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A landlord faces a hefty jail sentence unless she finds over £50,000 in the next three months - and on top...

A Manchester-based solicitors’ firm that incorrectly prosecuted a London council over a private rental case has been ordered to pay thousands...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

A landlord has been hit with an £11,800 fine for operating an HMO without a licence. Stoke-on-Trent council launched an investigation into...

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

Landlords need to work “proactively” with tenants if and when bed bug cases emerge, an industry figure claims. Jonathan Rolande of the...

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property agent has warned.  Jonathan Rolande says he is seeing...

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

Section 21: Research carried out by Leaders Romans Group has found that Section 21 is rarely overused, and even more rarely...

The landlord of a property dubbed a “house of horrors” by Barking and Dagenham council enforcement officers has been ordered to...

The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

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

An unnamed landlord has been banned from letting out his property after allowing it to fall into poor condition.  He was served...

A letting agent who campaigns against rogue landlords says the government has “no idea” how many convictions there have been regarding...

A serial-offender landlord has been fined for putting tenants at serious harm from fire and exposing them to substandard and dangerous conditions. Nilendu...

A pest control body has issued guidance for landlords about the emergence of cockroaches when heating is turned on. Heating ducts and pipes...

A landlord was almost reduced to tears after discovering a house he rented out ‘in a state of squalor’, with the...

An unscrupulous landlord has been fined £27,000 over an unlicensed HMO in Luton with multiple fire and safety breaches. ​ Luton Magistrates Court...

Invasive bamboo is becoming a problem for homeowners, including many buy-to-let landlords, many of which may not realise that most species...

Orbit, the owner of a number of buy-to-let properties in Coventry, could find itself in hot water over comments allegedly made...

With demand still far outstripping supply, buy-to-let remains an attractive asset class, but while the majority of landlords say they are...

Three fifths of Brits have experienced a pest problem within their home, with 64% of those who have had an infestation...

A buy-to-let landlord in Luton has been ordered to pay £8,510 by Luton Magistrates Court for continuing to rent out a...

A rogue landlord whose tenants were living in degrading conditions has been ordered to pay £9,000. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow Council...

An unscrupulous landlord who forced a tenant to live in appalling conditions has been ordered to repay more than £1,000 in...

Councils are being urged to do more to crack down on rogue landlords who are leaving thousands of tenants living in...

A proposal to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Nottingham has been given the green light by...

When renting out a property, most landlords opt to take a deposit from the tenant before the tenancy starts. The deposit...

As a buy-to-let property owner, the last thing you want is for your investment to be sitting empty. But it’s not...

Buy-to-let investors are being warned not to leave their properties to fall into disrepair after a landlord was found guilty of...

There are a significant amount of private landlords who fail to keep rental properties in a safe condition for their tenants,...

A Nottingham landlord has been ordered to pay £29,000 in fines after a rental property was found to be in what...

The Government is poised to introduce tough new laws for landlords this week – with fines of up to £30,000 for...

Private housing tenants from across income scales are living in unsafe homes that fail to meet basic legal standards, a report...

Rogue landlords are raking in £5.6billion a year for unsafe homes that fail to meet legal standards, a report by Citizens...