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A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...

A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...

London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

It already looks like 2023 is on track to see licensing fines for agents and landlords reaching nearly double the 2022...

A London borough has been identified as having 42 per cent rental inflation in the past year. Lambeth in the south of...

Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...

PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...

An analysis of lettings data across England and Wales shows that  there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in...

The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...

A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...

Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...

Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...

Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

A London council’s action against a property agent it has accused of “repeated negligence” has resulted in £37,000 of fines and...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

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

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

The Labour party has expressed outrage at the news that London councils are spending over £22m each year renting back homes...

Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...

A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...

It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...

The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...

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

London Bishops have written to housing minister Alok Sharma calling on him to do more to protect vulnerable private tenants. The Bishops...

Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...

Newham council in London has published the UK’s first ever ratings scheme for letting agents, in which firms receive anything from...

PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...

Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector.   In...

A council claims that up to 13,000 private landlords are “of interest” to HM Revenue and Customs, where there are alleged...

An economics academic says the country’s taxpayers should be “very angry” with the government for failing to collect taxes to which...

Newham council is to set up the UK’s first letting agents rating scheme to protect residents and landlords from rogue agents.   The...

Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...

The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...

A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...

Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...

The Residential Landlords Association has broken ranks with the Association of Residential Letting Agents by opposing an ARLA-backed public database of...

A council’s first case for non-compliance with its landlord licensing regime has seen one individual plead guilty to 12 offences -...

A branch of Foxtons has been fined £2,500 for failing to properly describe a fee charged to tenants.    The agency was caught...

Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...

The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed what it calls “worryingly low levels of enforcement of rented housing regulations” by local authorities. Using...

A local council has closed down what it describes as a ‘House of Horrors’ let to a family despite being in...

Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...

A landlord has to pay over £16,500 after being found guilty of failing to licence her ex-council flat with the local...

Newham Council has reported that in the two and a half years since its licensing scheme came into force it has...

Unitary local authorities where trading standards and environmental health teams work to the same objectives are more successful at clamping down...

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