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If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...

Property investment is a dynamic and diverse field, offering numerous opportunities for investors to grow their wealth. At Mortgage Scout, we...

An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...

A private landlord in Mansfield has been ordered to pay a £17,000 penalty after renting out sub-standard accommodation. The unnamed landlord, investigated...

A landlord has been found guilty of operating an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation and - in the words of a...

Landlords and letting agents are invited to join a virtual forum for details of a new licensing requirements and to find...

A landlord who failed to comply with an Emergency Prohibition Order to make safe an HMO has been fined £1,000 and...

Another landlord has been hit with a substantial fine for failing to licence an HMO. Ryan Antony Otto, a director of Otto...

A council has secured a banning order against a rogue landlord who was found guilty of failing to comply with legal...

Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £64,000 for breaking housing regulations. In July last year Sumon Miah was found...

A landlord who let out a property that raised serious concerns for the safety of 18 residents, including six children, has...

A landlord operating a House in Multiple Occupation without a licence has been fined £5,000. An officer from Chesterfield council carried out an...

Landlords in the East Midlands are invited to a virtual forum to find out about the implementation of two new licensing...

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord and his associated property firm for letting unsafe properties and being unlicensed -...

A landlord has been given a hefty fine for housing vulnerable tenants in hazardous conditions in a case brought by a...

A London council has prosecuted a landlord for renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple Occupation. Daniella Mbachu, who owns...

Rogue landlord Siddika Begum of Salisbury has been prosecuted for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the town. Begum...

A landlord has been convicted and ordered to pay more than £11,500 in fines and legal costs for the offence of...

Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...

A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record.  Sonia Nascimento rented...

A landlord who persistently broke residential lettings rules has been banned from operating in what a local council calls “a landmark...

A four year ban on letting any residential property has been imposed on a landlord found guilty of using accommodation that could...

Two landlords who illegally let a London property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to...

A landlord has been fined £6,000 for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation. Wolverhampton council prosecuted Aunberin Saddique after it...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...

A buy-to-let landlord is looking to increase the rental value as well as the future sale price of a property in...

A man deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence for a house in multiple occupation...

A quarter of private landlords plan to sell at least one property this year in the face of lower profits, according...

Just when we thought we might have finally made some credible progress on Brexit, it looks as though looming uncertainty will...

City of Lincoln Council has taken action against a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) landlord in Lincoln for failing to comply...

A man deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence for a house in multiple occupation...

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottingham been fined £6,000 and instructed to pay  £1,583.18 costs, along with a £170 victim surcharge following...

A private landlord in Evesham has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally renting his property...

Birmingham  City Council has taken action against a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) landlord in the Small Heath area in what...

A council used a plane with thermal imaging to catch unscrupulous landlords that allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions.  Several people...

A buy-to-let landlord in South Ockendon has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 for illegally renting out an overcrowded House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is calling on local authorities to take much firmer action against rogue letting agents that tarnish...

A two-speed market has emerged in the buy-to-let sector as most smaller landlords have stopped adding to their portfolios, while their...

A high number of landlords are struggling to keep up with new policy reforms, new research suggests. Market Financial Solutions has surveyed...

Brent Council in north London discovered three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in...

A private landlord in Doncaster has been found guilty of pushing a council officer down stairs during an inspection of his...

A buy-to-let landlord in north London has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 after breaching fire safety regulations and failing...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 in relation to 12 charges under the Housing Act after...

An unscrupulous landlord has been told to pay close to £25,000 after being prosecuted for renting out rooms in an unlicensed...

Toilet flushing discharged into the rear yard of a property, broken fire alarms and faulty electrics were among the defects found...

A buy-to-let landlord in Glasgow will be left out of pocket after the renewal of her house in multiple occupation (HMO)...

A family of slum landlords who crammed 31 people into a suburban four-bedroom house has been ordered to pay back almost...

A London-based property firm has been ordered to pay back 70% of their profits gained from renting poorly converted flats in...

Foundation Home Loans has unveiled a new three-year fixed rate product within its buy-to-let range. The limited-edition deal, available to limited companies...

A rogue managing agent of an overcrowded house of multiple occupation (HMO) in east London has been fined £26,000 for breaches...

A rogue agent and two lettings companies in north west London have been heavily fined for operating a dangerous unlicensed house...

As a landlord, it goes without saying that you must keep the property you provide your tenants with safe and free...

An unscrupulous landlord who allowed up to 40 tenants to live in poor conditions in a disused pub in North Wales...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £2,525 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Thurrock, Essex. Adeola Makinde was...

Foundation Home Loans has upped the maximum amount landlords can borrow and cut rates across its buy-to-let range, including products for...

A buy-to-let landlord in North West London has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 for licensing breaches in connection with...

An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...

A buy-to-let landlord in Birmingham has been fined £25,000 after pleading guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court for regulation breaches in relation...

A rogue landlord has been fined in excess of £20,000 after renting a single house out to three separate families. Veli Bunul...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined almost £34,000 for putting tenants at risk. Harbhajan Singh Dhami pleaded guilty to not one, but 32...

Rogue landlords are profiting from the housing benefit system by enticing desperate local authorities to place single homeless people into small...

A buy-to-let landlord who was convicted of nine counts of breaching regulations for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that he...

A buy-to-let landlord has been convicted of nine counts of breaching regulations for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that he...

A private landlord in Northampton has been fined £3,300 and ordered to pay the council’s £1,890.26 legal costs along with a...

A property firm with assets in the Virgin Islands has paid a £8,000 civil penalty to Brent Council after two tenants...

Action from Hertsmere Borough Council has left a landlord with a bill of close to £7,000 for letting an unlicensed property...

A landlord in Luton has been fined £11,620 for letting an unlicensed and poorly-maintained house in the town which is classed...

A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...

Brent Council has once again vowed to clamp down on rogue landlords in the local area after 35 men we found...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are turning their attention to student housing, which is regarded by many property investors as a...

There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...

No fewer than 16 men were found to be living in a one-bedroom flat filled with bunk beds made out of...

A landlord who allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions in Oxford has been handed a fine of £2,500. The poorly-maintained six-bedroom...

The owner of a rental property in west London, which was described by a judge as a “deathtrap”, has been told...

A landlord had been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after putting the lives of his tenants at risk. Daniel Woulfe of...

A private landlord has been fined by Willesden Magistrates Court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions following a prosecution by...

A landlord has pleaded guilty for failing to comply with license conditions at a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) she ran...

A criminal landlord has been handed a fine of almost £40,000 after he was caught housing 24 tenants in a rental...

A company has been handed a hefty fine by Islington Council for letting an unlicensed flat in the north London borough. Landhouse...

A new selective landlord licensing scheme will be introduced by Peterborough City Council in parts of the city where there are...

Private landlords in Ealing, one of London’s largest boroughs, will soon have to obtain a licence to operate a house in...

Three landlords in Oxford have been fined a total of £11,000 after being convicted of housing offences. Environmental Health Officers from Oxford...

The owner of a house in Whitethorn Way, Oxford, let to tenants as a house in multiple occupation (HMO), has been...

A Birmingham landlord has been handed a fine of more than £24,000 after being prosecuted for a string of offences. Salih Mahfood...

A landlord has been prosecuted by Reading Borough Council and ordered to pay £5,700 by magistrates after failing to meet national...

A Leicester landlord who rented out a house in multiple occupation (HMO) without a license has been ordered to pay almost...

A Plymouth landlord has been fined more than £20,000 after admitting renting out substandard houses to 30 people without obtaining a...

A landlord who let tenants sleep in an outbuilding in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex has been fined nearly £6,000. Syed Junid Ul Hassan Shah...

A landlord has been found guilty and fined for fire safety failings and denying that his property was being used as...

Two landlords in Leamington Spa in the West Midlands have been fined £27,000 for failing to manage a house in multiple...

An Islington landlord has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 after failing to licence a house in multiple occupation (HMO). Christos...

A Cambridge landlord has been prosecuted for putting tenants at risk by renting out an unsafe house in multiple occupation (HMO). Maciej...

A landlord in Coventry has been handed a £3,350 fine after a house in multiple occupation under his ownership was found...

A London landlord has been fined £160,000 and ordered to pay £40,000 prosecution costs for breaking fire safety laws following a...

A rogue landlord who rented out a sub-standard property in Brent has become the first to be fined under Brent Council’s...