Archive

A landlord has been fined over £3,800 for letting out an unsafe and unlicensed HMO. South Gloucestershire council issued the landlord a...

Police have issued a warning to landlords after a property was left badly damaged by an illegal cannabis grow. The property -...

Generation Rent claims a proposed government amendment to the Renters Reform Bill may ‘trap’ victims of domestic abuse. Generation Rent - which...

Following a spate of fires in rental properties a home insurance expert is warning people of the hidden fire threat of...

A private landlord from Bridlington has been ordered to pay £1,500 for putting tenants into a dangerous property, thereby breaching a...

A fire and rescue service has successfully prosecuted a landlord for failing to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order...

Anonymous reports of energy theft have skyrocketed by 62% since 2021, Crimestoppers’ figures reveal.  In 2023 alone, the charity received 11,552 reports...

Landlords who paid Capital Gains Tax at 28% - before the Chancellor reduced it to 24% in this month’s Budget -...

Generation Rent has issued an angry statement about amendments to the Renters Reform Bill - just as one MP says agreement...

Renting out dangerous properties in Cardiff has cost two landlords thousands of pounds. Rowshanara Begum has been fined £20,000 at Cardiff Magistrates'...

Bristol’s controversial Labour council is extending previous licensing schemes to other parts of the city at some £1,800 HMO per licence...

The landlord of a flat has been ordered to pay a total of £3,287 for failing to carry out repairs.  Carlo Ykhlef,...

A newly-nominated candidate in this spring’s London Mayoral election has vowed to lower private rents if he wins. Serge Crowbolder, currently a...

One might immediately answer 'no' to this question, but does the HMO property industry possess adequate understanding of this delicate subject...

The Labour Party has committed to extending a crackdown on social housing landlords who fail to fix mouldy homes, to include...

The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...

Urgent action is needed by government to protect tenants who live in poor quality private rented homes, MPs have demanded. A report...

The think tank Policy Connect is warning that landlords have reported that sub-standard carbon monoxide alarms are persistently available online, leaving...

There is to be no comparable law for private landlords, following the introduction of Awaab’s Law. Earlier this week the Department of...

New plans to clamp down on rogue social landlords who fail to provide safe homes have been announced today. This is part...

A London council has prosecuted a landlord for failing to carry out repairs on his property and causing a severe health...

The chief executive of Generation Rent has slammed the chair of the NatWest Bank for comments over first time buyers. At the...

Christmas goodwill towards landlords seems in short supply from activist group Generation Rent.  It has this week issued a statement saying the...

A controversial licensing scheme is due to come into force tomorrow - just as the council administering it has declared itself...

Shelter has issued new claims about homelessness triggered in part by private rents, as it prepares for its annual festive fundraising...

Landlords have been urged to protect their properties against bed bugs with regular inspections. Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent...

A fire and rescue service is urging tenants to know their rights when it comes to fire safety. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue...

The sudden drop in temperature as we move into Autumn isn’t just a shock to the system, it can also lead...

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...

A charity claims that apparent delays to the Renters Reform Bill, which has yet to get a Second Reading in the...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords to take responsibility for issues of damp and...

Housing associations are urged to urgently check building specifications for the use of Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete or RAAC. RAAC is the...

An unlicensed landlord has been ordered to pay back almost £15,000 in rent to his tenants after they were forced to...

A loans company, Moneyboat, has issued a series of tips for renters before and during their tenancies.  It claims that by avoiding...

Landlords are unwittingly exposing their tenants to the serious danger of fire because they opt for the cheaper option when hiring...

Over a third of homes in England are at high risk of overheating as summer temperatures of 40oC and above apparently...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using landlords to do her dirty work for her. In a response to the...

Landlords who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

Millions of UK landlords will be adversely affected by the Renters Reform Bill, a solicitor warns - the latest law expert...

A prominent lettings industry figure has summed up the continuing rental market frenzy in three words - “the madness continues.” Andy Halstead, HomeLet &...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has announced its decision on base rate. It will rise by 0.25 per cent to...

A controversial licensing scheme will come into force this winter with the blessing of Housing Secretary Michael Gove. Nottingham council’s selective licensing...

The increasing likelihood that the private rental sector will be obliged to allow more pets into lets simply demonstrates the need...

Rogue landlord Hazmar Fauz of Welwyn in Hertfordshire has been given a hefty fine of over £15,000 for a series of...

The Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill has passed its third reading in the House of Lords and is set to become law...

A landlord and his property company have been ordered to pay a total of £40,000 in fines after a council says...

An experienced property lawyer who has specialised in residential landlord and tenant law for 22 years says she is embarrassed at...

A group of rental activists in London claims that over 10,000 private rented homes in the borough of Brent have a...

Police in North Yorkshire have given landlords a list of danger signs following a surge in cannabis farms. Rental properties in the...

A Labour pressure group wants the party to campaign on housing at the next General Election, including railing against what it...

Activists who until last week were focussing their campaigning on demanding the publication of the Renters Reform Bill have now announced...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

A landlord and two businesses have been fined over £145,000 following a fire in a building containing residential flats and a...

Housing minister Rachel Maclean has been ridiculed by a TV show audience over her claim that Brexit has no part in...

A new report claims that many social landlords have inadequate policies to support survivors of domestic abuse. The report, published this week...

Both the Generation Rent activist group and London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan have issued a joint attack on private rental sector...

The London Mayor has been told to act urgently against the landlords of so-called ‘exempt accommodation’ in London. This is the largely-unregulated...

A third of landlords say that the scrapping of Section 21 is of major concern to them according to a Mortgages...

In the last three months of 2022, mortgages agreed for the coming months were down by a third from the previous...

Activist group Generation Rent is demanding that the government tighten regulations on damp and mould - and is tying this to...

Flat-pack furniture giant IKEA has teamed up with campaigning charity Shelter to highlight the issue of homelessness. The Scandinavian firm, citing Shelter’s...

Campaigners behind the National Empty Homes Week - running until March 5 - are accusing some second home owners of “flipping”...

A landlord of a home with unsafe electrics has been issued with a fine of £7,500 by a west country council. Following...

Illegal meter-tampering is putting people’s lives at risk as they resort to increasingly desperate measures to reduce spiralling energy bills, two...

A Conservative controlled council in the Cotswolds has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, urging him to implement rental reform legislation. The...

When life is impossibly expensive, it’s not a surprise to see a rise in financial abuse. And to make matters worse,...

Proposals have been brought forward by Wandsworth council in London to set up a review into the feasibility of introducing discretionary...

Rogue landlords who exploit the supported housing system at the expense of vulnerable residents could be banned from operating or fined...

A prominent figure in the lettings industry is warning the Tories against ‘stealth increases’ for Capital Gains and Inheritance taxes. David Alexander...

A landlord has been found guilty of three housing offences after it was discovered a property he let out posed a...

* Angels Media and Landlord Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - A landlord has been...

Oxford’s private rented sector faces its biggest shake up in over a decade with the start of a new licensing scheme...

A landlord has been hit with a huge £23,000 fine for failing to properly maintain two HMOs. Landlord Lystra Dorval from Ilford...

ARLA Propertymark has released details of its written response to a Parliamentary committee investigating the impact of Airbnb-style short lets on...

Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s...

As the providers of housing for tenants, landlords are responsible for ensuring the property is safe for those living in it. Various...

As part of The Renters’ Reform White Paper, the UK government proposed that all tenants be moved onto a single system...

Electricians have revealed the 10 most dangerous mistakes made by those attempting electrical DIY, with some possibly leading to serious injuries...

Two tenants who were amongst a group of activists in a battle with their landlord have written in a left-wing journal...

A re-offending landlord housed himself and five tenants in what has been described as a death trap property.  The rogue Harrow landlord...

Private rental properties are now “far safer” than before thanks to recent legislation, according to the charity Electrical Safety First. Since five-year...

The campaigning charity Shelter - once a critic of government policies over letting agents and landlords - has given a ringing...

Landlords are in danger of losing the narrative again. With rental inflation hitting record levels, much of the noise we see in...

The Health and Safety Executive is urging landlords to check the credentials of gas fitters following a case heard recently in...

A trade union has called on the government to “look at all forms of rent control” as a way of combatting...

Labour MP Hilary Benn has spoken out in favour of buy to let landlords currently expected to pay towards remediation work...

The government says major house builders have agreed to spend £2 billion on fixing the dangerous cladding on their own buildings,...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...

The leader of the Generation Rent campaign group has accused Chancellor Rishi Sunak of “stacking the economy against private renters who...

A second-offence landlord has received fines totalling £5,259.75 after council officers found nine different safety violations at a single property. The building...

In this weekend feature, Daniel Evans, chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) and the managing director of Home...

A cross-party group of MPs has opposed government plans to make many buy to let landlords pay for the replacement of...

Local media in Scotland report that no fewer than seven landlords have been struck off the register of landlords operating in...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer and more transparent - but...

In this feature article, Stuart Kerr from Restorations UK sets out why this could be the worst winter yet for mould...

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...

The government has been accused of basing its policy to solve the cladding crisis on the assumption that landlords are Property...

A last ditch bid is underway to include the properties of all landlords in the programme of financial help to remove...

Experts are predicting that the exclusion of large scale landlords from cladding relief may lead to significant delays in some safety...