Archive

A new additional HMO licensing scheme is about to hit landlords in part of London.  Haringey council claims its initiative aims to...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

Labour-controlled Haringey Council in London says the owners of short lets and furnished holiday homes will be forced to pay double...

A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...

Residents across part of London are invited to give their thoughts on yet another new rental licensing scheme. This is a new...

Haringey council has got a £200,000 windfall from landlords of unlicensed HMOs. And now it’s set to get even more. Councillors are to...

Landlords across just one London borough who failed to license HMOs have been issued with fines amounting to £207,500. To date, 59...

The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...

The government response to a Freedom of Information request has shed light on the increasing number of homes in England and...

Social housing, believed by some to be superior to private rental, is under the spotlight as two major landlords are to...

A London landlord has been fined £2,500 by the local council for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the...

A new property licensing scheme that claims to provide “safer, well managed housing for renters” has now come into force in...

A London landlord has been fined £1,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in Tottenham. Having ignored numerous requests and failing to renew...

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...

A landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in London. The fine was issued by Haringey council after the...

The government says it’s going to name and shame what it considers to be bad social landlords, using social media to...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

Earlier this month, the government confirmed that its ban on evictions due to the coronavirus pandemic is to be extended for...

As we keep being regularly told at the moment, we are living through unprecedented times, with the greatest restrictions on our civil...

Whether you’re a first-time landlord or a seasoned one looking to build your portfolio, you will need to consider how you...

A now-former council tenant in north London has been handed a suspended sentence and ordered to pay close to £90,000 after...

Despite the slowdown in the UK housing market in recent years, caused in part by the Brexit vote which fuelled uncertainty...

With the slump in house price growth in London slowing, a growing number of property investors believe that now is a...

Haringey Borough Council has given the go-ahead for borough-wide additional licensing to be introduced from 27 May 2019 for Houses in...

As an income investment, buy-to-let continues to look attractive, especially compared to low savings rates and stock market swings, but when...

New research has identified London’s most uninhabitable boroughs for the capital’s tenants, based on the cost of living there to the...

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...

Haringey Council has launched a public consultation on plans to introduce two new Selective Landlord Licensing schemes in the London borough. The...

Following the news that Transport for London has privately warned that Crossrail 2 could be delayed by a decade, to the...

Some buy-to-let landlords are bracing themselves for smaller profits over the coming years as a result of the new mortgage interest...

Rental yields in London are typically among the lowest in the UK mainly due to high house prices, but there are still good...

Rental values have increased across prime central London over the past three months fuelled by greater demand from people looking to...

The Guardian has named and shamed a North London landlord after she topped a list of letting agents and landlords who have...

The Mirror has laid into UKIP by exposing the party’s housing and environment spokesman as a landlord who has received over...

Local councils are offering landlords cash payments of up to £4,000 to accommodate homeless families as a shortage of social housing...