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14 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Landlords face losing millions as government cracks down on letting fees](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords are set to lose out on millions of pounds through a clampdown on rental fees after the government yesterday announced...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government approves new selective licensing schemes](/img/default/llt.png)
Plans to introduce new licensing schemes for privately rented homes across parts of North West London have been given the go-ahead by...
20 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government approves new PRS licensing scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
A proposal to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Nottingham has been given the green light by...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Government announces further crackdown on ‘rogue landlords’](/img/default/llt.png)
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) yesterday announced fresh plans to clamp down on rogue landlord practices such as...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Four in 10 homes bought under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Ever since Margaret Thatcher declared her belief in a ‘property-owning democracy’ and introduced Right to Buy in 1980, the UK was...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![New blacklist will be a ‘valuable tool in protecting tenants’](/img/default/llt.png)
The new blacklist of rogue agents and landlords, introduced as part of the Housing and Planning Bill, will go a long...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Top tips for evicting an unwanted tenant](/img/default/llt.png)
As the buy-to-let industry has grown, so too have the many rules and regulations involved with letting a property. Keeping up with...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Proposed ban on letting agent fees will deter longer term tenancies, says ARLA](/img/default/llt.png)
Tenants will not benefit from the government’s ban on letting agent fees - because the costs will be passed on in...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Short-term letting industry vow to stop landlords converting ‘homes into hotels’](/img/default/llt.png)
The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Private rented sector has major role to play in preventing homelessness](/img/default/llt.png)
The appalling rise in the number of people sleeping rough in England illustrates the importance of private rented accommodation, according to...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Government set to extend mandatory licensing of HMOs in England](/img/default/llt.png)
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has ended a consultation on ‘Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and residential property...
13 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![More work needed to reduce tenancy deposit disputes](/img/default/llt.png)
Considerably more must be done to help reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, despite the recent improvements recorded in the...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Tighter licensing requirements for HMOs won’t improve standards for tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
The government’s plan to tighten licensing requirements for landlords of shared accommodation in an effort to clamp down on rogue landlords...
19 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilding continues to fall well short of demand](/img/default/llt.png)
There was a rise in the volume of housebuilding schemes started in England in the run-up to the EU referendum but...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlords to challenge Redbridge Council’s planned licensing schemes](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords in Redbridge are being invited to put any questions they have over new controversial licensing schemes to council officers at...
22 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![‘Burdensome approaches’ to regulate landlords would be ineffective](/img/default/llt.png)
The government will not force landlords of leasehold properties to belong to a redress scheme, despite growing pressure from conveyancers pushing...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![New housing minister announced](/img/default/llt.png)
Gavin Barwell has been appointed the new Minister for Housing, Planning and London, taking over from Brandon Lewis, who has moved...
18 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Landlord in NW London faces prosecution](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord in Wembley, north west London, faces prosecution after 11 people were found living in a three-bedroom house that he...
03 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![RLA “exposes the expensive folly of licensing”](/img/default/llt.png)
Local authorities that charge landlords for licences solely to collect information on the number of landlords in an area have been...
18 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![DCLG rogue landlords consultation outcome published](/img/default/llt.png)
The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has published the full outcome of its consultation: Tackling rogue landlords and improving...
16 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Update on mandatory licencing](/img/default/llt.png)
New information has come to light about the Government’s plans to licence landlords. In a speech last week, Prime Minister David Cameron...