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The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is reminding landlords who registered or renewed with the Landlord Registration Scheme during January,...

A veteran Tory MP who has been a junior minister in the department responsible for housing now says the rental market...

Another council says it wants to implement private sector rent controls - although it has no power to do so. Belfast council...

Landlords are set to lose out on millions of pounds through a clampdown on rental fees after the government yesterday announced...

Plans to introduce new licensing schemes for privately rented homes across parts of North West London have been given the go-ahead by...

A proposal to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Nottingham has been given the green light by...

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) yesterday announced fresh plans to clamp down on rogue landlord practices such as...

Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...

The new blacklist of rogue agents and landlords, introduced as part of the Housing and Planning Bill, will go a long...

As the buy-to-let industry has grown, so too have the many rules and regulations involved with letting a property. Keeping up with...

Tenants will not benefit from the government’s ban on letting agent fees - because the costs will be passed on in...

The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...

The appalling rise in the number of people sleeping rough in England illustrates the importance of private rented accommodation, according to...

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has ended a consultation on ‘Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and residential property...

Considerably more must be done to help reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, despite the recent improvements recorded in the...

The government’s plan to tighten licensing requirements for landlords of shared accommodation in an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords...

There was a rise in the volume of housebuilding schemes started in England in the run-up to the EU referendum but...

Landlords in Redbridge are being invited to put any questions they have over new controversial licensing schemes to council officers at...

The government will not force landlords of leasehold properties to belong to a redress scheme, despite growing pressure from conveyancers pushing...

Landlords in Northern Ireland can now gain recognition for their commitment to professionalism, after the CIH, in conjunction with the Department...

Gavin Barwell has been appointed the new Minister for Housing, Planning and London, taking over from Brandon Lewis, who has moved...

A landlord in Wembley, north west London, faces prosecution after 11 people were found living in a three-bedroom house that he...

Local authorities that charge landlords for licences solely to collect information on the number of landlords in an area have been...

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published the full outcome of its consultation: Tackling rogue landlords and improving...

New information has come to light about the Government’s plans to licence landlords. In a speech last week, Prime Minister David Cameron...

It is now a statutory duty for letting agents to fully publicise the fees they charge to landlords and tenants. Under the...