Even as he was being elected as Mayor of London for a record-beating third successive time, Sadiq Khan was under pressure...
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![London Mayor capping some student rents in the capital](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Over £100m has been invested into a new site that will offer purpose b built accommodation for 713 students beds in...
23 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan’s ‘rental summit’ excludes agents and landlords](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SadiqKhan-4-400x310.jpg)
Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, held a summit yesterday about the capital’s private rental sector - but he did not...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on agents by council officers with qualifications](/upload/images/Locations/GreaterLondon-400x310.jpg)
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan wants is introducing a new qualification and training for borough council housing enforcement officers to...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![London agents hit with more and larger fines by local councils](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fined-400x310.jpg)
Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Letting agent’s huge fine is largest in five year compliance clampdown](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fine-2-400x310.jpg)
An analysis of the Mayor of London’s Rogue Landlord and Letting Agent Checker shows that since it was introduced in 2018...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Labour and Generation Rent join forces again for rent controls](/img/default/lat.png)
The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Huge licensing crackdown in 2021 gives agents a chance to shine - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Landlords slam London Mayor's call for ‘disaster’ two-year rent freeze](/img/default/lat.png)
The National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has slammed London Mayor Sadiq Khan's call for a rent freeze in the capital. Yesterday, ahead...
17 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lettings body backs Labour call for private rents to have ‘benefit cover’](/img/default/lat.png)
The new National Residential Landlords Association has backed calls from the Labour Mayor of London to ensure the benefits system covers...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fatal fire in unlicensed house leads to fine and entry on rogues database](/img/default/lat.png)
A judge has ordered two landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working...
30 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls debate: more criticism aimed at Labour’s Sadiq Khan](/img/default/lat.png)
The appeal by Labour’s Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to be given powers to introduce rent controls have been dealt a...
15 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Oops - tenants less likely to vote, despite politicians wooing Generation Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
It may seem as if governments and councils are falling over themselves to change the private rental sector to win the...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Surveyors want immediate regulation of rental sector - and an end to S21](/img/default/lat.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors wants the government to implement recent recommendations to regulate the agency industry, starting with the...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lettings trade body congratulates Johnson on election success](/img/default/lat.png)
The lettings establishment has sent its congratulations to Boris Johnson on his election as Tory leader and, from this afternoon, Prime...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ban these short let adverts! - trade body and Labour unite in plea](/img/default/lat.png)
The Mayor of London is under pressure to pull advertisements calling on landlords to stop providing homes for Londoners and move...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb backs call for mandatory registration system for short let properties](/img/default/lat.png)
The Mayor of London is calling on government to introduce a new registration system for anyone wishing to rent out a...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Major milestone as all London boroughs sign up to ‘rogue database’](/img/default/lat.png)
This week marks a major milestone in Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's efforts to crack down on the capital's rogue letting...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Short-lets management firm says it backs Labour call for sector regulation](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the many firms that has sprung up to manage Airbnb-style short let accommodation says it backs the Labour Party’s...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![NALS reveals big annual fee increases for London lettings licences](/img/default/lat.png)
Research by NALS has revealed extensive increases in the cost of licensing of lettings properties and landlords by local authorities in...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Clampdown on rogue agents and landlords welcomed by PropTech firm](/img/default/lat.png)
PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Named and shamed - ARLA backs Mayor's rogue agents database](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![MP raises concerns over Airbnb's impact on London market](/img/default/lat.png)
An MP has written to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, raising concerns over the effect short-term lets regulations are having...
22 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Sadiq Khan sets out first details of 'London Living Rent'](/img/default/lat.png)
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced the first details of his plan to introduce a 'London Living Rent'. This new...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Coup for Fixflo as it joins Sadiq Khan's high-tech trade mission](/img/default/lat.png)
Fixflo has stolen a march over other PropTech companies by being the sole representative from the sector to be invited to...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Boris knew agent accreditation scheme was doomed to fail, says new Mayor](/img/default/lat.png)
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has criticised Boris Johnson's handling of the London Rental Standard, an accreditation scheme for landlords...
02 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Letting agency drops all fees charged to tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
A letting agency in London has announced that it has dropped all fees it charges to tenants. STANLEY Chelsea, a one branch...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Industry body demands action over scandal of 'buy to leave'](/img/default/lat.png)
Action is needed to tackle the scandal of ‘buy to leave’ investors who are denying Londoners the homes they need, according...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Labour calls for control on agents' fees and new landlord register](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published his manifesto which returns to the party’s recent themes of...
10 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Shelter sets lettings sector 'test' for London mayoral candidates](/img/default/lat.png)
Campaigning charity Shelter says it is setting a lettings sector ‘test’ for candidates vying to become the next Mayor of London. “Early...