in order in the...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A legal firm has renewed its criticism of local authority licensing schemes, accusing them of “persecuting” landlords. David Kirwan, managing partner at...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

New rules are to be introduced to ensure mandatory electrical inspections on private rental properties are carried out by competent and...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who let out a converted attic room despite it being the subject of a council prohibition...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord and building contractor have been fined after quantities of asbestos fibres were released from the demolition of a conservatory...
02 January 2019
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An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been forced to close down two rat infested homes he owns in Rotherham after they...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Britain's highest profile landlords is to be sentenced on December 11 - and she must show the court details of...
20 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A warning has gone out to the lettings sector to check that rental properties are ‘Gas Safe’ as the colder weather...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The heavy-handed administration of selective licensing schemes is driving out buy to let investors. That’s the claim from David Kirwan of Kirwans...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Industry bodies have given their support to a wide ranging review of safety regulations governing the private rental sector. The government announced...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News
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The government is to undertake a wide-ranging review of health and safety regulations for the private rental sector. In an announcement this afternoon...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been hit with more than £5,500 of fines and costs after he allowed a family with three young...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

An Essex council claims it is one of the first to be granted a rent repayment order - part of legislation...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The campaign group Generation Rent is back on the warpath in opposition of Section 21, which it describes as “the leading...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the lettings industry’s senior figures has welcomed the introduction of mandatory five yearly inspections of electrical installations in private...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Airbnb, the short lets platform that has received substantial criticism from the buy to let sector over its largely unregulated status,...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been fined £20,000 after a kitchen fire that occurred in May last year at a...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s asking its member to get behind Gas Safety Week which takes place from...
09 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A self-employed gas fitter has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after he carried out unsafe gas work while falsely...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
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All privately-let homes must have electrical installations checked every five years under new rules announced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A letting agent responsible for a property in Huddersfield which caught fire and killed two young boys has been jailed for...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body is backing a call by a parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

There are now well over 125 pieces of legislation and regulations - most introduced in modern times - governing the private...
13 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A gas safety engineer has pleaded guilty with a landlord of falsifying gas safety certificates for a string of private rental...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has ended up with a bill for thousands of pounds after being found guilty of breaching...
15 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...
17 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A local authority has described a lettings property as “a real House of Horrors that put the health and safety of...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that it’s launching a review into the requirement for carbon monoxide alarms in homes across England. The review...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...
01 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of 35 HMO-related offences - and has to pay a total fine...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is missing the opportunity to assess fire safety regulations on a wider...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has set out new measures to mitigate against overcrowded and dangerous living conditions of private tenants in shared homes. From...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been fined twice in the space of two months for failing to provide a suitable standard of...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A fine of over £29,000 has been imposed on an absentee landlord whose property was said to have put tenants’ lives...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...
15 January 2018
From: Breaking News

In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...
14 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The new online database identifying rogue letting agents and landlords will save lives according to the London Fire Brigade. We wrote about...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The local authority at Brent in north London has secured what it calls “an important court victory” after “appalling conditions” were...
21 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The landlord of an HMO has been fined £3,300 for failures to meet his obligations, particularly regarding fire safety. At Northampton magistrates...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who a judge said “cut corners” and exposed his tenants to “significant risk” has been ordered...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A new app has been launched with the aim of offering extra security to lettings and estate agents and other sole...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Yet another formal government consultation is under way, this time into smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in the private rental sector...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

An industry trade group says residents in high rise blocks of flats are being let down by a system in which...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Four people are treated for carbon monoxide poisoning in the UK every day - but 58 per cent of the population...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Almost a third of renters in the UK do not have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm in their property, with four...
13 October 2017
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A survey of 1,000 tenants in blocks of flats conducted on behalf of London Fire Brigade reveals that almost 40 per...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News

NALS is urging letting agents and other property professionals to get behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until Friday,. It says thousands...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy to let investor who kept 24 adults and children in what a local council calls “appalling conditions” has a...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord from Cornwall has been fined after failing to maintain gas appliances at his rental properties in Launceston. Truro Crown Court...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark says letting and managing agents should be aware that they can raise ‘safeguarding alerts’ if they are concerned about...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The boss of a lettings agency in London says there is a need for the private rental sector to become more professional...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A lettings sector trade body is warning that contradictory and outdated fire safety guidance needs updating. At present, landlords or their agent...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined over £15,000 after failing to maintain gas appliances at the domestic property in Haverfordwest. Llanelli Magistrates’ Court...
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A minister at the Departrment of Communities and Local Government has set out the government’s position in terms of the fire-related...
05 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The BBC is reporting that the Welsh government is offering private buy to let investors who have properties in high-rise buildings...
04 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association is urging checks on white goods in privately rented homes following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The association is...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Two landlords have been fined almost £14,000 for breaching a multitude of property management regulations. Abdul Qadir, 56, and Dr Mohammed Anwar,...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A management firm and corporate landlord have been hit with a £250,000 fine after a “potentially lethal” flat blaze in London -...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Fair Fees Forum, originally established before the proposal to ban letting agents’ fees imposed on tenants in England, now says...
04 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The National Approved Letting Scheme is linking with legal firm Moore Blatch to offer member agents access to a free legal...
14 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Now Northern Ireland appears to be in the frame for substantial changes to the private rental sector according to the Association...
26 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for failure to comply with two Improvement Notices “resulting in a catalogue of health...
19 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The landlord of a property risked the lives of his tenants and their young family by not undertaking annual safety checks...
19 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The government has launched an official consultation process on a package of measures to crack down on what it calls ‘rogue...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A health and safety product manufacturer is issuing a warning about the dangers of carbon monoxide alarms, citing figures that up...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A private landlord has been fined by a London magistrates court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions. Monojor Ali was fined...
05 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has received a complaint about a claim which was on an online letting agency’s website suggesting it...
30 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Lettings expert Kate Faulkner says yields - a traditional long-standing measure of success for buy to let landlords - are becoming...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Damp and mould can mean big problems for landlords, letting agents and tenants. It can cause stress and even health issues...
02 November 2016
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A landlord has been given a suspended prison sentence following his failure to maintain or check the gas fittings in one of his properties. A...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A trade body has accused some letting agents and landlords of “failing to get to grips” with several recent legal changes...
12 October 2016
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The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...
12 September 2016
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A 35-year-old self-employed worker from London has been given two suspended jail terms for falsely claiming to be Gas Safe Registered and signing off certificates for privately...
23 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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Property managers operating through a company have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 following a dawn raid that uncovered more...
12 August 2016
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A landlord who rented out a house in multiple occupation has ended up with a £10,000 fine after pleading guilty to failing...
04 July 2016
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The Daily Telegraph - an outspoken critic of George Osborne’s fiscal changes aimed at extracting more money from the buy to...
22 June 2016
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A new free online course has been launched to help letting agents understand the importance of regular electrical safety checks. The Electrical...
19 May 2016
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Investors and landlords are putting tenants’ lives at risk and could face a substantial fine for flouting gas safety law, according...
18 May 2016
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A leading trade body says it’s time for the private rental sector to take gas safety more seriously following a spate...
11 May 2016
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An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...
10 May 2016
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A landlord has received a suspended six month prison sentence after he ignored repeated warnings about arranging an annual gas safety...
26 April 2016
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The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...
12 April 2016
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An unregistered gas fitter has been received a suspended prison sentence for illegally installing a gas boiler and undertaking landlord’s gas...
07 April 2016
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A London landlord has been given an eight week suspended prison sentence after failing to have a gas boiler in a...
22 March 2016
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Millions of people remain at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning despite the recent legislation aimed at protecting private tenants, a new...
10 March 2016
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A buy to let landlord in Stockton-on-Tees, has been sentenced after illegally uncapping and reconnecting a gas supply. Teeside Magistrates’ Court heard...
07 March 2016
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A report by the British Hospitality Association appears to reveal the latest estimates of the impact of people who use Airbnb...
18 February 2016
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A private landlord has been prosecuted after failing to provide gas safety certificates for two rented properties. Harrogate Magistrates’ Court heard that...
11 January 2016
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The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...
02 December 2015
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A landlord who did not remedy a string of safety concerns about a property he was letting has been ordered to...
30 November 2015
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A landlord and restaurateur has to pay almost £5,000 after an apartment he was letting out was found to be overcrowded...
26 November 2015
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A landlord has been fined after a family of five suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at their rented home. North Avon Magistrates’ Court...
17 November 2015
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Select, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, is reminding agents and landlords that from December 1 there must be five-yearly electrical...
06 November 2015
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A survey of house- and flat-share private tenants shows 15 per cent claiming not to have a working smoke alarm in...
04 November 2015
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A rogue landlord has been fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £3,343 costs as well as a victim surcharge of £120...
02 November 2015
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A landlord who let a property with serious health and safety hazards to vulnerable adults has pleaded guilty of failing to implement...
22 October 2015
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A landlord has been fined a meagre £265 after a defective gas appliance was found to be in operation at his...
21 October 2015
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A mortgage chief has spelled out what many in the rental sector already know - that the new laws, rules and...
07 October 2015
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Kings Group has won a £2,500 award for its speed and thoroughness in informing landlords of the need to comply with...
06 October 2015
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it strongly supports new health and safety legislation coming into effect today - but...
01 October 2015
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A property management firm is warning letting agents and landlords to fulfil their responsibilities to protect tenants from Legionnaires’ disease. Despite laws...
01 October 2015
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As if to prove the lettings industry’s concern over a lack of publicity for upcoming health and safety regulation changes, a...
11 September 2015
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A mother and her young son were put at risk of suffering carbon monoxide poisoning for seven years at their home,...
07 September 2015
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The changes to tax relief for landlords comes on top of a blizzard of new health and safety requirements, regulations and...
09 July 2015
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Letting agents and landlords are being warned that properties under their control meet regulations to prevent an outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease. The...
26 May 2015
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A group of renters who have formed the Acorn group in Bristol - which has already held protests against letting agents...