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The average water bill has risen by 6% in England and Wales in recent days, which could see households having to...
13 April 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Burnley council says it’s considered the findings of a six-week public consultation and is set to increase planning controls over the...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
While parts of Britain are considering tightening rules over Airbnbs and other short lets, the Channel island of Jersey appears to...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...
20 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...
28 February 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
A council is reminding prospective tenants about the importance of making sure their next shared rental is licensed as a house...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...
24 February 2024
From: Top tips & guides
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 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
A bid to make three Northumberland holiday cottages available as permanent private residences has been rejected by planners. At a time when...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...
27 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice has received a hefty fine. Sultan Mahmood, of Woking, was...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A council has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was initially fined £4,000...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent north of England council has launched a six-week public consultation on proposals to tighten the planning rules around converting...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A tenants’ union has developed an app which it claims makes it easy to complain about short lets. Living Rent - a...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord who let tenants live in properties riddled with hazardous electrics, unsafe boilers, mould and no smoke alarms must pay...
20 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Over the last 15 years, the HMO market has been transformed. Back in the ‘90s, multi-lets were mainly student housing or cheap...
16 September 2023
From: Agent Advice
A northern council is considering tightening the planning rules around converting properties into HMOs. A report to Burnley council’s executive recommends removing...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
It’s hardly surprising that the property auction market has seen an increase in activity in recent years, with buyers looking to...
02 September 2023
From: Top tips & guides
The Generation Rent campaign has launched a petition on its website to give councils power to license holiday lets. The campaign claims...
01 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is boasting that it’s taking a "really hard line” over HMO regulation. New rules in Blackburn with Darwen prevent family...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
New laws mean commercial property must now have an energy efficiency rating of at least E before a new lease or...
05 August 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
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 plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent activist group claims holiday homes are eroding the supply of available properties in key tourist areas. It claims 80...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK has long been a pioneer in terms of Net Zero goal setting, but many people across the nation remain...
27 May 2023
From: The Big Issues
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
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
Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...
22 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
A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £33,000 in costs for illegally running an HMO. The three-bedroom HMO was identified...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £15,000 after illegally altering buildings he let out as HMOs in the...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords converting a property of any size to rent out on multiple tenancies in seven areas of a London borough could...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Dacorum council in Hertfordshire has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was fined...
08 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A controversial new report demands that the government uses next month’s Budget to sharply increase tax burdens for landlords. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s...
24 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
New rules introduced by a council in south east England will prevent smaller homes from being converted into Houses of Multiple...
09 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
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
It’s been known for over a year that John Lewis wishes to diversify into the private rental sector and now it...
05 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
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
Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
AirBnb owners are leaving the market for long term lettings following changes to the regulations in Scotland according to a leading...
14 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
Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The new academic year is just around the corner, so many landlords will be thinking about student housing sector to diversify...
20 August 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
Hounslow council in London has introduced new measures for conversions of family homes into HMOs for three to six tenants. Investors will...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A council says it’s going to introduce stricter regulations for HMOs - and it hasn’t yet even finished its formal consultation. Hounslow...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
London-focussed lettings agency Douglas & Gordon gives its rundown on what new landlords should know to get the most out of...
02 July 2022
From: Agent Advice
Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will further rise from £1,971 to £2,800 in October this year, amid an...
25 June 2022
From: The Big Issues
A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000. In...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...
19 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...
05 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
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
The Council for the Protection of Rural England is the latest body to blast Airbnb and other short lets for their...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The government looks set to clamp down on holiday rentals and will this year formally consult on the concept of a...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A Midlands city is starting consultation on a major extension of powers over HMOs. Leicester council wants to have an extended Article...
04 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Two married landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice. Kartar and...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A London landlord has been ordered to pay almost £275,000 for failing to comply with an existing planning enforcement notice. Mrs Anja...
14 October 2021
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
Demand for property with land has risen significantly over the last 18 months according to a buying agency - but it’s...
15 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being invited to a free webinar that promises to bring them up to date with the new planning regime...
24 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
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A property company and its sole director landlord have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £50,000 in fines and...
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
With the staycation boom caused by Covid-19, which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future as travel restrictions remain for...
29 October 2020
From: Property Investment & Strategy
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
Local people in a part of Wales claim they are being priced out of their communities by investment buyers and second home...
15 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
The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show takes place at the NEC exhibition centre in Birmingham later this month and you can now claim...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Following on from the successful South East Homebuilding & Renovating Show that took place at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The minister for local government, housing and planning in Scotland, Kevin Stewart, has received a joint letter from the UK Short...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...