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![Latest council licensing scheme takes over £900 from each landlord](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A new council licensing scheme has been given the go ahead by the government. Peterborough council’s selective licensing scheme will be run...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Tenants can bring civil action against landlord hit with Formal Caution](/upload/images/Caution.jpg)
A council has issued a formal caution to a landlord for attempting to illegally evict three of his tenants. The landlord posted...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Bail Out! Council’s desperate plea for help from private landlords](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
A council is apply to private landlords to help it solve its housing crisis. Peterborough council says it’s looking for family sized...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Unlikely location heads landlords’ capital growth league table](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Hotspots - the cities to look out for in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023HappyNY-400x310.png)
Specialist mortgage lender Aldermore has named what it believes to be the five best cities for landlords to invest in for...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jailed and Must Pay Compensation - rogue landlord illegally evicted tenant](/upload/images/library/Prison400x310.jpg)
A landlord has been sentenced to 12 months imprisonment for the illegal eviction and harassment of a tenant, and has been...
09 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Jailed! Tenant who punched, kicked and bit landlord](/upload/images/library/Prison400x310.jpg)
A lodger who punched, kicked and bit his landlord after being challenged about his drinking has been jailed. Mickey Boots punched the...
10 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lloyds Bank landlord plans even bigger than first anticipated](/upload/images/Logos/LloydsBank-logo400x310.png)
More details have emerged of Lloyds Bank’s plan to become a landlord - and the proposal is even more ambitious than...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Threat to small-scale landlords as Lloyds Bank buys and lets flats](/img/default/llt.png)
It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Councils accused by activists over rental licensing and safety](/img/default/llt.png)
There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Voyeur landlord put on sex offenders’ register for 10 years](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord has admitted voyeurism and has been handed a suspended prison sentence and placed on the sex offenders’ register for...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Landlords win thousands in compensation from council](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords of a property in Peterborough have been compensated £6,000 by the local council. The payment follows a delay in agreeing a...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fastest selling buy-to-let hotspots revealed](/img/default/llt.png)
There has been a notable rise in the number of buy-to-let landlords offloading properties in recent month due to buy-to-let tax...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Landlord ordered to pay over £7,500 for safety hazards](/img/default/llt.png)
A landlord who failed to install a proper heating system and left safety hazards across a house in Peterborough has been...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 buy-to-let hotspots](/img/default/llt.png)
Colchester has been identified as the number one place to currently invest for buy-to-let, based on rental yields. The LendInvest BTL Index...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Council launches new private rental scheme in bid to provide more homes](/img/default/llt.png)
Peterborough City Council has launched a new private rental scheme aimed at landlords who are looking for a long term tenant...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlord fined for overcrowded property](/img/default/llt.png)
A buy-to-let landlord has been reprimanded for housing too many people in a rented property in Peterborough Raashid Alyas, of Mayors Walk...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Where are rents rising fastest?](/img/default/llt.png)
Most areas of England and Wales have seen rental price growth over the past 12 months, but where are rents increasing...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![East of England sees fastest growth in rents](/img/default/llt.png)
The average rent in England and Wales hit £850 a month in December, up 2.2% year-on-year, led by gains in the...
24 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rent ‘eats up a shockingly high proportion of people’s wages’](/img/default/llt.png)
Tenants are spending an increasing proportion of their earnings on rent, new figures have revealed. Fresh research undertaken by rentals platform CreditLadder...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Council plans 1,100% selective licensing fee hike for some landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Buy-to-let landlords with rental properties in Peterborough will now have to pay £600 for a five-year licence to rent out a...
19 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Unlicensed landlord ordered to pay £1,300](/img/default/llt.png)
A buy-to-let landlord has been fined £1,000 for renting out a property in Peterborough without a licence which he was legally...
29 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Unlicensed landlord ordered to pay over £2,600](/img/default/llt.png)
A private landlord has been fined £2,000 for renting out two properties in Peterborough without a licence which he was legally...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords first to be fined under new licensing scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Four landlords in Peterborough have become the first to have been fined for not holding a licence under a new city...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Rents continue to slow across the UK](/img/default/llt.png)
The average rental value of a new letting in the UK increased by just 0.24% in the first six months of...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where is the most profitable area in the UK for buy-to-let landlords?](/img/default/llt.png)
Property investors looking to invest in the buy-to-let market may wish to consider buying property in Luton, which currently offers the...
17 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Council denies MP’s claims it is subsidising ‘slum’ landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Peterborough City Council has rejected a claim that it is subsidising slum landlords with taxpayers’ money following an accusation by the...
06 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![MP slams subsidy for ‘slum’ landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
A new scheme launched to help landlords with housing repairs in Peterborough has been panned by the local MP. Stewart Jackson MP...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![RLA urges landlords to lobby MPs over tax changes](/img/default/llt.png)
The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging landlords to lobby their local MP over taxation changes announced by the now former...
24 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Where are rents rising fastest?](/img/default/llt.png)
Rents in the residential property sector are continuing to rise across many parts of the UK with no fewer than 20...
13 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Landlords face ‘robust enforcement action’ unless they join new scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
Landlords in Peterborough are being warned to sign up to a new licensing scheme or end up in court. Peterborough City Council...
18 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![New selective licensing sessions for landlords](/img/default/llt.png)
Understanding property licensing is not an easy task and that is why two drop-in sessions will be held by Peterborough City...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News
04 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Rental property supply plummets](/img/default/llt.png)
The supply of homes listed on the market to let has fallen sharply now that pretty much all of the buy-to-let...
18 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government gives go-ahead to Peterborough landlord scheme](/img/default/llt.png)
A new selective landlord licensing scheme will be introduced by Peterborough City Council in parts of the city where there are...
05 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Top seaside areas for landlords unveiled](/img/default/llt.png)
A new study which looked at coastal towns across England and Wales has found that Hull offers landlords the highest average rental...
24 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of tenants facing eviction](/img/default/llt.png)
More than 148,000 renting households in England have been at risk of eviction from their home in the past year, according...