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Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

Four years after the first Covid restrictions, new research by Centre for Cities shows Londoners’ escape to the country during the...

Two landlords who let their two-bedroom flat in Tower Hamlets to as many as 22 people, have pleaded guilty to nine...

New figures from London-focussed agency Foxtons show applicant demand up 19 per cent in June, as the capital enters the peak...

A recent study by nationwide conveyancers Muve, using official data from the Office for National Statistics, has revealed the most and...

The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...

Local authorities exist to improve housing stock in their area; however, licensing is not the best way to improve standards across...

As much as 75 per cent of purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) for the next educational year has already been taken...

Research by a rental platform suggests there are currently over 65,000 short let properties being advertised in London alone. The platform, Rentd,...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

Research by rental portal Rentd suggests improved London yields this year after being in the doldrums during the pandemic. Rentd analysed the...

Covid-19 has undoubtedly shifted the way new landlords will be looking to invest in 2022, and our ranking makes it clear...

Rents in Greater London are up an annualised 25 per cent, with much of the increase attributed to the stock of...

A leading market forecaster has described the level of rent rises in one part of the country as “going ballistic”. “The London...

The Home property website has identified locations where rents have risen by up to 38 per cent in the past 12...

A Labour-controlled local authority with a reputation for clampdowns on rogue landyhas issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord and his associated property firm for letting unsafe properties and being unlicensed -...

Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...

A council says it’s “on the side of tenants” against landlords. The London borough of Tower Hamlets has renewed its Selective Licensing...

Landlords looking mostly long-term capital appreciation rather than yields may have to invest in an unlikely location which topped a league...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

The Momentum movement on the left wing of the Labour Party is staging a series of protests this weekend targeting landlords...

A London council is running what it describes as “an innovative project” to help private tenants reclaim rent from landlords who...

Two landlords have to pay almost £8,000 for letting their flats in defiance of a Prohibition Order.  The order came into force...

The owner of a property used for an illegal party has been fined by a London council for breaking lockdown. Police were called...

Two men have been ordered to pay almost £8,000 for letting out flats in defiance of regulations designed to keep tenants...

A lettings market monitor says the Greater London rental sector has in recent months switched from one of scarcity of properties...

Landlords are being encouraged to give their views on plans to introduce licensing schemes in a number of regions across the...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

Unscrupulous landlords in the East End of London been ordered to pay more than £100,000 over the past 12 months for...

Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...

Many tenants who own at least one pet have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...

Germany’s rent controls place strong restrictions on in-tenancy rent increases, while the ‘rent brake’ introduced a couple of year ago makes...

A buy-to-let landlord in London has been ordered to pay more than £9,000 for failing to license a HMO. Across Tower Hamlets,...

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

A growing number of young professionals and students are choosing to house share, driving up the average cost of renting room...

As an income investment, buy-to-let continues to look attractive, especially compared to low savings rates and stock market swings, but when...

There are growing signs of confidence returning to the London market, with a resurgence in house prices being anticipated owed in...

SDV HQ Limited, trading as Sterling de Vere, has been ordered to pay more than £50,000 after letting an overcrowded flat...

London now has significantly more Airbnb listings than ever before, with a growing number of buy-to-let landlords turning to the holiday letting...

While rental growth may have slowed in London over recent months, the appetite to invest in HMO properties across the capital...

Buy-to-let landlords looking for an impressive return on investment in the capital through Airbnb stays should look to invest in East...

A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...

After lobbying Tower Hamlets Council for three years, private renters in the east London district have finally been granted a new...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

Dlighted is trying to persuade more landlords and tenants to use its deposit-free renting service by claiming that at least £2bn...

Rental values have increased across prime central London over the past three months fuelled by greater demand from people looking to...

Generation Rent has renewed its calls for the government to ban letting agents from charging fees to tenants.  The group’s ongoing research...

A landlord who let out dark, damp and overcrowded rooms has been hit with a huge £67,000 fine. Rogue landlord Liakath Ali,...

A member of Labour’s London Assembly has warned that “Boris Johnson’s system of voluntary self-regulation is failing private renters in Tower...

Local councils are offering landlords cash payments of up to £4,000 to accommodate homeless families as a shortage of social housing...