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![Why are landlords selling up?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Open%20Property%20Group/sold-sign-landlord-today-v2(1).jpg)
The challenges facing the property market right now are well reported; from rising interest rates pushing up mortgage payments to a...
03 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Tough for Renters - Agent’s Insight Into London Market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...
22 July 2023
From: Agent Advice
![Co-living rental brand launches third property project](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
A co-living brand called Folk is launching its third site in the capital, Florence Dock in Battersea. The building, which already has...
12 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![UK’s landlord hotspots revealed by lettings agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BTR-400x310.png)
A new rental market analysis has revealed where in the UK has the highest proportion of private landlords. Benham and Reeves analysed...
10 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![First time buyers put off purchases and settle for renting](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
New research from Leeds Building Society paints what it calls “a harrowing picture” of the housing market for first-time buyers. It claims...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Re-offending landlord hit with big fine over ‘death trap’ home](/upload/images/library/Fine_360x280.png)
A re-offending landlord housed himself and five tenants in what has been described as a death trap property. The rogue Harrow landlord...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Most profitable student accommodation investments revealed](/upload/images/library/StudentResearch-400x310.jpeg)
A new study has compiled a league table of the best cities in the UK for investment in student accommodation. CIA Landlord...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Landlords urged to check safety qualifications of gas fitters](/upload/images/library/Health%26Safety400x310.png)
The Health and Safety Executive is urging landlords to check the credentials of gas fitters following a case heard recently in...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Shamplina Speaks: How guaranteed is ‘guaranteed rent’?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PaulShamplinaLandlordTodayLogo-400x310.jpg)
Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...
13 November 2021
From: The Big Issues
![Record fine issued to London landlord over planning offence](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Fined400x310.jpg)
A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![It's a Renter's Market - London affordability improves during pandemic](/img/default/llt.png)
Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves. The firm analysed...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlord ordered to repay almost £750,000 in “illicit earnings”](/img/default/llt.png)
A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords’ losses to hit £5.7bn by 2024 as rents look set to fall](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Have your say: Harrow Council plans to renew landlord licensing scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords with a rental property in Harrow have just a few weeks left to have their say in a consultation...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Most pet-friendly UK postcodes revealed](/img/default/llt.png)
Tenants who own at least one pet will often struggle to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Harrow Council consults on Edgware landlord licensing scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Harrow Council is looking to renew its landlord licensing scheme in Edgware, enabling tougher enforcement action on rogue landlords. It is consulting...
10 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb lays off 25% of workforce as virus lockdowns weigh](/img/default/llt.png)
Airbnb has confirmed that it is laying off 25% of its workforce as the short-term lets platform joins a slew of firms...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord ordered to pay £190,000 for renting out illegal flats](/img/default/llt.png)
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...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Brent and Harrow Trading Standards target rogue letting agents](/img/default/llt.png)
Council officers from Brent and Harrow Trading Standards have pledged to clampdown on unscrupulous letting agents in the London boroughs of...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![New tenant packs could help save lives](/img/default/llt.png)
New tenant packs designed to help landlords raise awareness of fire and carbon monoxide dangers have been launched by Aico Ltd. Aico,...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord family ordered to pay £250k under Proceeds of Crime Act](/img/default/llt.png)
A family of slum landlords who crammed 31 people into a suburban four-bedroom house has been ordered to pay back almost...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlords who disregarded planning rules ordered to pay £322k or face prison](/img/default/llt.png)
Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...
17 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord hit with record £1.5m fine for flouting planning rules](/img/default/llt.png)
A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![BTL landlords earned £34bn in rental income last year](/img/default/llt.png)
Private landlords across the UK collectively earned £33.8bn from their buy-to-let investments in the year from 5 April 2017 to 2018,...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord fined for allowing tenants to live among cockroaches, rats and raw sewage](/img/default/llt.png)
A rogue landlord whose tenants were living in degrading conditions has been ordered to pay £9,000. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow Council...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Where in the UK are the most vegetarian friendly properties to rent?](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a sharp rise in vegans and vegetarians in this country in recent years, with more people than ever...
10 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord to be prosecuted after 31 beds found in ‘appalling’ three-bedroom house](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord faces prosecution after police found he had squeezed 31 beds into a very overcrowded three-bedroom house that had just...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord fined £370k after breaching enforcement notices on flats](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord faces action after tenants die from carbon monoxide poisoning](/img/default/llt.png)
The landlord of a north London property where two men died of a suspected carbon monoxide leak on Sunday faces a...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![London property hotspots – where should you invest in 2018?](/img/default/llt.png)
With 65,000 affordable new homes planned to be built in London per year, it would appear that the capital is offering...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landmark legal decision could see rogue landlords forced to give up all earnings](/img/default/llt.png)
Criminal landlords who crammed up to 40 migrants inside their semi-detached townhouse in north-west London face losing hundreds of thousands of...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![The UK's top buy-to-let property hotspots unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
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...
17 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rogue landlord fined £339k for allowing tenants to live in ‘atrocious conditions’](/img/default/llt.png)
A rogue landlord who rented out squalid flats, which breached council planning laws and failed to meet basic living standards, has...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlord pleads guilty to harassing tenants](/img/default/llt.png)
A buy-to-let landlord pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the harassment of his tenants during a short hearing at Sheffield...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where can you achieve the highest rental yields?](/img/default/llt.png)
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
![‘Bed in shed’ landlord faces potential fine](/img/default/llt.png)
A rogue landlord who allowed tenants to live in a shed without gaining planning consent from the local council has been...
11 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Company hit with £250,000 confiscation order following ‘blatant disregard for planning rules’](/img/default/llt.png)
A company letting out an illegally converted house in North West London has been ordered to pay £250,000 under the Proceeds...
12 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Harrow Council to impose new licensing rules on landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Harrow Council will take fresh measures to tackle rogue landlords by introducing new licensing schemes next week in Wealdstone and Edgware,...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Barnet council clamping down on unlicensed landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Rogue landlords in the London Borough of Barnet are being targeted by the local council as part of a crackdown on...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Cash incentives to help bring empty properties back into use](/img/default/llt.png)
Homeowners and prospective landlords across the Deepings and Bourne districts of Lincolnshire are being offered grants of up to £5,000 to...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![West London landlord fined £16,000](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord who rented his hazardous property to a family for years was prosecuted by Harrow Council and ordered to pay...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty hike is “threat to rents”](/img/default/llt.png)
Peer-to-peer lender LendInvest has examined the financial impact on landlords – and their tenants – of the additional 3% Stamp Duty...