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The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...
15 March 2024
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A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...
15 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A London council has successfully prosecuted two landlords who failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice originally issued against substandard...
07 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...
28 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A clampdown has found 18 council homes were being unlawfully sublet on Airbnb and other short let platforms. The investigation led by...
14 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...
21 October 2023
From: Rental Reform
The London Landlord Accreditation Scheme is hosting a virtual conference and training day in the New Year. It promises to “bring you...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been ordered to pay £5,312 for unlawfully evicting his tenant of 18 months. In April this year Bassetlaw council...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been prosecuted for the unlawful eviction of a tenant from privately rented accommodation in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Leading up...
12 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...
25 August 2023
From: Breaking News
A third year law student has successfully challenged her landlord over a repair bill. Obioma Ibe, whose landlord unlawfully tried to claim...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord who left his tenants homeless after breaking into their house at night with a hammer has been prosecuted by...
17 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...
02 June 2023
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A council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for the second time for illegally evicting a tenant. The prosecution for offences relating to...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Politicians have rejected calls for rent controls, open ended tenancies and slower evictions - although this has not happened on the...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord was prosecuted after a council discovered he had unlawfully allowed occupation of a prohibited property. Following a complaint from a...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
A landlord will have to pay £22,861 after he failed to apply for a licence to operate an HMO. Mohammad Safdar, of...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords on non-domestic units are being urged to adhere to new regulations for their properties, or face thousands of pounds of fines. With...
25 March 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
An unnamed landlord has been prosecuted after Rochdale council discovered they had unlawfully allowed occupation of a property that had been...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...
15 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Politicians in the Scottish Parliament have backed a controversial cap which means rent rises for private tenants mid-tenancy cannot exceed 3.0...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
An analysis of inner London data from the government’s non-domestic EPC register suggests huge volumes of commercial property may be unsettable...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Nearly a fifth of UK commercial landlords still have properties with an energy performance certificate rating of F or G, despite...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Private landlords and letting agents can pick up tips on how to keep energy costs under control, stay on top of...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
A London council is relaunching its consultation on a new borough-wide Additional HMO Licensing Scheme, following feedback from the community. The original...
31 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A council is telling private tenants in its area to make contact if they believe their mould-related problems are not being...
23 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Richmond council in London is joining forces with the charity Citizens Advice to help stop what it calls ‘discrimination’ against renters...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords and agents are being asked their views on proposals to expand Selective Licensing to eight new areas of Manchester. There are...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A combination of Labour, the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists have pushed through a rent freeze proposal. The Cost of Living...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been prosecuted for unlawfully evicting and harassing a tenant by, amongst other things, removing the toilet. The landlord also...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...
24 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut. In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
New build homes are often at the forefront of market downturns and new data suggests new builds are already seeing price...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Existing homes have risen some eight per cent in value in the past year while the price of a typical new...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord group is threatening legal action following a council’s approval of a new licensing scheme. York council - run by a...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...
23 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
A landlord has been fined and must pay compensation after being involved in an illegal eviction. The landlord - Tahir Aziz - was...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords considering new build properties to enlarge their portfolios may get more of a bargain than they expected. New data from the...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...
10 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A council in one of the remote parts of the UK is appealing for registered landlords who might be able to...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in one part of the UK alone, some 75,000 tenants have been discriminated against by landlords. The...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A proposal that landlords be fined up to 36 months rent has been put forward in a consultation paper. The Scottish Government’s...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations. It applies...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A national newspaper says the current ratings of the Energy Performance Certificate are under review by the Department for Business, Energy...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been jailed for six months, suspended for a year, after being found guilty of illegally evicting a tenant...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Cotswold council, using cash from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is targeting properties that fall below the minimum...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A little-known law unearthed by a lettings agency may be bad news because it means some private renters are likely to...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior figure in a newly-enlarged agency that wants to become a national force in lettings has thrown his weight behind...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Two prominent Brexiteer MPs are spearheading a campaign that claims Net Zero energy efficiency policies are unpopular. In their launch statement, they...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A council says it’s working with police to target landlords which it claims are flouting the law and illegally eviction and...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A council says it’s going to contact local landlords to remind them of legal restrictions concerning energy efficiency. Caerphilly council says it’s...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Orkney Council wants private landlords who hold family accommodation to come forward if they would be suitable for Afghan families. Councillors recently...
28 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord has pleaded guilty to the unlawful eviction of his tenant. Jalal Uddin of Wellingborough has pleaded guilty at the town’s...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A man has pleaded guilty in a magistrates’ court after he evicted a tenant by unlawfully harassing him and obliging him...
03 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A council is appealing for witnesses to help with its prosecution of a landlord for illegal eviction. Sohila Tamiz who is a...
19 July 2021
From: Breaking News
An online platform that places landlords’ listings on portals and manages bookings is seeking new funding through the Seedrs crowdfunding site. Smarthost...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A well-organised group of local landlords is threatening a city council with legal action over plans to expand a licensing scheme. The...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Since it was launched in 2012 to help the Portuguese economy bounce back from a damaging financial crisis, the Portuguese Golden...
19 May 2021
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Landlord Antanas Klibavicius has pleaded guilty to illegally evicting his tenant and not taking any steps towards ending the tenancy properly...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent campaign group has entered the fray for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections which will be held in some...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour wants the government to change its Coronavirus guidance to end the internal reading of electric and gas meters during lockdown. The party claims...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News
The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...
14 January 2021
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A BBC investigation into ‘No DSS’ statements on two prominent landlord websites has provoked campaigning charity Shelter into an attack on the...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
An investigation by the BBC has found that 80 per cent of advertisements on two websites used by landlords say people...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The family of an 80-year-old landlord fined for failing to maintain a block of flats in Wisbech has stepped in to...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A £4,550 fine has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five...
19 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A leading property lawyers says he’s willing to act for landlords to take the government to judicial review over its latest...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A new Build To Rent brand - Kooky - has acquired 208 units in High Wycombe from a developer, Inland Homes. The...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The ‘No DSS’ issue has been effectively settled by a landmark court case, but a new document for MPs says ‘affordability...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The Generation Rent campaign says a mandatory landlord register is necessary - and would have stopped the actions of a rogue...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...
02 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A second UK court has ruled that ‘No DSS’ is unlawful, after a renter won a legal trial against housing benefit...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
Kensington Mortgages has introduced a range of rate cuts across its buy-to-let and residential ranges. Rates have been cut by up to 0.3%...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A specialist property litigation firm is warning buy-to-let landlords not to discriminate against benefit claimants, following a recent landmark ruling that...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...
29 July 2020
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A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has lost an appeal at the High Court after he built an extension on a property...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to take advantage of the stamp duty tax savings announced in the chancellor’s summer statement by...
17 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The practice of refusing to rent homes to those in receipt of housing benefit has been ruled unlawful this week, but...
15 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Online visits and engagement by homebuyers and tenants in the UK has dropped 4.1% over the past six months as many...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Students at the University of Bristol have taken part in a socially distant march demanding greater help for tenants adversely affected by...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A new landlord organistaion has become the largest ever trade body in the letting sector after officially launching this morning. The National...
02 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Most landlords are wary of the potential damage, smells and noise complaints that can come with accommodating a tenant with pets,...