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A lettings company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

A new block of apartments on the banks of a photogenic canal has been given the planning green light - but...

The government is intervening further in the running of Liverpool council, which operates a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme. Housing Secretary...

A property management company has been fined for failing to repair an open sewer in the garden of a rental property. SRA...

A controversial Labour council that locked horns with the government over landlord licensing is now submitting a new proposal for its...

Liverpool's mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation. Anderson has been an outspoken...

The controversial Liverpool council licensing scheme is to be policed through the use of what the authority calls “cutting-edge big data...

The government has rejected a council’s bid to extend its licensing scheme for privately rented housing. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local...

A buy to let investor has been hit with a bill of almost £9,500 after being accused of allowing a tenant...

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

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has rejected a bid by Labour-controlled Liverpool council to extend its licensing scheme for five years. Government approval...

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

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...

A council is warning agents and landlords not to sit on long term vacant properties.   The warning, from Liverpool council, comes as...

Controversial licensing conditions for a city’s landlords have been changed following complaints from an industry group.    Liverpool council has modified the conditions...

Liverpool council has completed only 648 of 39,100 licence applications by landlords in the first six months of its controversial scheme.  The...

The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a deal which gives its members a 50 per cent reduction if they sign...