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Trading Standards has defended the introduction of ‘material information’ requirements on details of properties for sale, after a conveyancer warned landlords...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

London’s Labour mayor Sadiq Khan wants 10,000 private homes in the capital to be brought into the social rental sector within...

According to the most recent data, 46 per cent of renters live with pets — and 48 per cent list allowing...

A council is telling private tenants in its area to make contact if they believe their mould-related problems are not being...

It's claimed that home owners could be making an extra £2.000 per month by renting out a spare room on Airbnb, depending...

Labour wants councils to have the power to implement landlord licensing across their full boundaries, without requiring government consent. Currently councils wanting...

A council is warning student tenants in its city to be quiet and considerate when checking out of private rental accommodation...

An online rental platform suggests almost a third of rental homes may be deemed unaffordable. Ocasa, using Office for National Statistics data,...

Landlords are likely to be obliged to supply agents with additional details in future, before their properties are listed to let...

A council is making an urgent appeal to private landlords with vacant, or soon-to-be vacant, three or four-bedroom family homes for...

A local council is inviting landlords within its boundaries to take up funding from a £49,057 pot it has to improve...

A council is ordering all of its private rental sector landlords to clear graffiti from external walls within four weeks of...

Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets....

A new app has been launched with a view to reducing the legal costs involved with disputes between landlords and tenants. LegalDefence,...

Anaconda Cut, standing at 131 metres tall, making it the tallest building in Salford, has been officially launched. The 44-storey tower, which...

As we prepare ourselves for the New Year, the chances are you, along with plenty of other people, have big plans for...

Ealing Council in London is undergoing a formal consultation about a proposal that all houses in multiple occupation within its boundaries...