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A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...

A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...

An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £50,000 for failing to adhere to licensing legal requirements on several rental properties,...

A rogue landlord and his company have been found guilty of failing to licence an HMO and breaches of management regulations. Broadland...

Next weekend sees a crash course event for landlords to bring them up to date with the 160 pieces of legislation...

A landlord has been given a £20,000 fine for failing to carry-out badly needed repairs on a property in Lancashire.  The fixed...

Mulberry Real Estate Ltd, and its director, David Bryant, who are landlords of properties in Cardiff, have been fined for a...

A landlord and his property company have been ordered to pay a total of £40,000 in fines after a council says...

A mystery unnamed landlord has been hit with a bill of over £115,000 as a result of a series of problem...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £33,000 in costs for illegally running an HMO. The three-bedroom HMO was identified...

Mendip District Council is warning landlords to comply with changes to Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations - or face a...

A landlord has been found guilty of three housing offences after it was discovered a property he let out posed a...

A landlord has been hit with a huge £23,000 fine for failing to properly maintain two HMOs. Landlord Lystra Dorval from Ilford...

The new academic year is just around the corner, so many landlords will be thinking about student housing sector to diversify...

A court has told a multi-millionaire landlord he must pay £125,000 after a 10-year campaign of abuse against a local council.  Last...

A landlord has been hit with a bill of almost £25,000 for allegedly exposing vulnerable tenants to serious fire risks in...

A £5,000 fine handed to a landlord for not having an HMO licence has been slashed by 50 per cent. The landlord...

A rogue landlord who has already been fined on numerous occasions for similar offences has now been served with a £5,000...

A remarkable four year court battle has ended with £190,000 in fines for a rogue landlord couple who falsely claimed they...

A local newspaper’s investigation has revealed that a London council flouted its own policies to maximise the number of landlords it...

A landlord has been given a hefty fine for housing vulnerable tenants in hazardous conditions in a case brought by a...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

A landlord who was hit with a £66,000 fine over safety breaches at a rental property has fought back - and...

A landlord has been handed nearly £30,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to maintenance and safety failures at three...

A landlord that refused to make safety improvements at two of her properties in Folkestone has been fined nearly £5,000. Madeleine Scott,...

A landlord has been handed penalties totalling nearly £8,000 after being found guilty of operating an unlicensed HMO. This follows an investigation...

A landlord has been fined £6,000 for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation. Wolverhampton council prosecuted Aunberin Saddique after it...

Some policies towards landlords show how the government has lost its conservative ethos of supporting businesses and being the party of low taxes.  Rosalind...

A landlord has been hit with what a local authority calls a record £66,000 fine after being found guilty of letting...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

The government has launched an official consultation on proposals to make the private rental sector more energy-efficient - and they include...

An unscrupulous landlord who illegally rented out properties in Fife has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay just over £90,000 for repeatedly ignoring selective licensing laws in north London.  Stephen Ige...

A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than...

Slough Borough Council has taken action against an unscrupulous landlord in Slough who to date has refused to pay a fine...

A buy-to-let landlord who owns two properties in Scarborough has been fined £35,000 for breaches of his Selective Licence following a...

A private landlord who put the lives of his tenants at risk has been ordered to pay a £20,000 fine and...

Following the changes introduced in England and Wales last year, an important piece of legislation is coming into force in Scotland...

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,...

The Tenant Fees Bill, banning landlord and agents from charging fees to tenants, has become an Act of Parliament after being...

A rogue landlord who allowed a family to live in a house described as “unfit for human habitation” has been fined...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined close to £6,500 after failing to make improvements to a house in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, including...

For the first time ever, buy-to-let landlords will be legally required to become members of a redress scheme, as part of measures...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £37,000 for allowing tenants to live in what inspectors described as...

A disgusting landlord has been ordered to pay a £5,000 fine plus £500 in costs, and handed 100 hours of unpaid...

A buy-to-let landlord has been reprimanded for housing too many people in a rented property in Peterborough Raashid Alyas, of Mayors Walk...

Two letting agents have been hit with £14,000 fines for unlicensed shared properties in Camden, north London. The two rogue letting agents...

A landlord has been handed a £10,000 fine after failing to properly maintain his rental property, leaving tenants living in substandard...

A landlord in Sheffield has been prosecuted for illegally evicting his tenant by simply giving him just a few hours notice...

There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...

A landlord has been handed a £16,000 fine because his tenant would not stop playing loud music. Jason Duffield must pay the...

A man who rented out rooms above a town centre bar has been banned from being a landlord after putting the...

Private landlords in Telford have reacted furiously to plans by Telford & Wrekin Council to introduce a Selective Licensing in parts...

Telford & Wrekin Council has launched a consultation on its plans to introduce a Selective Licensing in parts of Telford in...

A Cricklewood landlord who was ordered in September to pay more than £700,000 after he breached Barnet Council’s planning enforcement rules...

A landlord has become the first to be prosecuted for not signing up to Liverpool council’s new landlord licensing scheme which...

A landlord and her accomplice have been ordered to pay close to £28,000 after being caught out trying to con investigators...

A landlord who put his tenants’ safety at risk by allowing his property to fall into serious disrepair has been hit...

A Birmingham landlord has been handed a fine of more than £24,000 after being prosecuted for a string of offences. Salih Mahfood...

A landlord in Southend has been slapped with a £39,000 fine for breaching regulations for houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Chelmsford Magistrates’...

A councillor has been told by his own local authority to pay over £30,000 after admitting he failed to carry out...

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

Two Brighton & Hove landlords of shared houses have been prosecuted for failing to license their properties as Houses in Multiple...

The landlord of a property in Plymouth risked the lives of his tenants through a dangerous gas boiler installed in the...

A Swindon HMO landlord has been fined more than £16,000 for cramming too many tenants into a converted guesthouse. Javaid Lone, 59,...

A high profile letting agent has urged politicians to lay off the private rented sector and stop overloading it with confusion. Lisa...

The landlord community has hit out at government for unnecessary delays in the introduction of legislation which will make it compulsory...

A letting agency has been handed fines totalling £7,000 and costs of £1,140 after the council took it to court over...

A Cambridge landlord has been prosecuted for putting tenants at risk by renting out an unsafe house in multiple occupation (HMO). Maciej...

A Surrey landlord has been fined £7,000 and ordered to undertake 200 hours of unpaid work, after he was found to...