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The average cost of renting in England is almost unchanged from five years ago - although that masks significant localised variations.  The...

London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has drawn up a league table of which boroughs in the capital have had their...

A fake lettings agent has been caught trying to cheat prospective tenants out of £1,500 which she claimed was a deposit...

An online lettings agency has accused High Street rivals of being “inefficient” and making voids longer than necessary.  Home Made, which operates...

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

Hounslow council wants its additional licensing scheme for HMOs - due to expire in May 2019 - to be extended for...

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

A buy to let investor has been fined over £12,000 for illegally renting out a basement underneath an outbuilding at his...

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

A millionaire landlord who built an illegal outbuilding at his home has been forced to demolish it after pressure from his...

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

Almost 3,000 investors have crowdfunded more than £6m worth of buy-to-let property on one platform alone since its launch early this...