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Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

A new law requiring landlords in three wards of the London borough of Brent to pay for a selective licence will...

One of the country’s largest landlord licensing regimes has expanded even more this week. Some 700 more private sector homes in Manchester...

Views are being sought on the designation of a scheme to improve standards in part of Middlesbrough.  A selective landlord licensing scheme...

HMOs in the London borough of Brent must now win planning consent and meet a new set of criteria to ensure...

A rogue landlord has been fined £2,814 for failing to license an HMO in Wolverhampton. Dudley Magistrates Court found Maciej Piotr Zaremba...

Birmingham’s Labour controlled council is writing to Housing Secretary Michael Gove for consent to apply a new licensing scheme over 25...

Home repairs service Rightio has provided a useful checklist of the hidden costs of being a landlord. Many seasoned hands will...

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

Pressure groups attacking landlords and letting agents are usually on the other side of the fence from property industry professionals but...

An unscrupulous landlord who illegally rented out properties in Fife has been sentenced to two years in prison after failing to...

Nottingham City Council has been criticised for targeting responsible landlords whilst doing little to clampdown on rogue operators in the local...

Marks Out Of Tenancy, a letting review website, has launched a digital service to help local authorities crackdown on unscrupulous landlords...

Private landlords in Enfield may soon have to obtain new licences after the local council launched a consultation aimed at gaining...

Private landlords will soon need to obtain a new licence to rent out property with multiple individually let rooms in Slough,...

We all know that investing in a buy-to-let (BTL) property is a huge responsibility, but for those of you who are...

Landlord licensing schemes are being introduced across England, while they are mandatory in Scotland and Wales, as local authorities attempt to...

Middlesborough Council is hoping to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating in the Newport ward, particularly in and around the Gresham area,...

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

Landlords and letting agents could soon be banned from charging fees to private tenants in Wales under plans for a new...

Private landlords in Nottingham may soon have to obtain a licence after plans to introduce a selective licensing scheme were given...

More private landlords with rental homes in the London borough of Havering may soon have to apply for a license after...

A major consultation on a proposed new landlord license scheme has been delayed until after the general election. The idea of introducing...

A landlord who let out 12 properties in Middleborough has become the first in the local area to be prosecuted for...

A compulsory licence for landlords aimed at improving Liverpool's private rented housing has been panned by a local landlord in the...

Plans to introduce landlord licences in Redbridge have been thrown out by the Secretary of State. Redbridge Council said it was “extremely...

A local authority has refused to issue a private landlord licence after it was revealed the applicant had a conviction for...