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A council has secured a banning order against a landlord, taking effect almost immediately. The order is against Grzegorz Surminski, a landlord...
15 December 2023
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A court has heard that Amjad Ali Khattak, owner of a flat in Oxford, removed his tenant’s possessions and left them...
25 April 2023
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A landlord will have to pay £22,861 after he failed to apply for a licence to operate an HMO. Mohammad Safdar, of...
20 April 2023
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As much as 75 per cent of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) for the next educational year has already been taken...
24 January 2023
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A landlord has been given a severe warning over a Glasgow apartment that has been home to a noisy bagpiper and has...
10 November 2021
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Police in Devon say they will be cracking down on holiday homes let by landlords in contravention of Coronavirus lockdown rules...
20 January 2021
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There was more choice for those looking to rent in October, reflected by a notable rise in the number of homes...
26 November 2019
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The proportion of homes let in this country by overseas-based landlords has increased, new figures show. The latest data from Hamptons International,...
11 November 2019
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The proportion of ‘accidental’ landlords has dropped year-on-year for the first time since 2014, fresh analysis shows. One in 14, or 7.1%,...
15 October 2019
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The majority of landlords in the UK’s private rented sector do not believe that new Prime Minister Boris Johnson has a...
02 August 2019
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Some 12% of properties in the private rented sector are now owned by a company as tax changes make private landlords...
24 July 2019
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There was a notable drop in the number of new rental listings, while the volume of properties let last month also...
23 May 2019
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There has been an improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...
23 April 2019
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There was a significant drop in the number of new rental listings, while the volume of properties let last month also...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News
There is a misconception among some people that all buy-to-let landlords are wealthy, but the reality is that most operate as...
07 February 2019
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The proportion of let properties in the UK owned by overseas landlords is at its lowest in almost a decade, new...
17 December 2018
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There has been sharp slowdown in rental market activity as we draw closer to the festive period, the latest data from...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News
There was greater choice for those looking to rent last month, reflected by a sharp increase in the number of properties...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News
The proportion of let properties in the UK that are owned by overseas landlords has dropped dramatically, according to new figures. The...
13 August 2018
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There has been a further improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property...
17 July 2018
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Following a slowdown in rental market activity in April, new letting data from the Agency Express Property Activity Index has revealed...
21 June 2018
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There was a decline in the number of properties let last month, as a fall in supply restricted choice for prospective...
18 May 2018
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A number of buy-to-let landlords who failed to provide tenants with a copy of a ‘How to Rent’ guide – a...
02 May 2018
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There has been an improvement in the letting market, according to board company Agency Express. The number of new rental property listings...
20 April 2018
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The private rented sector has enjoyed a strong start to 2018, according to the Agency Express Property Activity Index. National month-on-month figures...
20 February 2018
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There was a drop in the number of properties let last month, as a lack of supply restricted choice for potential...
19 July 2017
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There has been a notable decline in the proportion of overseas based landlords in the UK as a growing number of...
18 July 2017
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Luton Council is considering introducing a ‘selective licensing’ within the town, and has this week launched a consultation regarding proposals to...
12 July 2017
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There was a significant fall in both the number of new listings and properties let last month, as a lack of...
18 May 2017
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The owner of a rental property in west London, which was described by a judge as a “deathtrap”, has been told...
02 May 2017
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There was a significant increase in both the number of new listings and properties let last month, but the rental market...
20 April 2017
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The proportion of homes let through a limited company reached an all-time high of 20% in the first quarter of the...
18 April 2017
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The UK’s rental market showed signs of weakness last month, as the number of homes to let fell as uncertainty and...
20 March 2017
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The UK rental market has enjoyed a strong start to the year, according to the latest data from Agency Express. The letting...
16 February 2017
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Activity in the letting market improved dramatically in November, according to the latest data from Agency Express. Across the UK, the number...
19 December 2016
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Activity in the letting market slowed in October, according to newly released data from Agency Express. Across the UK, the number of...
18 November 2016
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Activity in the letting market continued to grow in September, new figures from Agency Express show. Across the UK, the number of...
22 October 2016
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There was a sharp decline in the amount buy-to-let investors borrowed to acquire property in August, reflecting the fact that a...
13 October 2016
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The chancellor Philip Hammond is being urged to reverse George Osborne’s outright assault on buy-to-let by scrapping the 3% stamp duty...
03 October 2016
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The rental market remains strong despite a marginal slowdown in activity levels last month, new data shows. Analysis of sign boards by...
16 September 2016
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The number of new rental property listings increased by 3.6% during July, according to the latest figures from board supplier Agency...
17 August 2016
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There was a rise in the volume of homes ‘to let’ and ‘let’ last month, owed in part to the buy-to-let...