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The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...

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

A co-living brand called Folk is launching its third site in the capital, Florence Dock in Battersea.  The building, which already has...

A new rental market analysis has revealed where in the UK has the highest proportion of private landlords.  Benham and Reeves analysed...

New research from Leeds Building Society paints what it calls “a harrowing picture” of the housing market for first-time buyers. It claims...

A re-offending landlord housed himself and five tenants in what has been described as a death trap property.  The rogue Harrow landlord...

A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...

The Health and Safety Executive is urging landlords to check the credentials of gas fitters following a case heard recently in...

Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...

A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...

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

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...

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

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

Tenants who own at least one pet will often struggle to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...

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

Airbnb has confirmed that it is laying off 25% of its workforce as the short-term lets platform joins a slew of firms...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay back a whopping £190,000 after he was caught receiving rental from illegal flats. A...

Council officers from Brent and Harrow Trading Standards have pledged to clampdown on unscrupulous letting agents in the London boroughs of...

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

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

Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...

A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...

Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...

A rogue landlord whose tenants were living in degrading conditions has been ordered to pay £9,000. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow Council...

There has been a sharp rise in vegans and vegetarians in this country in recent years, with more people than ever...

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

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

The landlord of a north London property where two men died of a suspected carbon monoxide leak on Sunday faces a...

With 65,000 affordable new homes planned to be built in London per year, it would appear that the capital is offering...

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

Buy-to-let landlords can still expect to achieve double-digit yields when investing up north, fresh research shows. A new survey by TotallyMoney provides...

A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...

A buy-to-let landlord pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the harassment of his tenants during a short hearing at Sheffield...

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

A rogue landlord who allowed tenants to live in a shed without gaining planning consent from the local council has been...

A company letting out an illegally converted house in North West London has been ordered to pay £250,000 under the Proceeds...

Harrow Council will take fresh measures to tackle rogue landlords by introducing new licensing schemes next week in Wealdstone and Edgware,...

Rogue landlords in the London Borough of Barnet are being targeted by the local council as part of a crackdown on...

Homeowners and prospective landlords across the Deepings and Bourne districts of Lincolnshire are being offered grants of up to £5,000 to...

A landlord who rented his hazardous property to a family for years was prosecuted by Harrow Council and ordered to pay...

Peer-to-peer lender LendInvest has examined the financial impact on landlords – and their tenants – of the additional 3% Stamp Duty...

A North London landlord has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 by Harrow Crown Court for illegally converting two Brent...