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A major north of England local authority wants to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live, following analysis...

A legal expert for ARLA Propertymark is recommending that letting agents consider serving a second Section 8 notice if a tenant's...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

A rent guarantor service says the rental sector has investors and landlords who are happy for tenants to defer rent payments...

The role of lettings agents has never been more crucial to landlords and tenants than it is now and will be...

North of England lettings agency Matthew & Evans Rentals has been kicked out of the Property Redress Scheme, one of the two...

A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...

The legal industry says the end of the eviction ban must be the moment to ensure the widest number of tenants...

The decline of the high street - which has been accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic - is forcing commercial investors to...

Some 25,000 investors and landlords have signed up to receive a free expert guide from Zoopla in just over a week...

ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...

Two suspended sentences, community service, a fine and disqualification from being a director - those form the penalty for a rogue...

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A new product aims to improve tenant referencing by shifting the emphasis to the renters themselves. LegalforLandlords has just launched its new...

Agents and landlords must now give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict, except in the most serious of cases,...

Student renters want break clauses automatically included in tenancy agreements to protect them financially in the event of a second wave of...

Move iQ, the consumer-facing property service led by Phil Spencer, has teamed up with a lettings sector insurance provider which could...

A council has won a planning appeal banning the use of a property for short lets - considered a landmark case...

Tenant concierge service Tenant Shop is linking with Legal & General to offer insurance products across the private rental sector.  Tenant Shop...

A Derbyshire estate agent has escaped a driving ban after being found smoking cannabis in a car. Annabelle Lamb was spotted with...

The chief executive of campaigning charity Shelter claims some lettings agencies are ignoring the recent ruling that private landlords cannot discriminate against...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

David Cox’s departure as chief executive of ARLA Propertymark last Friday was well signposted, particularly when he was advised he could...

A service called Landlord Advice UK is offering free no-obligation consultations with landlords dealing with evictions over the coming months. Under the...

The Generation Rent campaign group has made its second plea to Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick in 24 hours - both on...

A debt charity is urging the Housing Secretary to pledge that no one who has lost income because of Coronavirus will...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has told the government of “illegal evictions by letting agents” - without specifying the incidents he refers...

PropTech company Goodlord has acquired referencing platform Vouch to form an industry player that will be handling over 500,000 references per...

In what is claimed to be an industry first, PropTech platform Goodlord has signed the Race Fairness Commitment. This commits Goodlord to...

David Smith - a solicitor specialising in residential property, agency and regulatory law - today launches a book advising property professionals...

One of the biggest names in the Build To Rent sector, Legal & General, says all of its new housing stock...

The council at the centre of one of the planning controversies involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has issued a warning to...

A prominent economist who has called for a raft of measures to protect tenants during the Coronavirus crisis is now calling...

Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...

Pro-tenant campaign group Generation Rent says judges should have more power to protect tenants from eviction while the Coronavirus outbreak continues. The...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

A property built without planning consent and then illegally let to a family has been knocked down by Ealing council in...

The director of renters’ campaign group Generation Rent says the long-running scandal of a planning decision made by the Housing Secretary...

A legal expert says the Court of Appeal ruling on S21 possession orders last week has resolved one of the most...

Successes for the private rental sector may seem few and far between these days but the Court of Appeal has now...

It’s been revealed that a legal group is considering how courts will consider eviction cases when the current ban is lifted...

Airbnb has been ordered to pay some 52,000 euros in compensation to the owner of an apartment in Paris after a...

ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...

The Law Society for England and Wales says legal aid should be made available for tenants who face eviction once the...

The managing director of an insurer and legal services supplier to the lettings industry has accused some tenants of using the...

A lettings sector group says there was never any eviction crisis looming for private tenants, contrary to a slew of recent claims. New independent...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry has warned that any extension to the current evictions ban would risk hurting the...

Residents at home during lockdown who may have seen families crammed into overcrowded HMOs are being asked to report the properties...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

Campaigning charity Shelter, which has been outspoken in its criticism of many letting agents in recent years, has now produced a...

Labour’s proposal to extend the current ban on private rental sector evictions could end up with some landlords in financial ruin.  Landlord...

PropTech company Teal Legal has designed a new tool which it says will help restore confidence in the property market once...

Labour wants tenants running up arrears during the Coronavirus crisis to have two years to repay them, as part of a...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

Agents and landlords who use unorthodox methods of securing obligations from tenants to pay their rent during the Coronavirus crisis may...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

Once the worst of the Coronavirus crisis passes there’s likely to be much more regulation of parts of the rental sector...

A leading PropTech expert has urged lettings agents to improve their administration and paperwork if they want to avoid what could...

One of the country’s largest Build To Rent players, Legal & General, says it’s to construct another 350 homes as part...

PropTech firm Goodlord is hosting two webinars - the first of which is today - looking at issues surrounding rent defaulting...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

The lettings and management software platform teclet has announced its latest partner - LegalforLandlords. Agents using teclet - which is currently offering...

Gas and electrical safety certificates should be extended for six months to cover for the impact of the Coronavirus.  The call comes...

Student bodies want letting agents to acknowledge that many students have lost their incomes and have been forced to return to...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Hello - we hope you had as good an Easter as possible in these unusual circumstances, and welcome back to work. Now...

One of the lettings sector’s biggest trade bodies is calling on government to make a clear statement to help landlords who...

Liverpool’s Labour council, which was prevented by the government from extending its city-wide licensing scheme for another five years, is seeking...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

Labour’s latest suggestion for the private rental sector - a rent holiday for tenants during the Coronavirus crisis - has been...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

The government has relaxed some provisions of the controversial Right To Rent regulations for the duration of the Coronavirus outbreak. The temporary...

A lettings agency has given a full apology after a letter - not approved by the company - was sent out...

The former operations director at Purplebricks says he is waiving fees for letting agents who want to join his new online...

All court possession orders are being suspended from today as part of the changes to the private rental sector to cope...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

The departure of almost all students from UK universities and colleges back to their parental homes for possibly several months has...

Hello - here we are with Friday’s help and advice.  A reminder, if you need it, that we want to share your...

It’s easy to forget in the Coronavirus frenzy but from tomorrow, Friday March 20, all tenancies are to become subject to...

Labour says the government should ban evictions for people who fall behind on their rent due to Coronavirus. John Healey, the shadow...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

With confirmation that Section 21 will be scrapped, how can agents get ready for life after no-fault evictions? The short answer is...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

An online student publication is urging readers who are tenants to “go lawsuit crazy” when the full provisions of the Homes...

The Property Ombudsman is warning agents not to discriminate against tenants through a No DSS or any similar policy. Following the legal...

The controversial Acorn group of anti-letting agent activists has been accused of intimidation of female staff during a protest outside and...

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...

A landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to harassing and financially exploiting...

New regulations mean highest risk rental properties may not have legally binding electrical safety cover for a prolonged period of time. That’s...

A jailed letting agent in a long-running legal saga has now been told she must repay her victims some £43,000 -...

A London council says nearly half of the Airbnb-style short let properties available in its patch last year exceeded their legal...

A seminar roadshow has been announced for letting agents considering quitting the sector.  LegalforLandlords says it’s organised the six events after discovering...

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...

A new service called Cornwall Housing Private Lets has been set up in the west country to try to lure private...

The government says it’s working on an online digital Right To Rent status checking service for agents and landlords to use,...

A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

Liverpool’s Labour mayor says he is confident that the city will, after all, be able to renew its city-wide licensing scheme. Housing...

A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...

One of the country’s top law groups has backed government moves to scrap Section 21.  The call comes from the Law Society for...

A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...

Another Labour council wants to introduce a city-wide landlord licensing scheme - a proposal that would require government approval to implement. Last...

A newspaper in Liverpool has sharply criticised the government for refusing to allow the city council to continue a huge landlord...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...

The Labour party has mocked the government’s £4m new funding for councils to combat rogue agents and landlords as “puny.” A statement...

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents and The Guild of Property Professionals have both given their backing to the government’s latest...

A new trade body set up to represent companies working with hosts using Airbnb and similar platforms says the government should...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...

A rogue landlord has been found guilty of unlawful harassment and misleading and aggressive practices, and will be sentenced next month. Ragoopathy...

The Times claims there have been well over 200 complaints lodged with redress schemes, alleging that lettings agents tried to charge...

A league table has been drawn up revealing the UK’s possession order hotspots - just as the government seems keen to...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

One in seven British renters expect their landlords to resolve arguments over bill payments, a utilities provider claims. The study, by Glide,...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...

Specialist buy to let mortgage lender Paragon has welcomed Labour's General Election pledge to force rental properties to undergo an annual...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

A former Labour councillor and solicitor Muhammad Harun has been jailed for 16 months after pleading guilty to two counts of...

The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...

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...