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A London council has been found to have operated an unpublicised consultation exercise for a licensing proposal - and is now...

A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...

A private rental licensing consultancy has spotted that an additional licensing scheme run by a London borough council has now lapsed...

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...

Not-for-profit accreditation service safeagent says the government should ensure councils delay the introduction of all new private rental sector licensing schemes...

The government is being urged to speed up the release details of the future it sees for selective licensing following revelations...

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...

One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...

Agents and landlords are being advised to check the status of their HMO licenses in the London Borough of Harrow following...

Research by NALS has revealed extensive increases in the cost of licensing of lettings properties and landlords by local authorities in...

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

A London council is inviting letting agents in its boundaries to a briefing session tomorrow morning ahead of the introducing of an...

Research by the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has identified that some 93% of local authorities have failed to issue a...

An advice website claims that more than half of the privately rented properties in the selective licensing area imposed by a...

It appears that Wandsworth Council has backed away from a decision to implement a new landlord licensing scheme.   Research by London Property...

Two training seminars geared towards letting agents operating in London are being organised for the autumn.    Organised by the National Approved Letting...

Letting agents are being invited to join landlords and local authority rental housing experts in a Twitter debate on private rental...

A property consultancy specialising in licensing regimes for privately-let properties says there have been 580 housing prosecutions in London under the...