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With over 40 million Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term...

There has been an angry response by some politicians in Wales to the decision by the Labour administration to delay implementation...

There’s embarrassment all round for the Labour-run Welsh Government as it reveals a late delay to its much-hyped rental reform. The reform...

Landlords are being advised not to panic buy ahead of what may be more difficult lending conditions as the cost of...

The government is pondering beefing up mandatory alarm requirements which landlords have to meet in England. Until now private landlords have to...

Landlords are being warned by the Fire Protection Association of major changes ahead for those letting properties in Wales. The Fitness for...

A lettings agency is to hold free events to support landlords ahead of what it calls a “landmark transformation” in rental...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

An industry trade body is alerting landlords that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are likely to be introduced soon -...

A controversial PropTech rental platform has issued a list of questions and issues to check when tenants rent from a landlord...

A second-offence landlord has received fines totalling £5,259.75 after council officers found nine different safety violations at a single property. The building...

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...

A lettings sector trade body is calling for action now by landlords and agents ahead of laws extending the need for...

With over 40m Airbnb users across Europe and the US, and approximately 250,000 listings in the UK alone, the short-term accommodation...

For landlords looking to find tenants fast, London-based lettings agency Douglas & Gordon has put together a 12 tip guide to ensure landlords have a smooth letting process – perfect for...

A national awareness campaign has been launched to prepare landlords for the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 on...

A council is consulting over a range of private rental sector measures.  Leicester council is proposing a range of measures requiring landlords...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

The demise of the buy to let market has been much predicted over recent years. Major tax changes, a three per...

Landlords, tenants and residents in parts of Nottingham may be eligible for free home safety improvements to crackdown on burglary. Nottinghamshire police...

A warning has gone out to landlords with properties in Scotland regarding legislation coming into effect in early 2022. Trade association SELECT is...

Campaigning charity Shelter has made a shocking attack on landlords, claiming many of them are acting illegally. It claims 45 per cent...

A landlord has been ordered by a court to pay over £6,000 after admitting a string of regulation breaches.  Juliet Petrovic, of...

Landlords appear to be well ahead of the game when it comes to carbon monoxide detectors. For around six years it’s been...

A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by magistrates after a bedroom fire revealed tenants were living in...

A council in Leicestershire is poised to introduce two new licensing schemes for private landlords. Charnwood council has now approved the conditions...

The Association of Residential Landlords Association - part of Propertymark - has issued guidance to first time landlords letting out property.  Check...

The Rogue Landlord Team of a local authority has triggered a civil penalty notice resulting in a fine of over £21,000...

A Midlands council says it’s sent thousands of letters to landlords in the last 12 months in response to complaints from...

A landlord and a property company have a total of over £90,000 to pay after being found guilty of 27 charges...

A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record.  Sonia Nascimento rented...

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

Two landlords who illegally let a London property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to...

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

Landlords in the the Charnwood area of the Midlands are invited to give their views on the proposed conditions for two...

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms - a critical issue for landlords in light of recent legislation - are back in the...

There may be new and stricter legal requirements on the way for private landlords with regards to carbon monoxide alarm installation...

Periodic inspections of your property are just as important for landlords as the inventory check at the start of the tenancy....

As all those responsible for managing property will be only too aware, landlords have many obligations under the laws and regulations...

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

The National Residential Landlords Association has given the sector five top tips to improve home security - marking October as Home...

Over two million homes in England - that’s almost one in 10 - do not have a working smoke alarm according...

Scarborough Council has approved the introduction of a compulsory selective licensing scheme in parts of Scarborough’s Weaponness and Ramshill ward.  The decision...

Croydon Council has applied for government consent to renew the borough’s landlord licensing scheme that makes sure privately-let properties meet key...

If the private rental sector and sharing economy is to continue to thrive, regular engagement with your tenants is required to...

A buy-to-let landlord in Liverpool has been ordered to pay almost £9.500 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for his...

An assembly member has welcomed the introduction of legislation for carbon monoxide detectors in rented homes in Wales. The Welsh Government says new...

Student property remains one of the most lucrative investments available to landlords, with sky-high double-digit yields currently on offer in many...

Britain has faced terrible flooding this year. Floods and other property emergency can take minutes to occur and years to remedy....

As you will undoubtedly know, it is a legal requirement to ensure your rental property has adequate smoke detectors installed.  Some landlords...

Brent Council in north London will be taking action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after  17...

To mark Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week, landlords are being reminded that they have a legal obligation to keep tenants safe by...

A high number of people are at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning this winter as they do not have a CO...

London’s first rogue landlord banning order has been issued after tenants’ lives were put at risk through the letting of unsafe...

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been fined £2,694 and ordered to pay £1,994 in costs and a victim surcharge of...

Private landlords have long been expected to keep their properties to a reasonable standard, but up until fairly recently what this...

A buy-to-let landlord in Worcester has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 for operating an unlicensed House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)...

A buy-to-landlord in Worcester has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 for failing to install adequate safety measures.  Mohammed Rafiq, who was...

City of Lincoln Council has taken action against a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) landlord in Lincoln for failing to comply...

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottingham been fined £6,000 and instructed to pay  £1,583.18 costs, along with a £170 victim surcharge following...

A private landlord in Evesham has been ordered to pay £14,500 after he was found to be illegally renting his property...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £14,500 for illegally renting out an overcrowded House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without...

The children are off school, which means the summer break has officially begun and people are gearing up for the holidays....

Citizens Advice has called for more regulation of the private rented sector after research revealed that hundreds of thousands of tenants...

A rogue landlord has been fined £55,000 and ordered to pay court costs of £2,989.67 as well as a victim surcharge...

Lettings of London Ltd has been ordered to pay more than £50,000 after pleading guilty to 18 offences largely relating to...

A private landlord has been ordered to pay £800 in fines and costs after investigators discovered several deficiencies in a property...

From Monday, landlords will be able to apply for an early bird discount for Scarborough Borough Council’s new selective licensing scheme,...

Buy-to-let landlords will soon be able to apply for an early bird discount for Scarborough Borough Council’s new selective licensing scheme,...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay a fine of £2,646, costs of £2,000 and a victim surcharge of £170...

A new fire safety campaign urging private sector landlords and letting agents to always abide by the law and install smoke...

New tenant packs designed to help landlords raise awareness of fire and carbon monoxide dangers have been launched by Aico Ltd. Aico,...

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

Toilet flushing discharged into the rear yard of a property, broken fire alarms and faulty electrics were among the defects found...

Brent Council in north London looks set to take action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after ...

One in three Brits are at risk of from carbon monoxide poisoning this winter as they do not have a CO...

If you are planning to add to your property portfolio, it is important to ensure that the property is gas safe. Here’s...

The private rented sector is a challenging landscape to negotiate, with tax changes and ever-changing regulation meaning that landlords now, more...

Landlord Gas Safety Certificate: How to Keep Your Tenants Safe There are plenty of safety considerations when renting out a property. Arguably,...

A buy-to-let investor, once dubbed “country’s worst landlord”, still owes more than £100,000 in unpaid fines in relation to over 60...

A private landlord from St Helens has been ordered to pay £21,000 after a prosecution by the local council found a...

An unscrupulous landlord who crammed six families into a three-bedroom house has been ordered to pay just under £3,000 by a...

As a landlord, it goes without saying that you must keep the property you provide your tenants with safe and free...

A neglectful landlord, who allowed his tenants to occupy a property without working smoke alarms, a lack of sufficient fire doors...

A tenant who illegally sublet an unlicensed and poorly-maintained bungalow in north London, which was described by Brent Council as a...

Letting agents are being accused of failing tenants, after a small group of cowboy agents showed prospective tenants around mouldy properties...

The government has launched new online information designed to help renters and landlords know their rights. The rental guides, published by the...

As a private landlord you are bound by specific housing legislation, which provide tenants with certain basic rights. From keeping your property...

Singer Midge Ure and West End actress Carley Stenson have backed a campaign attempting to make homes in this country safer. Ure...

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

A buy-to-let landlord in Immingham, near Gimsby, has been ordered to pay £1,380 after being found guilty of renting an unlicensed...

When it comes to rental responsibilities during a tenancy, there remains some confusion among so-called ‘accidental landlords’ when it comes to...

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

A buy-to-let landlord in Nottinghamshire has been ordered to pay almost £6,500 after failing to comply with an improvement relating to...

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...

A private landlord in Lincoln has been fined more than £10,000 after being caught breaking safety rules for a second time. Missing...

Tenants that have nothing but respect and praise for their landlords are the sort of tenants that are likely to be...

The deadline for landlords in parts of Scarborough’s Castle and North Bay wards to apply for a license under the local...

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, has been sentenced to four months in jail for continuing to rent out his property despite...

A deranged tenant in Scarborough has been sentenced to 32 months in prison after he attempted to set fire to his...

There is a lot for landlords to consider when letting a property and what is required often relates to the date...

The government’s decision to review the effectiveness of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 will have an impact...

Buy-to-let landlords across the UK should be responsible for the installation of carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, according to a new report. Under...

Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, non-irritant and therefore undetectable gas, which is why more than half of Britons would...

Almost a third of rental properties in the UK are potentially at risk from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to new research. The study, carried...

Being a student landlord can be an attractive proposition especially in an area with a high student population which has the...

A buy-to-let landlord had been prosecuted for letting rooms to three disabled people in an unlicensed property in the Rose Hill...

A landlord has pleaded not guilty to gross negligence manslaughter after a house fire in Huddersfield last year tragically claimed the...

When investing in buy-to-let, you can’t always be sure when the appliances and pipe work in the property were last serviced...

A number of buy-to-let landlords are taking measures to check the fire safety of their buy-to-let properties in the wake of...

A barrister, who often represented landlords and tenants, has been fined for breaking the law, after it turned out that he...

A landlord who allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions in Oxford has been handed a fine of £2,500. The poorly-maintained six-bedroom...

West Lindsey District Council made a number of unannounced inspections of private rental homes in Gainsborough yesterday, supported by police officers,...

A landlord has been fined more than £45,000 after 12 people were found living in slum-like conditions in a four storey...

Two unscrupulous landlords in Reading have been fined almost £9,000 for poor housing standards and a complete disregard for the welfare...

An unscrupulous landlord who failed to maintain his rental property, which included mould and a leaking toilet, has been prosecuted by...

Sheffield Council has promised to continue targeting rogue landlords after bringing its highest-ever number of successful prosecutions. Seven individuals and companies were...

A private landlord has been fined by Willesden Magistrates Court for poor and potentially dangerous housing conditions following a prosecution by...

A buy-to-let landlord was ordered to pay in excess of £7,000 and given 150 hours of community service at Birmingham Magistrates...

There are a significant amount of private landlords who fail to keep rental properties in a safe condition for their tenants,...

A landlord has been fined £162,000 after 18 people were found to be living in his ‘unsafe’ Georgian Grade II-listed flat...

Private landlords and letting agents are failing to get to grips with several legislative changes in the private rented sector, it...

A landlord operating in the London borough of Brent has been has been ordered to pay close to £7,500 for cramming...

A landlord in Grimsby has been jailed and ordered to pay costs of more than £100,000 after putting the lives of...

A criminal landlord has been handed a fine of almost £40,000 after he was caught housing 24 tenants in a rental...

A new selective landlord licensing scheme will be introduced by Peterborough City Council in parts of the city where there are...

A landlord who continued to rent out a house to tenants despite being warned that it posed serious health and a...

Three landlords in Oxford have been fined a total of £11,000 after being convicted of housing offences. Environmental Health Officers from Oxford...

A landlord has been fined £20,000 after a raid revealed that 28 tenants were residing in “unsafe” cramped conditions in a...

Wakefield Council is clamping down on landlords that do not have smoke and carbon monoxide detectors fitted in the homes that...

Landlords are being urged to regularly check their carbon monoxide alarms or risk being fined up to £5,000, after a new...

Rogue landlords in the London Borough of Barnet are being targeted by the local council as part of a crackdown on...

A new version of the National Landlords Association’s (NLA) Fire Safety Logbook has been launched to help landlords protect their tenants...

A Birmingham landlord has been sent to prison for 19 months and ordered to pay £13,820 costs over a catalogue of...

A west London property company managing an HMO in Notting Hill has been fined £47,900 in relation to 24 charges under...

A landlord has been banned from renting out a converted garage after environmental health officers found a family living in sub-standard...

A survey has claimed that more than four in 10 tenants in house-shares could be at risk due to not having...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) says it is 'entirely supportive' of today's regulation change which requires landlords to install...

Tests by the Trading Standards Service have found that eight in ten Carbon Monoxide (CO) alarms failed British Standards tests. The Trading...

Two landlords in Leamington Spa in the West Midlands have been fined £27,000 for failing to manage a house in multiple...

Landlords can use the services of an inventory clerk to carry out checks of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms in...

A charity claims there is a blind spot in the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 coming into force next month.  Electrical...

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...

City of York Council is holding a “decision session” today to discuss the introduction of fixed penalty notices for letting agents...

A Birmingham landlord has been ordered to pay nearly £20,000 for a number of failings in managing an HMO. Amrik Singh Gill,...