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A landlord who has repeatedly flouted housing rules has been fined a further £36,000 following a prosecution brought by a council. Giuseppe...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Around half of first-time buyers say their prospects of owning a home are further away than ever due to the ongoing...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Specialist investment lender Hodge has joined forces with Propflo, a PropTech startup, to urge customers to make their properties more energy-efficient...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A controversial wealth management company claims that almost two thirds of private tenants have suffered a deterioration in their mental and...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A new housing deal will provide another 92 Build To Rent units run by Legal & General. The properties will be two,...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A survey by an activist group suggests that one in three tenants claim that their private renting conditions are impacting their...
19 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A Selective Licensing scheme proposal is out for consultation in the Scunthorpe area - with a harsh message from a council...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A council claims “hundreds of residents have been made safer in their homes” thanks to a licencing regime. Sheffield council insists the...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has welcomed a consultation proposal by Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham. Burnham’s Greater Manchester Good Landlord...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A London council has prosecuted a landlord for failing to carry out repairs on his property and causing a severe health...
09 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Labour’s Mayor of Greater Manchester and former Cabinet minister Andy Burnham says this year is when he will ”get serious” about...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Private tenants are being encouraged by a local council to report damp and mould issues to their landlords. Shropshire council says private...
14 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A rogue landlord and his company have been found guilty of failing to licence an HMO and breaches of management regulations. Broadland...
06 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The rise of platforms such as Airbnb has opened up new possibilities to generate extra income by renting out spaces. From spare...
23 September 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
A new licensing scheme for landlords in one of the country’s most controversial cities is likely to be approved next week. Nottingham...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A think tank says household costs are under more pressure from the cost of living crisis than in the pandemic, with...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The perennial shortage of new homes in the capital has now collided with a sharp increase in government regulation, a tripling...
28 January 2023
From: The Big Issues
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent campaign group says the latest English Housing Survey shows that 23 per cent of private rented homes fail...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A group wanting pets to be allowed in private rental properties says its research shows the issue is not opposition from...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
New research from animal welfare charity Battersea - the new name for the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home - claims 50...
05 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Prominent buy to let service the Mortgage Advice Bureau has announced a new partnership that should allow landlords to arm themselves...
01 August 2022
From: Breaking News
New selective licensing measures are to be introduced across three parts of Leicester in a new clampdown on landlords. The combined areas...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
An organisation that helps promote the Build To Rent sector says BTR should take credit for many of the changes proposed...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A Labour city council that has already called for powers to impose rent controls has now extended its existing landlord licensing...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A council says it’s going to clampdown on landlords who are “keeping deposits unnecessarily” and agents “charging unpermitted fees.” The pledge comes...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A charity is warning that landlords may not government help in reaching new EPC targets. Citizens Advice Scotland says the private rental...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A new study by a university suggests that some tenants are apparently afraid to speak out about the condition of the...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A cluster of councils in the south of England want to know how Covid-19 has impacted landlords and letting agents in...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A council has agreed to set aside £30,000 to pay for private rental deposits as a cheaper alternative to bed and breakfast accommodation. The ruling...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A new purpose-built student accommodation complex in Swansea pledges to shake up the way students live in the city with, amongst...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Social renters have the lowest life satisfaction and experience the greatest anxiety according to analysis by a property management firm. Lettings company...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the candidates for next year’s London Mayoral election wants to put pet-friendly tenancies for the private rental sector as...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Technology colossus Samsung has teamed up with a Build To Rent provider to create what it calls “next generation neighbourhoods” of...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
If you are dreaming of buying a property in Spain, there is so much to think about and many things to...
30 October 2020
From: Top tips & guides
A student accommodation search platform says Coronavirus means landlords and academic authorities have to consider possible break clauses and premature tenancy ends...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic uncertainty has swept the globe and has cause a number of markets and industries...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A free rental helpline has been launched by rental deposit replacement scheme Ome. The introduction of the Rental Wellbeing Helpline has been...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Private renters who contract coronavirus should be able to live rent-free for up to three months, according to a leading tax...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News
With many tenants being forced to get rid of their pets under current rules from their landlords, the government is planning...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Affordability is the most important issue facing students when renting, according to the latest UK student accommodation survey. The study, undertaken by...
07 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Cardiff based housing association Cadwyn is calling for more private landlords with properties in the city to lease their properties with...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 for illegally renting out an overcrowded House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without...
29 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The cost of living alone has hit 92% of income, making it far harder for single people to get a foot...
05 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Pet-friendly rentals are growing in popularity, as reflected by Zoopla’s latest analysed search data from its keyword property search tool, which...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the government’s suggestions to help fix the UK’s “broken housing market” was to oblige landlords to offer tenancies with...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News
The views and opinions of British and international students regarding their accommodation choices across the UK have been unveiled in the...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Retired homeowners have gained £9,744 each on average in property wealth over the past 12 month despite uncertainty in the property market,...
07 September 2018
From: Breaking News
More than two thirds of UK renters have no plans to acquire a property, according to new research by landlord insurer...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord who let ‘hazardous’ properties in Leyland has been fined £20,000. Leyland Estates Ltd was prosecuted at Preston Magistrates Court after...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News
A buy-to-let landlord has been fined almost £34,000 for putting tenants at risk. Harbhajan Singh Dhami pleaded guilty to not one, but 32...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
A private landlord in Northampton has been fined £3,300 and ordered to pay the council’s £1,890.26 legal costs along with a...
12 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The UK has dropped into the bottom five European buy-to-let markets for investors as UK yields plummet, according to the latest...
21 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A landlord who endangered the lives of his tenants has been successfully prosecuted and fined more than £200,000 for failing to...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been fined more than £5,000 after St Helens Council’s private sector housing team inspectors found fire safety issues...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Labour MP and gas safety campaigner George Howarth has tabled an early day motion (EDM) calling on landlords and social housing...
28 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Every landlord wants a happy tenant, as it makes it more likely that they will live in the property longer, pay...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News
Kicking off 2017, we’ve predicted stabilisation in the property market with sustainable growth and high demand. Whether you’re looking to take...
27 January 2017
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Harrow Council will take fresh measures to tackle rogue landlords by introducing new licensing schemes next week in Wealdstone and Edgware,...
27 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
No fewer than seven landlords have been fined thousands of pounds for renting out unlicensed properties in Blackburn as part of...
05 September 2016
From: Breaking News
A landlord in Wirral has been slapped with the highest ever fine handed out across the borough after pleading guilty for...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The government and local councils are not doing enough to clampdown on rogue landlords, according to a new report. A survey of...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Daniel Hill, managing director of Multi-Let UK, explains how you could build and manage a profitable HMO portfolio. Recent research fromMortgages...