A London council describes two new licensing schemes as ‘making renting fairer’ - even though they are launched during the pandemic. Islington’s Labour...
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Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...
07 September 2020
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High-end London agency chain Chestertons has snapped up an independent lettings agency in the east of the capital. Morgan Randall operated across Canary...
05 August 2020
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Government advice to local authorities to sit tight with new licensing proposals during the Coronavirus pandemic appears to have been ignored...
27 May 2020
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Winkworth says its London offices are reporting significant numbers of landlords who used to advertise on Airbnb and similar short-let platforms...
07 May 2020
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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

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...
13 September 2019
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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
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A rental campaigner claims the amount of money stolen this year by crooked lettings agents and landlords has topped the £1.3m...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Three letting agents who failed to return tenants’ deposits or pass on rent payments to landlords have been convicted of fraud...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A rental management firm has launched a new home-sharing platform which it says is aimed at everyone wanting a place to...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

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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Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...
13 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The local authority in Islington, north London, is attempting to close what it calls a loophole concerning private rental property and...
14 September 2017
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This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...
31 August 2017
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It hasn’t been a happy Christmas for one London landlord, who has been told to repay £40,000 in rent received in...
29 December 2016
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A landlord’s company has been left with a bill of over £14,000 for letting unlicensed flats in north London. Appearing at Highbury...
16 August 2016
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A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...
08 August 2016
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Hamptons International and Day Morris have been appointed as joint lettings agents for London’s first bespoke Build To Rent scheme. Vantage Point...
26 July 2016
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A London council has prosecuted a letting agency that was ’ghost listing’ on Zoopla flats that were not in fact available...
10 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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Two buy to let investors who breached planning regulations by converting a house into seven studio flats have been ordered to...
29 March 2016
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A typical tenant in a two-bed property in England will have paid over £40,000 in rent in the past five years...
04 March 2016
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A landlord has a bill of more than £85,000 for unlawfully letting a basement flat. As part of a council planning enforcement...
26 October 2015
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A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the...