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A landlord has been fined and sentenced to a 12-month community order for failing to maintain gas appliances at a rental...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

An online student accommodation platform has identified where demand from students is strongest as they prepare for the next academic year. UniHomes...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords and tenants in Chelmsford, Essex, are being warned that a local letting agent appears to be trading, despite being expelled from...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, increasing by just 0.1% over the past 12 months, according to Sourced Capital. The research...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords should be aware that eight estate and letting agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO), which means...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Cole Harding is a community based estate agent, who offers maximum exposure on all the online portals and social...
06 March 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

The former owner of an estate agency in Ipswich which went bust owing landlords and tenants just over £28,000 after being...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A letting agent who failed to safeguard £28,000 worth of tenants’ deposits and rent destined for landlords has been handed a...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Ilford-based Kingsman Property has gone out of business after being expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme owing a landlord almost...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News

A number of MPs are currently earning rental income from properties let to private tenants, including eight ministers in Boris Johnson’s...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A man has been jailed for a six years and three months for stabbing his landlord in an unprovoked attack. Ainars Jozans,...
25 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A private landlord who was reported to police for sending what has been described as a “threatening letter” to a letting...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords will need to pay £1,200 for a licence to rent their properties in Bristol as part of the local...
04 April 2019
From: Breaking News

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...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), one of three government-backed tenancy deposit protection (TDP) schemes, has appointed a new external independent complaints...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The High Court has shut down a Ponzi scheme operated by a property investment firm after ruling that it was misusing...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A new landlord reward scheme designed to increase the stock of private rented accommodation in the marketplace in Rochford, Essex, has...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, who allowed 23 people to live in overcrowded conditions has been fined £7,500. Tenants in a house...
18 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £2,525 after failing to obtain a license for a shared house in Thurrock, Essex. Adeola Makinde was...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Luton and Colchester have been named among the best places for buy-to-let investors in the existing market, based on rental yields. The...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The average buy-to-let investor who sold their rental property in 2017 did so for £86,651 more than they paid for it,...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Private landlords in Basildon are being invited to attend a free rental workshop this week. The event, which is being run by...
06 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord in Tiptree has been fined for poor property management that left a family in Poor living conditions. Mohibur Rahman,...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, has been sentenced to four months in jail for continuing to rent out his property despite...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The Cambridge has launched a new range of buy-to-let mortgages, as the lender battles to remain competitive. Highlights include a two-year fixed rate...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Havering Council has defended its decision to advise a tenant to break back into a rental property that she had vacated...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Essex has had to start eviction proceedings to remove a sitting tenant after she broke back into a...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords looking to acquire properties in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire and Suffolk, can now apply for two...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS, a kite mark of excellent service for property professionals, has announced the winners of the Letting Agents of the...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined for renting out ‘dangerous and poor’ accommodation after a fire broke out at her property...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...
14 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Student rents look set to increase amid a housing shortage across many of the UK’s main university cities, according to a...
22 December 2016
From: Breaking News

Owners of vacant homes in the Rochford district in Essex are being offered grants of up to £1,000 by Rochford District...
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Enquiries from investors seeking to acquire buy-to-let properties have increased by 30% since May, following an initial dip in activity after the...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Chelmsford City Council is hoping to attract more buy-to-let landlords in the Chelmsford and the wider Essex area with its Homes2Lease Scheme,...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been prosecuted for illegally claiming council tax support for his primary residence while receiving rent from an undeclared...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
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British pensioners are increasingly choosing a rent a home by the seaside when they retire because the cost of buying property...
10 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent in South London has been found to be the front for a cannabis growing operation, with drugs grown...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The latest TDS stats show that there has been a steep 25% rise in tenancy deposit disputes, with one-third of agents...
10 March 2016
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A landlord who let tenants sleep in an outbuilding in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex has been fined nearly £6,000. Syed Junid Ul Hassan Shah...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Landlords in the East of England are reaping the rewards of strong rental and house price growth in the region over...