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Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...

A council is running a pilot project to manage litter issues associated with HMOs. All homes in parts of Coventry were given...

Landlords are to be given more powers to evict unruly tenants who ruin neighbours’ lives through persistent noise or by being...

York council has set out strict guidelines for Airbnb style short lets and for holiday rentals.   A statement from the Labour-controlled authority...

Limits to the number of homes being converted into Houses in Multiple Occupation in parts of Leicester are due to be...

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...

A private landlord has been slapped with a £400 fine for allowing a tenant’s waste to be fly-tipped on the site...

A local authority admits it is using covert cameras to spot landlords illegally fly-tipping. Darlington council claims there have been several incidents...

Gardens have always been a mixed blessing for landlords - currently they’re popular with tenants but there is the problem of...

A Build To Rent operator claims to be promoting what it calls “socially conscious renting” as people seek to live more...

The Scottish government has announced new measures to regulate short-term lets north of the border.  The government is handing local authorities fresh...

A private landlord in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire was left horrified after nightmare tenants left his property in a...

A buy-to-let landlord has been left with a major clean-up bill after ‘tenants from hell’ whose rent had fallen into severe...

A tenant who illegally sublet an unlicensed and poorly-maintained bungalow in north London, which was described by Brent Council as a...

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

A landlord has described her shock and horror after the home she rented out had been transformed into a cannabis farm. The...

Private landlords in Telford have reacted furiously to plans by Telford & Wrekin Council to introduce a Selective Licensing in parts...

ONE of the fastest growing property companies in London has been voted the best letting agency in the UK after its...

Becoming a professional landlord looks like an enviable job… from afar. Up close, it quickly becomes clear that it’s an occupation...

When it comes to the gardens of a rented property, landlords and tenants can get easily confused with what’s required from...