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A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...

A landlord has been fined over £7,000 for letting out an unsafe and unlicensed HMO. South Gloucestershire council’s private sector housing team...

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

A company behind a fire safety initiative has surveyed tenants in both the private and social rental sectors, and claims shortcomings...

The comparison website GoCompare is to routinely ask home insurance applicants whether they are going to be Airbnb-style short let landlords. GoCompare...

A mortgage expert who is a prominent sceptic about the lettings market has stepped up his criticisms, saying renting is no...

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 refused a lettings licence by a local council because he failed to keep fire safety alarm records...

Landlords must pay well over £700 for entry into what is now the UK’s largest ever HMO licensing scheme, at Westminster...

A landlord who failed to comply with improvement notices for a vulnerable tenant and threatened to evict her if the improvements...

There’s a warning today that some office-to-resi and shop-to-resi conversions - often thought to be popular purchases by buy-to-let investors -...

ARLA Propertymark has issued five top tips to landlords whose properties may be left empty by tenants on holiday.  ARLA president Maxine...

A landlord in the north of England has been given a suspended prison sentence and a huge fine for fire safety...

The latest updates affecting the work of local landlords, letting agents and property managers, plus a chance to network and catch...

Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...

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

A landlord has been given a hefty fine for housing vulnerable tenants in hazardous conditions in a case brought by a...

Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...

A landlord has been fined more than £16,000 for failing to license his property. It is the first time South Tyneside Council...

A rogue landlord who allowed vulnerable tenants to live in conditions without windows, proper washing facilities or fire safety measures at...

A landlord has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment suspended for two years for breaches of fire safety legislation. Thirunavukkaradu Kuladaisamy, the...

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...

A council has gone on record saying it’s trying to stop a rogue landlord from letting out any property anywhere, ever...

A landlord has been hit with a fine of more than £4,200 for failing to keep tenants safe in their homes. North...

A landlord has been prosecuted for failure to make improvements to his tenanted property, including failing to install a fire detection...

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

A London council has prosecuted a landlord for renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple Occupation. Daniella Mbachu, who owns...

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

Rogue landlord Siddika Begum of Salisbury has been prosecuted for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the town. Begum...

One of the leading industry suppliers has given a warning to government that continual regulation and legal changes restricting landlords will...

The letting agents’ trade body has released guidance on how landlords can prepare their investment properties for summer. Angela Davey, president of...

A landlord has been convicted and ordered to pay more than £11,500 in fines and legal costs for the offence of...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

A landlord who was hit with a £66,000 fine over safety breaches at a rental property has fought back - and...

A landlord has been handed nearly £30,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to maintenance and safety failures at three...

A landlord has been fined £6,000 for failing to properly maintain a HMO in Reading. Nidan Singh, 76, has also been ordered to...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...

Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...

Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...

A property company and its sole director landlord have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £50,000 in fines and...

The Daily Mail is reporting that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to let his Oxfordshire cottage out - and he’s taking...

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

A landlord that refused to make safety improvements at two of her properties in Folkestone has been fined nearly £5,000. Madeleine Scott,...

A rogue landlord has been hit with a bill of £48,000 - a record for the council which brought the prosecution. Tariq...

In the first anniversary of the initial ban on repossessions, it appears the move has backfired spectacularly. Research for the National Residential...

A landlord refused entry to a property he owned has tipped off police who discovered a cannabis farm in the Nottinghamshire...

A serial-offender landlord has been fined for putting tenants at serious harm from fire and exposing them to substandard and dangerous conditions. Nilendu...

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...

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

Landlords trying to expand their portfolios can avoid delays caused by residential buyers taking advantage of the Chancellor's stamp duty extension by using four 'buy-to-let hacks', according to broker Mortgages for...

Faulty appliances cause an average of 43 fires a week in England alone, according to an electrical product platform. Research by Electrical Direct...

Specialist buy to let broker Mortgages for Business says landlords buying now can use four tips to beat the chaos in the...

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

Two men - one a landlord, the other a shopkeeper- have been jailed after being found guilty of gross negligence manslaughter. Mushtaq...

A landlord in south west of England has been given a nine month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, following a...

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

It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...

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

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

A landlord who let out a former bank vault as an illegal flat described by the local council as “dangerous” has...

A landlord who failed to improve his rental property, leaving his tenants in dangerous conditions, has been fined. Haroon Karim from Nottingham...

In this article, the experts at Good Move give their top tips for dealing with damp in your home. Damp is something...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

A landlord has been hit with what a local authority calls a record £66,000 fine after being found guilty of letting...

Britain’s holiday rental market is preparing for a busy year ahead, as many travellers are expected to opt for staycations over...

The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...

The coronavirus pandemic has brought instability to the UK rental market, with tenants struggling to pay rents and landlords battling to...

A warning has been issued that a bid to curb private rental sector rents in Scotland could well backfire with more...

A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...

The family of an 80-year-old landlord fined for failing to maintain a block of flats in Wisbech has stepped in to...

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

A £4,550 fine has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five...

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...

When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...

Virtual viewings are on the increase according to a new study by the UK's technology-led estate agent, Purplebricks, with one in six buyers...

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...

Gas Safety Week is an annual event, that took place 14-20 September in 2020 and aims to raise awareness of gas safety...

A landlord has been prosecuted following the death of a tenant in a house fire at an HMO said to have...

A council has prosecuted a local landlord for failing to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of his tenants. Eastleigh council took...

Two landlords have been fined over £100,000 after 35 people were found living in what a judge called “criminally improper conditions.” Arun...

The Welsh Government has set out how its two week ‘fire break’ lockdown will impact the rental industry, including landlords' responsibilities in...

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

A new strategy has been launched today by Westminster City Council to help raise standards for tenants who rent privately.  Westminster, which...

The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...

Electrical Safety First is calling for the introduction of mandatory electrical safety checks as part of the Scottish government’s plan to...

There is a lot of focus on helping landlords better protect themselves and their property from potential claims from tenants, but...

TSB will no longer lend on buy-to-let properties in England and Wales that do not meet minimum energy efficiency standards.  Buy-to-let landlords...

Residential properties in the capital are being wrongly valued due to outdated measurement techniques used to measure floor space, it has...

Ashfield District Council has joined forces with police officers in the Sutton area of Nottinghamshire to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating...

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

Buy-to-let landlords with a rental property in Harrow have just a few weeks left to have their say in a consultation...

A new licensing scheme designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords has been put forward for consideration by  Liverpool City Council. The new...

A buy-to-let landlord has been left with a £5,200 legal bill following a string of drug-dealing and possible exploitation offences linked...

New regulation introduced yesterday could see unscrupulous landlords fined up to £30,000 if they do not comply with the rules.  Under the...

Three years after the Grenfell fire, 257 tower blocks in Britain, housing about 56,000 people, are still to be made safe,...

The government has been criticised by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for taking far too long to remove all flammable cladding...

A man deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence for a house in multiple occupation...

There has been a general softening in residential property prices across many parts of the UK, according to some estate agents,...

Harrow Council is looking to renew its landlord licensing scheme in Edgware, enabling tougher enforcement action on rogue landlords. It is consulting...

A private landlord has been prosecuted by Bristol City Council for providing private rented accommodation that posed a “serious risk to life”.  Nine...

Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group.  Almost three...

The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...

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

The recent criticism of letting agents and deposit insurance schemes, which began with a probe by the BBC last weekend, will...

Following last week's announcement by the Welsh government that it plans to introduce new regulations to combat carbon monoxide poisoning, here are a...

A property firm has been fined £3,000 after neglecting a property in Derbyshire.  A & S Milward Property Limited was found guilty...

New technology is being launched in an attempt to improve fire safety in the rental sector.  Following the changing recommendations around fire...

An unscrupulous landlord has been fined £27,000 over an unlicensed HMO in Luton with multiple fire and safety breaches. ​ Luton Magistrates Court...

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

Many private landlords like to give Christmas cards to their tenants and some are even generous gift-givers, but are you?  Research shows...

There is growing uncertainty over where the responsibilities of private sector tenants and their landlords meet, according to a study by...

A buy-to-let landlord who was originally fined £31,499 by Coventry City Council for breaches of the Housing Act 2004 has had...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay more than £150,000 after failing to fix several safety hazards in his property. Officers from...

City of York Council has vowed to crack down on rogue landlords looking to exploit the housing market, as part of...

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

A buy-to-let landlord who owns two properties in Scarborough has been fined £35,000 for breaches of his Selective Licence following a...

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

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...

House sharing has becoming increasingly popular as more (and older) people opt to live with housemates over ownership or renting alone....

With demand still far outstripping supply, buy-to-let remains an attractive asset class, but while the majority of landlords say they are...

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)...

Residential property price growth remains subdued owed largely to the ongoing uncertainty created by the Brexit shenanigans in Parliament.  The data from...

Monday’s Queen's Speech opened a new session of parliament, setting out policies on crime, health, the environment, and Brexit.  But while the Queen’s Speech...

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...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 after tenants were discovered living in an appalling and unsafe property.  Officers...

A buy-to-let investor, who previously spent time in prison for perjury after he lied during an inquiry into the deaths of...

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

Many people are at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, particularly if they do not have a CO alarm in their property.  UK...

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...

Landlords are being reminded that they are responsible for the safety of their tenants ahead of Gas Safety Week. The annual event,...

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

Birmingham  City Council has taken action against a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) landlord in the Small Heath area in what...

A council used a plane with thermal imaging to catch unscrupulous landlords that allowed tenants to live in substandard conditions.  Several people...

A quarter - 25% - of homes rented from private landlords fail to meet the national Decent Homes Standard when taking...

A tenant posing as a landlord converted two bedrooms in a flat into four bedsits, putting residents at risk. The fake landlord...

Take-up of buy-to-let mortgages slowed in June as economic and political uncertainty caused some buy-to-let investors to adopt a ‘wait and...

A buy-to-let landlord has been found guilty of failing to comply with a notice from Bradford Council ordering him to improve...

Damage caused by water, fire, explosion and theft have been identified as the primary reasons that buy-to-let landlords make insurance claims, but there...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay £47,500 after council officers found 11 people living in a small flat in...

An unscrupulous landlord who housed at least 25 tenants in a rundown property in north-west London has been ordered to pay...

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

These days, housing probably ranks right up with the NHS and education as a political battleground and over recent years, politicians...

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

The latest episode of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords left many viewers stunned after the show exposed extensive damage to a property...

A private landlord who put the lives of his tenants at risk has been ordered to pay a £20,000 fine and...

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...

Brent Council in north London discovered three tenants living inside a shed in the garden of a three-bedroom semi-detached house in...

A buy-to-let landlord in South Yorkshire has been fined £4,000 and ordered to pay costs of £1,121 as well as a...

Buy-to-let mortgage activity increased slightly in April, with landlord investors taking out 5,100 new buy-to-let home purchase mortgages, up from 5,000...

Thousands of households, including many of those renting privately, could still be at risk from faulty Whirlpool tumble dryers as the...

A buy-to-let landlord in north London has been ordered to pay more than £13,000 after breaching fire safety regulations and failing...

More than a third of renters across the UK report being stuck in poorly maintained homes with landlords who refuse to...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 in relation to 12 charges under the Housing Act after...

The government has set up a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on around 170 private high-rise residential buildings...

An unscrupulous landlord has been told to pay close to £25,000 after being prosecuted for renting out rooms in an unlicensed...

Two landlords have been fined for letting out a flat that had no heating or windows. The flat, located above commercial premises,...

Estate agents, property surveyors, interior decorators, an online services marketplace and other housing experts have teamed up to reveal home renovations...

Nationwide were among a small group of mortgage lenders asked to give evidence at a select committee yesterday on restrictions around...

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

A husband and wife have been issued with fines, penalties and costs totalling more than £8,000 after showing a complete disregard...

Leasehold property ownership has come under yet more fire today after a new report laid bare the scale of mis-selling in...

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

More needs to be done to stem the increase in short-term lets on Airbnb and similar platforms to ensure that there...

A buy-to-let landlord in Stevenage has been fined £14,000 and told to pay Stevenage Borough Council’s legal costs of £2,845.50 and...

Two landlords who let substandard properties in Lancing and Southwick have had their appeals against Civil Penalty Notices (CPNs) rejected. Adur District...

A tenant who was found guilty of deliberately burning down a property he was renting four years ago was sentenced to...

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...

Two landlords have been ordered to pay more than £30,000 for breaching fire safety and over-occupancy licence conditions at their House...

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

A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has been ordered to pay more than £5,000 in fines and costs following a successful prosecution...

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

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

Luton Council has successfully prosecuted an unscrupulous landlord for letting three unlicensed houses in which several people lived in squalor. Zenith Accommodation...

A landlord who failed to install a proper heating system and left safety hazards across a house in Peterborough has been...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to invest in Croydon or stay on top of industry best practice are invited to attend a free...

A landlord in Stevenage who allowed his tenant to live in an excessively cold attic with a serious fire safety hazard...

A new app has been launched to support landlords and ensure that they understand the complex landscape of residential property legislation,...

A buy-to-let landlord in Glasgow will be left out of pocket after the renewal of her house in multiple occupation (HMO)...

A family of slum landlords who crammed 31 people into a suburban four-bedroom house has been ordered to pay back almost...

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

BTL landlords should take note of the fact that the festive postal deadline is rapidly approaching, with Thursday 20th December the...

HMO properties look very good on paper. Why charge a single rent when you can charge four or five lots of...

Letting a home can be an intimidating task if you’re doing it for the first time. You may have deliberately entered...

There is so much focus on helping landlords better protect themselves and their property from potential claims from tenants, but many...

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...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay close to £30,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating...

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

Eight men were found living in cramped conditions in a one-bedroom flat in east London during a raid by Barking and...

A private landlord who illegally modernised an historic house in Brighton has been told by a judge to pay out more...

A rogue managing agent of an overcrowded house of multiple occupation (HMO) in east London has been fined £26,000 for breaches...

A rogue agent and two lettings companies in north west London have been heavily fined for operating a dangerous unlicensed house...

Buy-to-let landlords with properties in Croydon, south London, are being invited to attend a free conference being run this week by...

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

Fire safety knowledge in the private rented sector has improved over the past 12 months but there is still significant room...

Less than one in five BTL landlords have contacted with their tenants regarding basic fire safety precautions since the Grenfell Tower...

SDV HQ Limited, trading as Sterling de Vere, has been ordered to pay more than £50,000 after letting an overcrowded flat...

Standards in the private rented sector have got better as buy-to-let landlords respond to a flurry of legislation aimed at improving...

Landlords are being reminded this week that they are responsible for the safety of their tenants, as part of Gas Safety...

A managing agent has been fined more than £30,000 for allowing a tenant to occupy an unsafe tiny room behind a...

The Residential Landlords Association’s (RLA) next Future Renting Conference takes places in London tomorrow. The one-day conference, which will be held at...

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 rogue landlord has been ordered to pay more than £37,000 for allowing tenants to live in what inspectors described as...

Brent Council officers discovered 15 men crammed inside a two-bedroom bungalow during an enforcement raid yesterday morning. Tenants were found sleeping on...

A landlord has been ordered to pay just over £5,000 after admitting safety failings at a fire-hit house in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. Lawrence...

Landlords generally believe that many recent regulation changes have gone too far and want to see the government rethink the swathes...

A now former landlord has been fined £20,000 for putting the lives of five residents at risk after a broke out...

A landlord faces prosecution after police found he had squeezed 31 beds into a very overcrowded three-bedroom house that had just...

Private landlords looking for fresh fire safety guidance can now gain access to an online fire safety course that has been...

Nottingham City Council became the latest local authority to introduce a landlord licensing scheme last week in an attempt to clampdown...

An unscrupulous landlord who allowed up to 40 tenants to live in poor conditions in a disused pub in North Wales...

The new licensing scheme for rented homes in Nottingham is set to come into force on Wednesday, August 1, and yet...

A landlord who infuriated neighbours by using a back garden at one of his rental properties to dump rubbish has been...

Tickets are now on sale for the Residential Landlords Association’s (RLA) next Future Renting Conference in London. The one-day conference, which will...

Plans to introduce new tougher electrical safety standards in the private rented sector aimed at protecting tenants by reducing the risk...

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...

A call by a Parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks has...

With more Airbnb listings in this country than ever before, there is growing concern among MPs that the home sharing website...

A rogue landlord letting a cold, damp property with a lack of hot water and heating has been ordered to pay...

Tickets have been released for the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) next Future Renting conference in London. The one-day conference, which will be...

Tougher electrical safety standards for rented properties north of the border are needed to protect private tenants, according to a leading...

The government is hoping to improve standards in the private rented sector in Telford by handing £388,925 to Telford & Wrekin...

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...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border are being urged to demonstrate that they are complying with all of their legal obligations...

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

Industry experts have joined forces to launch a campaign urging policy makers to create legislation on appliance testing in rental properties. It...

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

A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay almost £3,000 after being found guilty of a number of breaches relating to...

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

MakeUrMove is warning that a significant number of buy-to-let landlords are thinking about quitting the private rented sector due to problem tenants...

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 rogue landlord who left tenants living in substandard conditions in Selly Oak and Edgbaston has been ordered to pay in...

An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...

New ‘Home Safety Guidance’ has been released by the Electrical Safety Roundtable (ESR) to help landlords meet their obligations and ensure...

A buy-to-let landlord in Birmingham has been fined £25,000 after pleading guilty at Birmingham Magistrates Court for regulation breaches in relation...

The government’s review into building and fire safety regulations is ‘missing the opportunity’ to assess fire safety regulations across all types...

Unscrupulous landlords who rent out substandard properties face being driven out of the private rented sector as new banning orders are...

A buy-to-let investor, who previously spent time in prison for perjury after he lied during an inquiry into the deaths of...

A new TV show called ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’, a companion series to ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’, starts today. Following the success...

A Conservative councillor has been ordered to pay more than £57,000 after being taken to court by his own council for...

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...

Councils are being urged to do more to crack down on rogue landlords who are leaving thousands of tenants living in...

A rogue landlord has been fined in excess of £20,000 after renting a single house out to three separate families. Veli Bunul...

A generous landlord, who has asked to remain anonymous, has donated one of her rental properties to Jose Ragoobeer, whose family...

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

A company and the manager of a house of multiple occupation (HMO) in South Hampstead, north-west London, have been hit with...

A buy-to-let landlord has been fined almost £34,000 for putting tenants at risk. Harbhajan Singh Dhami pleaded guilty to not one, but 32...

Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...

According to official figures, more than 200,000 homes in England were empty for at least six months during 2016. In London,...

The phasing out of mortgage interest relief from last April will soon start to make it harder for buy-to-let landlords to make...

Dangerous electrical mains installation, ‘defective’ sanitary fitments in both the bathroom and kitchen, and a ‘lack of automatic fire detection’, were among...

A landlord in Luton has been handed the largest fine the town has ever seen for breaches of the law regarding...

A Private Members’ Bill put forward by Labour MP, Karen Buck, which offers tenants the legal right to take action against...

A buy-to-let landlord who was convicted of nine counts of breaching regulations for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that he...

A buy-to-let landlord has been convicted of nine counts of breaching regulations for a house in multiple occupation (HMO) that he...

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...

The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...

A buy-to-let landlord in Flintshire has been given 28 days to pay a fine of £11,081 after being found guilty of...

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

A private landlord in Northampton has been fined £3,300 and ordered to pay the council’s £1,890.26 legal costs along with a...

A rogue landlord in Newmarket who exposed tenants to ‘significant risk’ has been ordered to pay almost £33,000 after being found...

A property firm with assets in the Virgin Islands has paid a £8,000 civil penalty to Brent Council after two tenants...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay almost £6,500 for renting out four houses in Nottingham without a license. Dilip Gohil...

A raft of ‘anti-landlord’ policies introduced by the government have prompting concern that buy-to-let landlords with low profit margins could end...

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...

More than 500 landlords attended Brent Council’s latest Landlord Forum in north London last week where they were given presentations from...

For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike, and because...

As the letting fees ban looms ahead, it is clear that however it plays out we are seeing more and more...

A young man has been discovered paying £250 a month for a sleeping space in a cupboard under the stairs, measuring...

People living in high rise tower blocks across the UK are being let down by a system in which it is...

The Bank of England’s decision to increase interest rates yesterday could lead to rents rising across the country as some landlords...

Hands up who’s put their heating on already? Autumn seems to have crept up on us so quickly this year that...

A landlord in Luton has been fined £11,620 for letting an unlicensed and poorly-maintained house in the town which is classed...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 220 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Birmingham, as part...

A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...

An advert offering a van for rent as a home for £220 per month has appeared on Gumtree. The advert for the...

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

The latest figures show that there are over one million apps available across leading app stores such as Google Play, Apple...