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Four landlords have been fined and ordered to pay costs totalling £232,155.68 in the first prosecutions of its kind brought by...

Belvoir has told shareholders and the City that it now has 57,637 lettings units under management following the addition of 1,310...

Belvoir is recruiting more central office staff to support franchisees, with a 40 per cent increase in workers at the company's...

A letting agent working for Leaders has been appointed as the new ARLA Propertymark board member for the Midlands. Duncan Chambers, who...

A landlord is facing prosecution for failing to comply with various HMO regulations.  For the last two days, Paul Turner has appeared...

A landlord has been found guilty of letting a property with "extremely dangerous electrics" as well as no heating and a...

Lancashire town Blackburn has recorded the highest increase in average rental yield over the last year, according to LendInvest.  The online mortgage...

Failing to provide an energy certificate and not complying with an improvement notice has resulted in a landlord being ordered to...

Property managers operating through a company have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 following a dawn raid that uncovered more...

Two former University of Lincoln students are to launch a students-only lettings portal on June 1, allowing agencies and private landlords...

Countrywide has revealed that it has acquired 30 lettings businesses in the past year alone, expanding the firm’s rental sector headcount...

The Local Government Association says recent prosecutions show that councils are cracking down on illegal evictions by landlords and their agents...

Lettings and sales agency Sharman Quinney has acquired Gilbert & Thomas Estate Agents.   This takes Sharman Quinney’s network total to 20 branches...

A landlord has been ordered to pay a total of £8,680 after failing to comply with formal council notices to improve...

A property being let out in Lincolnshire produced an unexpected surprise for the agent and landlord handling a routine inspection -...

A letting agency accounts clerk recruited to replace an employee dismissed because of theft has now herself been found guilty of...

As this year’s SAFEagent Awareness Week draws to a close today and thousands of agents have been raising the profile of...

A landlord has been left with a £1,600 bill for failing to comply with an improvement notice over a four year...