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A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...

Landlord Action founder Paul Shamplina says landlords are still being hit by unacceptable delays in regaining possession of their properties. Shamplina has...

The government has overturned its policy to relax HMO regulations on private rental properties used by asylum seekers. The policy had previously been...

As we all now know, the Government has acknowledged that the ban on Section 21 eviction notices cannot not come into...

The leader of Landlord Action has commended the efforts of MP Theresa Villiers for raising issues surrounding court delays which must...

HM Courts and Tribunals Service has halted the work of bailiffs on safety grounds.  An incident is under investigation, and it’s believed...

Eviction experts claim the UK court system is nearing crisis point as many County Court bailiff evictions are being put on...

A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...

A team of experts has released a report that responds to government reform plans - and it insists that if Section...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

A court has told a multi-millionaire landlord he must pay £125,000 after a 10-year campaign of abuse against a local council.  Last...

Private landlords in a major UK city must now provide an emergency out-of-hours contact number for dealing with anti-social behaviour, the...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

It’s understood there will be a Christmas truce with tenants not enduring bailiff-enforced evictions between December 13 and January 10. HM Courts...

With more than 60 per cent of landlords losing rental income during the pandemic, it is no surprise that many are...

Outspoken landlord Fergus Wilson, who has reportedly become a millionaire through his buy to let investments, has been hit with a...

London based landlord and property developer Richard Leahy has agreed to hand over assets worth almost £2m. This settles a civil recovery...

An eviction specialist says the average time to evict a tenant could soar by six months once the current ban comes to...

Multi-millionaire landlord Fergus Wilson - at one time described as Britain’s most successful buy to let landlord - is reported to...

From today possession cases with severe rent arrears will be exempt from the effective ban on evictions applying to the England...

An industry service supplier has revealed the scale of the backlog in possession cases which cannot be pursued to eviction because of...

It’s been confirmed that during the current one month lockdown in England there will be no enforcement of possession orders except...

A leading property lawyers says he’s willing to act for landlords to take the government to judicial review over its latest...

Bailiffs have agreed to a government request not to enforce court orders against tenants in Tier 2 and Tier 3 locations. This...

A specialist property litigation firm is warning buy-to-let landlords not to discriminate against benefit claimants, following a recent landmark ruling that...

A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has lost an appeal at the High Court after he built an extension on a property...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, often leads...

Chasing an ex-tenant for money owed on unpaid rent is challenging at the best of times, and so imagine the difficulty...

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged by the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) not to follow new guidance from the government on its...

Boris Johnson is being to urged to do more to support investment in the private rented sector, as research shows that...

Private landlords will have a major say in a court case considering the future of the government’s Right to Rent scheme. The...

The two candidates for Conservative leader are being urged to make a public commitment to abolishing the controversial Right to Rent...

Few people familiar with the UK property market would dispute the fact that the Right to Rent scheme has been deeply...

EU citizens may face problems getting rented accommodation in the UK after Brexit due to a lack of guidance for landlords...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme, which requires landlords in England to check the immigration status of their tenants, has been...

New enforcement rules covering living conditions in private rented housing in Hull look set to be introduced after Humber Landlords Association...

The Home Office has announced that it plans to reassess its Right to Rent scheme that requires landlords in England to...

The government faces growing pressure to scrap Right to Rent, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, after the...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are discriminating against prospective tenants based on their nationality and ethnicity due to the impact that...

A Judicial Review of the government’s controversial Right to Rent policy, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, will...

The High Court has shut down a Ponzi scheme operated by a property investment firm after ruling that it was misusing...

The Home Office is to reconvene its Private Rented Sector (PRS) stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. The government plans to take...

Buy-to-let landlords could have grounds to challenge HMO licensing fees which could save them hundreds of pounds each year, according to...

The government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme, which forces landlords to undertake immigration checks on prospective tenants, is to be challenged in...

The High Court has given the go-ahead for a legal review to be launched into the government’s Right to Rent policy. The...

The controversial Right to Rent scheme requiring landlords to check the immigration status of new tenants is fuelling discrimination and should...

The government is facing a High Court challenge this week to stop it forcing buy-to-let landlords to check the immigration status of...

Aaron Cambden reflects on the Leeds City Council v Broadley Appeal Court ruling, including his tips for landlords.  Landlords are not responsible...

Landlords have welcomed an Appeal Court ruling that buy-to-let landlords are not responsible for paying the council tax on a property...

Last week’s High Court ruling that only parliament could start the process of leaving the EU is likely delay the triggering...

A man has been sentenced to almost three-and-a-half-years in jail after being found guilty of remortgaging his elderly parents’ £1.5m house...

Landlords represented by Cherie Blair have failed in their legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set...

Landlord Action says under-resourced county courts are struggling to cope with the number of possession claims being put forward, resulting in...

A blog post by eviction specialists Landlord Action has exposed bad tenants who can clearly afford to pay the rent but...

Landlord Action has appealed to the Ministry of Justice to transfer more evictions to the High Court. The eviction specialists claim the...

A legal bid to stop Croydon Council’s plans to license private landlords has been unsuccessful in the High Court. At the Royal...

The council which became a standard bearer for so-called ‘landlord licensing’ - Enfield in north London – appears to have abandoned...

Croydon landlords have launched a legal challenge against selective licensing in the borough. A group of landlords operating as the Croydon Property...