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A council has prosecuted an agency and landlord for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar Homes Ltd...

New laws to limit rent increases to once a year in Northern Ireland have moved a step closer and lettings agents...

An agency has been hit with a £330,000 bill after being found guilty of poor management of an HMO. Magistrates have found...

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

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

Tell us about Airthings, why it was established, the products and what problem they were coming to solve? Airthings was established in...

A local council is warning the HMO rental sector that tenants may be put at unnecessary risk as a result of...

A buy to let investor has been found guilty of letting out poor quality living accommodation that was said to pose...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...

A rented home in Mansfield was found to have serious health and safety hazards, including a leaking roof and a lack of smoke...

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

Inventory reports are increasingly revealing illegal safety and compliance issues within tenanted property, a trade body claims. The Association of Independent Inventory...

A compliance company has accused “thousands” of buy to let investors of failing to address major household hazards which render properties...

A landlord has been hit with a total fine of almost £40,000 for breaching House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) management regulations. David...

The council behind a controversial private rental sector licensing scheme is trying to justify its introduction on health and safety grounds. On...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...

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

West Midlands Police and Birmingham council teamed up to investigate a property in the city which was riddled with health and...

The local authority in Manchester is proposing to introduce a landlord licensing scheme in the north of the city and has...

Letting agents will be pleased to hear that landlords who manage all aspects of tenancies on their own are being warned...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has launched a new version of its Fire Safety Logbook which has been endorsed by the...

A mortgage chief has spelled out what many in the rental sector already know - that the new laws, rules and...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it strongly supports new health and safety legislation coming into effect today - but...

Letting agents and landlords can use AIIC independent inventory clerks to conduct the checks on smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms...

A group of estate agents have teamed up with a local fire and rescue service to launch an initiative aimed at...

York Council is seeking the introduction of fixed penalty notices for letting agents and landlords in the city who are found...

A letting agency that failed to apply for House of Multiple Occupation licences at three properties in Birmingham has been fined...

A landlord has been ordered to pay fines adding up to over £6,600.  Balwinder Singh Dhadwal was prosecuted at Dudley Magistrates’ Court...