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The growing chorus of calls to professionalise the short lets sector has won influential backing from a senior PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold...

The government and local authorities run by all political parties are keen to advocate measures to curb rogue letting agents and...

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...

A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

Three of the country’s most senior agents have told a PropTech supplier how they use technology to aid their compliance work...

A new piece of legislation has been invoked to ban a landlord from any involvement in the private rental sector for...

The owner of a house believed to be occupied by multiple tenants has been prosecuted by a Kent council for failing...

A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled three lettings agencies from its scheme because of unpaid awards to landlord clients. The first is Kingsman...

The controversial tenants union Acorn has set up a web page where disgruntled renters can lodge complaints about letting agents. In the...

Government data suggests that almost 54 per cent of the UK’s remaining smokers are tenants - and against that backdrop, an...

A long-term legal critic of selective licensing is warning that letting agents could be held jointly accountable with the landlords, -...

An east London lettings agency must pay more than £2,500 after a six-foot-high pile of waste was found fly-tipped on land...

If you want to know why inventories are vital for agents and landlords, look no further than the high-profile dispute over...

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity,...

Another law firm has sharply criticised the government’s proposals to abolish Section 21 eviction powers for landlords. Devonshires says the government should...

Government plans to end so-called ‘no fault’ evictions may backfire and not improve tenants’ security at all. That’s the warning from Osbornes...

A lettings agent jailed in March for taking £220,000 from tenants and landlords is now in trouble over her legal representation. Heather...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has submitted its response to the government's consultation on scrapping Section 21 evictions, which closes tomorrow...

A crackdown on letting agency websites by a Trading Standards team has found the significant majority of them to be breaking...

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...

Legal & General is introducing a Rental Protection Plan for tenants, thought to be one of the first examples of this...

A Shropshire man has become the first in England to be banned from being a landlord.  In a case brought by Telford...

Labour is backing new guidelines which ban adverts which can be interpreted as encouraging landlords and home owners to flout restrictions...

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

Members of the industry’s two major landlord bodies have backed a merger which will now take place on January 1. Members of...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging tenants to “walk straight out” if they believe an agency is breaking the...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has taken legal advice on what can be charged to tenants for so-called ‘contractual damages’. ARLA...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally letting his property out to 11...

A national awareness campaign is required to help landlords get to grip with new Energy Performance Certificate legislation. That’s the view of...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

A council has used a drone with a thermal imaging camera to identify illegal ‘sheds’ where tenants are being rented beds...

The Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Act - which bans fees levied by agents and landlords on tenants - comes into...

Police in South Shields have called for the sharing of information about tenants in HMOs - and a council is considering...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and the National Landlords Association have spoken out about the complexity of the fees ban...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

A leading industry figure is calling on agents to have a Plan B ready if their bank closes undesignated client accounts.  This...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

Research by London agency Benham and Reeves says the cumulative cost of a landlord suffering a bad tenant and then evicting...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

A man who claimed he needed a council house but was actually a landlord has been ordered to pay back more...

Confusion reigns over inventory reports and how letting agents and landlords comply with the Homes (Fit for Human Habitation) Act 2018. That’s...

Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies.  The agency was...

New guidance from the government on its controversial Right To Rent scheme would see agents and landlords breaking the law if...

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...

A London lettings agency is launching a service to enable landlords to invest in mainstream buy to let or Airbnb-style short...

Foxtons has announced that it is officially freezing its fees to landlords. The move was previewed in Foxtons’ recent trading statement which...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to complete the largest privately funded development in Wales, Cardiff Central Square, which will include...

If the government follows through with its plan to scrap Section 21 there could be more work for agents as a...

Legal & General, one of the largest specialist builders of so-called retirement communities for the over-55s, is now going to let...

A buy to let investor has been fined almost £5,000 after admitting overcrowding.  Matteo Mariano, from Gedling in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty at...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

The concept of a so-called rental property passport would rapidly improve the quality of accommodation and landlords, and would be far...

A managing agent has been convicted by a local council for failing to properly license his property. Leon Hill, of Leighton Buzzard,...

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

Second home owners, landlords and property investors are being urged to beware a “dramatic change” to the current capital gains tax...

If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...

Weak regulation of private renting is leaving hundreds of thousands of tenants living in hazardous homes in England, claims Citizens Advice. A...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £60,000 after - in the words of the council - “being found...

A director of a lettings agency has been fined for creating false tenancies in a bid to avoid paying council tax...

A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...

Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...

More nightmare tenants have been the subject of investigation in a Channel 5 TV programme to be shown this evening. In the...

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...

A lettings sector trade body has written to a council accusing it of initiating an “unlawful” fee structure for a licensing...

A leading buy to let specialist lender says the vast number of BTL mortgage products now on the market has made...

Airbnb and short let management service Hostmaker - at the centre of a dispute involving a landlord trade body and the...

Seven agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman after failing to pay compensation awards made by TPO. All are...

Controversial London lettings agency Flintons has again been named by a BBC TV programme for allegedly unreasonable behaviour in relation to...

A company appearing to call on landlords to abandon tenants and instead let their properties to short-let visitors is now trying...

The Property Ombudsman has issued a reminder to all agents to ensure they have the correct redress membership to cover the...

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...

The Residential Landlords Association and Gas Safe Register have joined forces to promote gas safety awareness in the private rental sector. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Simon Paul Skinner, Operations manager at LetHQ. My business card...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on two adjacent sites in south London to deliver its largest Built To Rent scheme...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is threatening Oxford Council with a judicial review of its landlord and letting agent accreditation scheme. The...

It’s now under four weeks to the introducing of the Tenant Fees Ban across England and the Association of Residential Letting...

Increased use of technology could boost gas-related health and safety in the private rental sector according to the people behind a...

A local authority has written to purchasers of former council houses and apartments warning them against illegally letting them out -...

The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...

With the tenants’ fees ban just five weeks away focus is shifting to how agents can make up for lost income...

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...

A leading legal firm is warning that Right To Rent could become even more complicated for letting agents and landlords after...

Figures given through a Parliamentary answer have revealed just how bad councils in England are at policing and enforcement action against...

Legal & General is to develop a Brighton industrial estate into the town’s first Build To Rent scheme. The work will go on...

A buy to let investor who hid families in windowless rooms after failing to get planning permission for a block of...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

With the government already on the ropes over Brexit, there’s a call today for one of its flagship immigration policies to...

A dawn raid on unlicensed HMOs in north London last week were the latest sign of a crackdown on rogue operators...

A crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...

Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim...

Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...

Haringey council is the latest local authority in the capital to create a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for HMOs. It claims the...

More than a third of landlords are looking to cut their annual spending - and many of them are considering ending...

A rogue lettings agent has been fined over £72,000 after being found guilty of 15 separate offences relating to three illegally established houses...

The government has issued guidelines for the implementation of the new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act which comes into effect...

The High Court has ruled that the government’s Right to Rent scheme breaches human rights law. Under the Right to Rent landlords are...

A regional fire service says a tragic anniversary is a good opportunity for agents and landlords to remember their legal obligations...

Doncaster council has paid £100,000 to a private landlord who threatened to take it to court over alleged slander.  Local media outlets say...

Propertymark’s Money Shield service and the National Approved Letting Scheme have each received government approval to operate Client Money Protection schemes. From...

Another controversial scheme licensing landlords who let their homes out may face legal challenge. Middlesbrough council’s formal consultation on the introduction of...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman - the agency at the centre of the long-running legal dispute with OnTheMarket - has acquired the Rowcliffes...

A landlord who left his tenant homeless after changing the locks while he was on holiday has been hit with a...

A legal firm has renewed its criticism of local authority licensing schemes, accusing them of “persecuting” landlords. David Kirwan, managing partner at...

Council enforcement officers have raided a house in Wembley, north London, and found 19 tenants paying a landlord £1,000 a week. Brent council’s...

One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...

The latest report for the rental sector by the TDS Charitable Foundation calls for greater cooperation between property professionals and tenants...

London-focussed lettings agency ludlowthompson says buy to let landlords across the country claimed a record £17.7 billion in tax relief last...

There’s been an angry reaction to the suggestion that London’s Labour mayor, Sadiq Khan, is seeking to introduce rent controls in...

A leading PropTech exponent is supporting the government’s Housing Court initiative, suggesting it could make redress for agents, landlords and tenants...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

One of the largest players in the Build To Rent sector has snapped up a site in a major city centre...

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...

Early bird tickets for this year’s ARLA Propertymark Conference, happening just days before the likely introduction of the ban on tenant...

Councils have been accused of routinely pursuing the most serious enforcement option open to them if they find a local licensing...

Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties will today...

The High Court today begins a Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme. The scheme began operating nationwide in...

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...

Buy to let investor Changhaiz Ishaq has been ordered to pay a £8,510 fine for defying a prohibition order on his...

A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...

A Private Members’ Bill which will allow private rental sector tenants to sue over the conditions of their properties is just...

Famous buy to let landlord Judith Wilson has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay almost £15,000 costs for failing to...

Increased use of PropTech by letting agents can cut rent arrears, minimise voids and reduce the financial and legal fall out...

A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...

A notorious rogue landlord must pay £1.5m or risk spending up to nine years in prison after what is thought to...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has published the latest version of its Effective Enforcement Toolkit - aimed at helping councils clamp...

The BBC claims that a lettings agency has been demanding hundreds of pounds in payment before prospective tenants are allowed to...

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...

Today sees the Second Reading in the House of the Lords for the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by...

Nottingham council - which recently introduced one of the largest and most controversial selective licensing schemes in the country - now...

A landlord is almost £42,000 worse off after repeatedly ignoring council orders to stop illegally letting so called “beds in sheds”...

Shelter is campaigning for the outlawing if default fees levied on tenants by agents in Wales. While the campaigning group welcomes the Renting...

A call has been made for the government to review the section 8 possession process as part of its call for...

The government is consulting on the proposal for a specialist Housing Court which, if it goes ahead, would be a “single...

Local authorities across the UK are to get another £2m to crack down on rogue operators in the buy to let...

A council says it has been preparing prosecution and penalty notices “for hundreds of private landlords that have failed to apply...

Tenants are now a step closer to being able to sue landlords if they do not properly maintain their properties. The Commons...

MPs in the House of Commons will today debate the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, promoted by a Labour backbencher...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

A London agency has been fined for the second time in 11 months. Local media in Barking, east London, report that Primelodge...

The Home Secretary has been asked by a leading lettings sector trade organisation to ensure hard copy documents are given to...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

The Association of Residential Letting Agencies has set up a course - for non-members as well as members - on Ending...

The head of a lettings agency has refused to sign a pledge document put to him by a protest group - and...

Labour has outlined its proposals for the private rental sector if it gains power at the next General Election - and...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

There have been “significant leaps forward” in the standards of the private rental sector in the past four years, but safety...

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...

A lettings agent who let a tiny room behind a kitchen in a property in London has been ordered to pay...

Trading Standards departments in London are asking renters to name and shame letting agents who are not complying with the law...

Shadow housing minister John Healey has given his backing to a Labour MP’s attempt to introduce a mandatory national register for...

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has this week launched a new Training Academy which aims to help landlords, agents and property...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

The mystery surrounding a lettings and estate agency on the island of Guernsey offers an insight into a system where companies...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on the West Tower in Manchester’s Deansgate, bringing the firm’s total of BTR units in...

The rental market is being warned of the dangers from unsafe gas and electricity supplies caused by meter-tampering.  Research undertaken by the Grosvenor...

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...

The government’s controversial Right To Rent policy is to be challenged in the High Court just before Christmas. It was announced in...

The Residential Landlords Association has told another council that its plans to introduce selective licensing in areas of its town are...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it’s asking its member to get behind Gas Safety Week which takes place from...

A buy to let investor has been fined £1,750 because of his alleged “aggressive practices”.  Shafaqat Ali Sadiq, of Derby, has been...

A date has been set for the next stage of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill, which is being promoted...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector, says it has pre-let 50 per...

More big fines have been handed out in recent legal action regarding buy to let investors who have not stuck by...

No fewer than 93 per cent of landlords financing buy to let property chose a fixed rate mortgage in the second...

The Residential Landlords’ Association says proposals from Great Yarmouth council to introduce selective licensing in one part of the town contains...

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to...

Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s...

A new analysis reveals that it takes an average of 118 days for court-appointed bailiffs to remove tenants from private homes...

Airbnb, which is facing tough local restrictions in many of the largest cities in which it operates, says its new link...

The pressure group Generation Rent has joined forces with other critics of the private rental sector to demand an end to...

The government has issued a new How To Rent guide - a key document which agents or landlords managing their properties...

A respected property lawyer says she wants a change in the law to prevent unscrupulous landlords from offering accommodation in return for sex.  Liz...

Legal & General, one of the biggest players in Britain’s burgeoning Build To Rent market, has exchanged contracts on its largest...

Three agencies have been heavily fined after a property in London was being used for multiple occupation with 11 people living...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...

Property expert Kate Faulkner says the massive surge in new regulations, legislation and fiscal measures aimed at the private rental sector...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme. The first is Bower & Bower (B&B), a sales and lettings...

A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...

The High Court has this afternoon agreed to allow a judicial review of the government’s Right to Rent policy. Right to Rent...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...

The controversial Right To Rent regime whereby agents and landlords are expected to check the immigration status of would-be tenants is...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

Figures from the Home Office show that as of the end of March, a total of 405 fines for non-compliance with...

A national charity is calling on the government to tighten the 'default fees' clause which is part of the Tenant Fees...

Today Trading Standards teams across the country will highlight the work they do to protect landlords and tenants from rogue letting...

A rental sector supplier claims huge numbers of tenants are extremely ignorant of the health and safety issues surrounding their rental...

A new survey of tenants suggests many know little about essential maintainance of their property, and often fail to check the...

The scramble for members amongst rival redress systems continues apace. Earlier this week The Property Ombudsman announced it was to waive joining...

The chief of a PropTech firm says letting agents should consider participating in the growing Build to Rent sector.  Until now, many...

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...

Belvoir Lettings has announced that industry veteran Michael Stoop has joined the board as a non-executive director, with Nicholas Leeming stepping...

The Property Ombudsman has released details of two letting agencies expelled over financial issues, and the extension of an expulsion period...

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties.  From...

A property management company has been landed with a legal bill of almost £2,000 after admitting that it failed to keep...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...

An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...

Letting agents who act on landlords’ instructions to refuse tenants claiming benefits may be breaking the law. A legal case recently found...

A specialist insurance firm claims that only 17 per cent of tenants receive the latest version of the mandatory How To...

Trade bodies have started to react to last evening’s Panorama programme claiming alleged abuse of the Section 21 eviction system in...

The successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed.  Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...

We’re grateful to The Property Group, an agency in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, for alerting us to an incident involving its Mayfair Town...

The veteran estate agent Michael Stoop has become a non-executive director of Sorbet, a PropTech company which has created a software...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its opposition to Right To Rent, and is backing two legal challenges to the measure. Letting...

It’s been revealed this morning that there are two legal challenges being mounted against the Right To Rent policy, which obliges...

A TV news programme has exposed how a sleazy male landlord - who presumably did not instruct a letting agent -...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts to acquire land in the centre of Brighton in order to deliver the city’s first...

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...

Agents and landlords with responsibilities to ensure gas checks are carried out in private rental properties may have more flexibility over...

Rent Smart Wales says it is “heartening” that there has been a substantial recent rise in the number of agents, properties...

The chairman of the Residential Landlords Association has written in the Labour-supporting New Statesman magazine about the need for the lettings...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is the latest industry body to throw its weight behind the Private Members’ Bill that...

Lettings agency Haart says the government should go much further than the legislation it is supporting giving tenants the right to...

There have been more expressions of support from industry bodies for the Private Members’ Bill from Labour’s Karen Buck MP which...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind a Private Members Bill which wants tenants to have the...

The government has taken the unusual step of working with a Labour MP to ensure her Private Members Bill can become...

In an unusual move the government has today, Sunday, announced that it wants tenants to have the right to take legal...

Romans’ lettings managing director Michael Cook has given details of his agency’s approach to identifying and responding to sub-letting. Cook says: “We...

Legal & General - one of the country’s largest players in the burgeoning Build To Rent sector - has made a...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has today announced three expulsions of agencies as a result of non-payment of rent or awards. Firstly, a...

Buy to let expert Kate Faulkner says tenants should undertake more research on agents, landlords and properties before choosing a place...

The UK’s army of buy to let landlords will still benefit from £16.7 billion worth of tax relief even after the...

Figures released by the government show huge support for the extension of the offences under which agents and landlords may in...

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...

There has been another prosecution under the controversial Rent Smart Wales regulations - although this time the landlord in question was...

A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...

A leasehold campaigner has called on the Queen to end her support for what he calls the UK's “feudal leasehold system” by changing the...

The Tenancy Deposit Service has created the new post of chief operating officer, with the first postholder charged with “leading our...

The selective licensing scheme operated by Newham council in London is reported to have won government backing to be extended until...

Foxtons has been fined £35,000 for failing to prove to a local council that a house it was letting was safe...

A database of rogue letting agents and landlords and new banning orders, first promised in the Housing and Planning Act announced...

The owner of a property firm who reportedly misled tenants and let an illegally converted property has been jailed for 155...

Legal & General, one of the largest operators in the growing Build To Rent sector, has acquired a 272 acre site...

A report on progress into the Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s new code - introduced precisely a year ago - suggests more still...

The buy to let sector should prepare itself for issues which may arise if the government goes ahead with its intention...

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

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...

The government has announced that all letting agents will be required to “satisfy minimum training requirements” in order to trade. The provision...

A leading legal expert specialising in the private rental market says the sector should set up basic procedures to protect against...

The Law Society Gazette has given more details of a Parliamentary Bill in preparation to give more powers to tenants to...

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...

A leading legal firm is staging a free and interactive seminar on sub-letting, aimed at letting agents. The event takes place on...

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration has started what is described as an official inspection of Right To Rent. Legislation...

A local authority has prosecuted a landlord for illegally evicting a tenant. Tendring district council prosecuted Lisa Bottone of Chelmsford who admitted...

Build To Rent developer Be says it is moving to a no-fees model for its development at Hayes in west London....

A lettings agency chief who monitors legal action against rogue agencies and landlords says almost £850,000 of deposits have been stolen...

The BBC says Right To Rent legislation is fuelling a burgeoning market in fake IDs - in some cases creating access...

Almost a third of renters in the UK do not have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm in their property, with four...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has issued a 10 point guide for tenants - with the emphasis very much on...

The CLA says the energy efficiency regulations for the lettings sector coming into effect in April are “fundamentally flawed” when it...

A buy to let investor reported to be receiving rental income of £150,000 a year must pay over £340,000 after illegally...

The director of a lettings company has been banned from holding company office for eight years following the revelation that he...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has thrown its weight behind Gas Safety Week, which runs until tomorrow.  “As Gas Safety Week...

A lettings agency and its director have been ordered to pay more than £2,500 in fines and costs for illegally advertising...

Greenwich is licensing all Houses in Multiple Occupation from October 1 - just the latest London council to tighten its private...

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector.   In...

A series of free legal events for letting agents and landlords is to launch this month with an advisory session on...

A London council has won its appeal against Foxtons using the term “administration fees” in its lettings charges.    Back in 2015 Camden...

Rokstone has launched a new lettings division, operating out of the firm’s existing Marylebone offices and covering both short and long term...

Almost a fifth of landlords say they are now less likely to let to EU nationals or people from the European...

The government is being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) to do more to enforce compulsory fee disclosure. Since May 2015,...

A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...

The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO) has extended its expulsion of a letting agency by an additional four years. Premier Property Management, based...

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for evicting a tenant illegally.  Last week, Suhail Mahmood, 30, was convicted at Sheffield Magistrates'...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...

Reference provider Rent4sure says agents should beware of the growing issue of online identity fraud, especially hitting people in their 30s.   A...

The Bank of Mum and Dad isn’t just a phenomenon in the sales market - new research shows it’s a growing...

A tenant appears to be entitled to pay sub-market rent for the rest of his life after a legal case involving...

A legal firm has added its weight to the warning that many Airbnb hosts could be, by accident or design, breaching...

A London council is using dawn raids in its clampdown on illegal subletting and on so-called ‘beds in sheds’ where tenants...

Humberts has launched an online-only lettings option for landlords with a PropTech firm which has previously operated a service described as...

Lettings transaction platform Goodlord is branching into rent protection with a product that can be integrated into the company’s app.   “Agents can...