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The chief executive of Propertymark has made an outspoken attack on the government in response to its latest attempt to extract...

The Budget on Wednesday will contain a £300m tax raid on the rental sector according to a report this morning -...

Two former housing ministers are at war with each other after an attack on Rishi Sunak’s premiership in today’s Daily Telegraph. Sir...

Plans for leasehold reform face a major early stumbling block as analysis shows plans to retrospectively introduce a cap on ground...

Inheritance Tax totalled £4.6 billion for the HM Treasury between April and October - that’s £500,000 up on the same period...

The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...

A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...

Two agents who helped establish a multi-million-pound drugs ring in two cities have been jailed. Ossama Omar and Mohamed Latif ran Platinum...

A second agency chief has warned the Conservatives of the possible electoral consequences of higher taxes aimed at the private rental...

A PropTech supplier is warning lettings agents that they risk being outpaced by competitors if they neglect social media. Craig Vile, director...

A PropTech firm says Open Banking could help to transform the lettings industry for the better if it is fully embraced.  And...

Media reports in Stoke on Trent say a man was arrested after a police raid on the Homes2Let lettings agency in...

The campaigning charity Shelter claims 14 per cent of adults in England - that’s six million people - are more worried...

Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...

A lettings agency is in the news because it has asked a student to stop using a specific room in a...

Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....

West Midlands Police have revealed that a major drugs racket being run by a rogue landlord from his properties in Coventry...

A law firm is warning that agents and landlords should carefully follow correct procedures if they suspect a rented property is...

Propertymark has created a 29-point checklist in line with the Government’s current property industry guidance, most recently updated on May 13.  Propertymark...

Home offices aren’t all about laptops and wifi routers….they’re about gorgeous views too. So thanks to Marc Morrish, a director and auctioneer...

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...

A Sheffield agency has suffered two break-ins over just four days, with computers stolen and offices damaged. MorfittSmith’s sales office was the...

Officers from a local council simultaneously staged 10 dawn raids on properties owned by unlicensed landlords. All the terraced homes, in Slough,...

A dawn raid by enforcement officers from a London council has discovered 17 men sleeping on mattresses in a three bedroom...

Labour has given shocking new details of its proposals for the private rental sector including £100.000 fines if properties are deemed...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally letting his property out to 11...

A joint operation between Avon and Somerset Police and North Somerset council has uncovered a string of issues connected with rental...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has released a five point plan on how the public can choose a letting agent. 1....

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £60,000 after - in the words of the council - “being found...

Local authority officers have found three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Brent,...

A rogue landlady has been hit with a fine of £24,000 after conning her tenants and the local authorities with a...

Another think-tank has come up with reforms which it wants the government to make to the private rental sector - and...

A dawn raid on unlicensed HMOs in north London last week were the latest sign of a crackdown on rogue operators...

A lettings agency and its director have been fined a total of £30,000 for failing to licence HMOs and giving sham...

Council enforcement officers have raided a house in Wembley, north London, and found 19 tenants paying a landlord £1,000 a week. Brent council’s...

A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...

A lettings agent described as ‘rogue’ by a London council, along with two lettings companies, have been heavily fined for operating...

A London local authority is looking for the landlord of a bungalow which had two bedrooms but was home to 15...

A London council has agreed to a TV crew taking part in a raid on an overcrowded and unlicensed HMO. The surprise...

A tenant who was ripping off other tenants in an overcrowded bungalow "death trap" has been fined tens of thousands of...

A head tenant who changed the locks on a property that was illegally sublet to no fewer than 35 men has...

A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...

A London council has been the first in the country to use the Proceeds of Crime Act for a breach in...

Two landlords and two tenants were fined a total of over £11,000 after losing their appeal against housing convictions concerning property...

Crooked letting agents and landlords have raided close to £1m from tenancy deposit accounts in 2017, new figures show. Campaigning agent Ajay Jagota,...

A dawn raid on a home in north London has discovered 35 men bedding down on mattresses in every room except...

A London council is using dawn raids in its clampdown on illegal subletting and on so-called ‘beds in sheds’ where tenants...

Council officers discovered men living mattress to mattress inside a run-down flat above a commercial premises during a dawn raid.   Police and...

A family of rogue landlords who crammed 31 tenants into a 'Slumdog Millionaire'-style shanty home have this month been found guilty...

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

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

A senior Labour politician in a London borough has branded so-called ‘rip off landlords’ as “the scourge of London.”   Councillor Laila Butt,...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

A Prohibition Order has been served on the owner of a flat being let to an elderly couple - one of...

A letting agency has been fined after one of its landlords was found to be cramming six families into an unlicensed...

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

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

A raid on a house has uncovered appalling conditions including a Slumdog Millionaire-style shanty town shack made from wood offcuts, pallets...

The government is being warned that without changes to the Finance Bill currently going through parliament it will effectively be forcing rent...

A landlord who illegally converted a house to squeeze 28 tenants into just seven rooms has been handed a £20,000 fine...

There has been yet another prosecution over an unsafe house in multiple occupation.   Syed Masum Ali appeared in Stafford Magistrates Court and...

There was a series of raids on HMOs led by a local authority early one morning at the end of last...

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

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham council, one of the most active in chasing up private rental sector issues, has discovered...

The BBC’s One Show has shown an immigration raid on a property, of the kind that may become more common once...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

New funding will help up to 65 councils tackle rogue landlords who let out substandard homes including the hated Beds In...

A series of raids on privately let properties in the westcountry appear to have taken place as a way of holding...

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

The owner of a Leeds lettings agent fought back when masked men armed with a hammer, baton and metal bar raided...

Three agents have been announced as winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for June.   The Birmingham Central branch...

Some companies pride themselves on being able to accommodate customers of all kinds. “No job too big or too small,” they...

OK, you’ve had your fun. Now let’s leave the regulators regulate and work for the public. If you don’t know what...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...