Police have issued a warning to landlords after a property was left badly damaged by an illegal cannabis grow. The property -...
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Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...
16 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
From: Sponsored Content
The Treasury has announced March 6 as the date for the Spring Budget and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has commissioned the Office...
06 January 2024
From: Tax & Finance
The Renters Reform Bill in its latest amended version now runs to 15 pages, and is available on the Parliament website. The...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has created two template email letters for landlords to use to urge MPs to minimise damage...
15 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Unpaid rent can cause significant financial problems for commercial landlords. Thankfully, there are several options available to address the issue. Simon Smith,...
09 September 2023
From: The Big Issues
The Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, says he is demanding the powers to seize usage or poor quality homes...
28 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent campaign has given its support to a call by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to be given powers to...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants new powers to impose higher tax on empty homes - and even seize them...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The so-called emergency rent freeze and eviction ban in Scotland “can serve as a Europe-wide template for protecting tenants rights” according...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...
19 March 2022
From: Rental Reform
Police have arrested a teenager who they found hiding in the loft of a rented house filled with cannabis plants -...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being urged to check their premises after officers recovered a huge stack of prepared cannabis from an empty café...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being urged to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...
30 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The landlord of two properties in Coventry has been arrested after police seized cash and drugs worth £400,000. The money and drugs...
11 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The UK economy shrank by a record 20.4% in April as the coronavirus caused huge swaths of businesses to seize trading and the government...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
An unscrupulous landlord who illegally rented out properties in Fife has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A private landlord in Doncaster has been found guilty of pushing a council officer down stairs during an inspection of his...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Tax and legislative changes have unsurprisingly left many buy-to-let investors with little alternative but to pass costs onto tenants by pushing up...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News
Dodgy solicitor Ross McKay, who helped a fraudster create a £10.8m property empire with the help of Tameside’s criminal underworld, has...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News
With an increasing numbers of rental properties being targeted by gangs of cannabis cultivators looking to house their criminal activities, it...
10 August 2018
From: Breaking News
When a landlord rented out a property in a quiet residential area in Plymouth Hoe last year, he had little cause...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Police in Plymouth have seized up to £50,000 worth of cannabis in a raid. Officers searched a rented property in Plymouth Hoe,...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been handed a £16,000 fine because his tenant would not stop playing loud music. Jason Duffield must pay the...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News
A private tenant in Motherwell faces a possible jail sentence after pleading guilty to producing cannabis at a flat in Addie...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Lord Flight, a former Conservative Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has once again slammed his own party’s buy-to-let tax changes,...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News
With an increasing numbers of rental properties being targeted by gangs of cannabis cultivators looking to house their criminal activities, it...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Landlords are being reminded to remain attentive when viewing or inspecting rental homes in order to weed out tenants that may...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News
The government is being urged to scrap stamp duty for buy-to-let landlords who want to add to their property portfolio and...