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A London council has successfully prosecuted two landlords who failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice originally issued against substandard...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A landlord who was involved in a decade-long dispute with a London council has been hit with a £1.44 million penalty...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Government proposals on limiting short lets "fall a long way short of what's needed and will do nothing to put right...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...
26 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...
20 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Mohammed Sharaz, a landlord from Bradford, recently seized an opportunity to enhance his property portfolio after Wildstone acquired the gable end...
29 January 2024
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A flamboyant property in Oxford which has been the subject of a decades-long planning dispute has been removed from Airbnb by...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A local authority is reported to have said that a controversial new policy will reduce house values by five per cent. Gwynedd...
14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
An Airbnb flat owner in Scotland has been refused access to let out her flat because it is in a block...
11 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Recent years have seen a surge in the holiday lettings sector with the popularity of digital platforms like Air BnB. It...
08 July 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
A leading buying agent says changing planning priorities amongst London councils are likely to mean that large lateral apartments will maintain...
21 June 2023
From: Breaking News
16 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A consultation has been launched on changes to planning policy for HMOs in Exeter. The city council has a restriction in place...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
TV property expert Phil Spencer has called for a radical simplification of the rules surrounding landlord licensing, fees and other regulations. In...
15 May 2023
From: Breaking News
With the government considering short let landlords having to seek planning consent for the use of complete houses, AirBnb has announced...
09 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...
29 April 2023
From: The Big Issues
A Liberal Democrat MP is calling on the government to bring forward a clampdown on Airbnb and other short lets. The government...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
York council has set out strict guidelines for Airbnb style short lets and for holiday rentals. A statement from the Labour-controlled authority...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord has admitted breaching planning rules at two properties in south London. He submitted a guilty plea in response to Southwark...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
HMOs in the London borough of Brent must now win planning consent and meet a new set of criteria to ensure...
17 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Limits to the number of homes being converted into Houses in Multiple Occupation in parts of Leicester are due to be...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Twelve changes to taxes, rules and regulations in the next three years will add £20,000 to the price of a new...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A London landlord has been fined and ordered to pay a confiscation order for ignoring planning rules Magistrates ordered landlord Zulfiqar Ahmed...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A public consultation is underway to get feedback on changes to rules which would prevent landlords and property developers turning some...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord who lives in the US and lets her apartment out via Airbnb has been banned from doing so in...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord must demolish two penthouse apartments by mid July - or else go to jail. It’s being reported that a case...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The government is considering forcing landlords who rent out homes as Airbnb-style short lets to apply for planning consent. This would not...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Proposals to impose strict controls on Airbnb and other short lets - including possibly requiring planning consent and licensing - will be...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Build To Rent planning application requests have risen 52 per cent in the past year according to the latest research. However they...
16 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Eight landlords letting flats on the same street have been banned from renting them out on Airbnb. The Edinburgh News website says...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A council clampdown on four short let flats in Edinburgh has been backed by the Scottish Government. The council discovered that the...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A cluster of owner occupiers living near a city centre are demanding that landlords win planning consent before operating HMOs. The Gloucestershire...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Buyers of second or holiday homes in Snowdonia National Park should require planning permission to purchase. That’s the view of the park's...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords in Walthamstow, north east London, have been ordered to pay a collective total of £375,000 after modifying their buy-to-let...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has lost an appeal at the High Court after he built an extension on a property...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay back a whopping £190,000 after he was caught receiving rental from illegal flats. A...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Grainger PLC has submitted detailed planning consent for a Build to Rent scheme in Lewisham. The project on Besson Street, SE14, which...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Rental price growth in English cities undergoing extensive regeneration is outpacing the national average, new research shows. Looking at 12 cities in...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord who converted a flat in London Bridge into ‘cramped bedsits’ without planning consent has been ordered to pay...
02 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Castle Trust has launched a new unregulated bridging loan product that can be used for first charge buy-to-let cases of up...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord who allowed tenants to occupy rooms without windows after failing to get planning consent for a block of...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Property expert and entrepreneur Gill Fielding has been investing in property for several decades; long before the term ‘property investor’ was...
26 March 2019
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PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News
An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Legal & General has exchanged contracts on its largest build-to-rent (BTR) site to date located in Woolwich. The scheme, which has been...
04 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Landlords, universities and construction firms involved with developing student housing breathed a sigh of relief after HMRC’s appeal against a ruling...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...
01 February 2018
From: Breaking News
New rules making it compulsory for landlords to apply for planning consent if they wish to convert properties in the Royal...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
A private landlord who converted several houses into bedsits without planning consent has been ordered to pay more than £340,000. Latif Rehman,...
02 October 2017
From: Breaking News
A Lincoln landlord has been told to pay more than £8,000 for serious overcrowding and safety breaches. Abdol Ali Javid Keshmiri of...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house into two flats without planning consent...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord who forced susceptible women into prostitution and sexually assaulted others while ruling his £16m property empire has been...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord who allowed tenants to live in a shed without gaining planning consent from the local council has been...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News
A landlord who broke the law by converting a building into seven flats in east London without planning consent could be...
03 April 2017
From: Breaking News
The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Investing in property at auction is a popular choice for many buy-to-let landlords as there are some good bargains to be...
21 December 2016
From: Breaking News
A landlord in Hayes, west London, has been ordered to pay back more than £140,000 in rent she received unlawfully after...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Waltham Forest Council’s planning committee has awarded planning consent for the construction of a 440-home build-to-rent scheme in Walthamstow on the site...
26 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...
24 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Planning consent for the construction of an £82m private rented sector (PRS) residential waterfront tower in Liverpool has been approved by...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 for developing illegal flats at her property after being prosecuted by...