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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...

A London council has successfully prosecuted two landlords who failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice originally issued against substandard...

A landlord who was involved in a decade-long dispute with a London council has been hit with a £1.44 million penalty...

Government proposals on limiting short lets "fall a long way short of what's needed and will do nothing to put right...

Countryside campaigning charity CPRE has given a warm welcome to Michael Gove’s clampdown on short lets. Last week Housing Secretary Gove announced...

Reversing the tax penalties imposed on buy to let landlords in recent years would reduce the impact of short lets on...

A Labour MP who has campaigned for some years against short let landlords says proposals to crack down on the sector...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to restrict Airbnb-style short lets do not go far enough, a group of activists has said. Yesterday...

The Conservative leader of a council which claims it has had problems with Airbnbs and short lets has given wholehearted backing...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning announced wholesale changes to planning and regulations surrounding short lets. His proposals include: - planning permission...

Airbnb has given its backing to a proposal from Housing Secretary Michael Gove to introduce a mandatory register of short let...

Mohammed Sharaz, a landlord from Bradford, recently seized an opportunity to enhance his property portfolio after Wildstone acquired the gable end...

A flamboyant property in Oxford which has been the subject of a decades-long planning dispute has been removed from Airbnb by...

A local authority is reported to have said that a controversial new policy will reduce house values by five per cent. Gwynedd...

A leading agent in an area set to be hit by draconian planning restrictions on holiday lets is warning that the...

An Airbnb flat owner in Scotland has been refused access to let out her flat because it is in a block...

Recent years have seen a surge in the holiday lettings sector with the popularity of digital platforms like Air BnB.  It...

A leading buying agent says changing planning priorities amongst London councils are likely to mean that large lateral apartments will maintain...

A council is launching a bid to make the use of a home for a holiday let subject to a mandatory...

A consultation has been launched on changes to planning policy for HMOs in Exeter. The city council has a restriction in place...

TV property expert Phil Spencer has called for a radical simplification of the rules surrounding landlord licensing, fees and other regulations. In...

With the government considering short let landlords having to seek planning consent for the use of complete houses, AirBnb has announced...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Labour’s proposed reforms to the housing market “raise many questions”, a property industry figure claims. Under controversial plans put forward by party...

Next Thursday voters up and down the country will be casting their votes in a series of local elections which are...

A Liberal Democrat MP is calling on the government to bring forward a clampdown on Airbnb and other short lets.  The government...

The Generation Rent activist group says the government’s proposed clampdown on short let landlords does not go far enough. At the end...

New rules making it tougher for people to let houses via AirBnb and other short let platforms have been unveiled by...

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

A landlord has admitted breaching planning rules at two properties in south London. He submitted a guilty plea in response to Southwark...

The new editor of an influential newspaper property supplement has come up with a way of solving what she calls “the...

Activist group Generation Rent says it’s not convinced about government proposals to increase regulation of holiday lets and short lets -...

The government is to open a consultation on whether residential properties should require planning consent to be used as short lets...

The government is considering making home owners apply for planning consent if they wish to use a property for holiday lets. The...

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

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

Twelve changes to taxes, rules and regulations in the next three years will add £20,000 to the price of a new...

A London landlord has been fined and ordered to pay a confiscation order for ignoring planning rules Magistrates ordered landlord Zulfiqar Ahmed...

A public consultation is underway to get feedback on changes to rules which would prevent landlords and property developers turning some...

A landlord who lives in the US and lets her apartment out via Airbnb has been banned from doing so in...

Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...

A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...

A landlord must demolish two penthouse apartments by mid July - or else go to jail. It’s being reported that a case...

A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...

The government is considering forcing landlords who rent out homes as Airbnb-style short lets to apply for planning consent. This would not...

Proposals to impose strict controls on Airbnb and other short lets - including possibly requiring planning consent and licensing - will be...

Build To Rent planning application requests have risen 52 per cent in the past year according to the latest research. However they...

Eight landlords letting flats on the same street have been banned from renting them out on Airbnb. The Edinburgh News website says...

Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...

A council clampdown on four short let flats in Edinburgh has been backed by the Scottish Government. The council discovered that the...

A cluster of owner occupiers living near a city centre are demanding that landlords win planning consent before operating HMOs. The Gloucestershire...

A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...

A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...

Buyers of second or holiday homes in Snowdonia National Park should require planning permission to purchase. That’s the view of the park's...

The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...

A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...

Buy-to-let landlords in Walthamstow, north east London, have been ordered to pay a collective total of £375,000 after modifying their buy-to-let...

A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has lost an appeal at the High Court after he built an extension on a property...

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...

A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than...

Grainger PLC has submitted detailed planning consent for a Build to Rent scheme in Lewisham.  The project on Besson Street, SE14, which...

Rental price growth in English cities undergoing extensive regeneration is outpacing the national average, new research shows. Looking at 12 cities in...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...

A buy-to-let landlord who converted a flat in London Bridge into ‘cramped bedsits’ without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

Castle Trust has launched a new unregulated bridging loan product that can be used for first charge buy-to-let cases of up...

A buy-to-let landlord who allowed tenants to occupy rooms without windows after failing to get planning consent for a block of...

Property expert and entrepreneur Gill Fielding has been investing in property for several decades; long before the term ‘property investor’ was...

PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...

Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...

A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...

Legal & General has exchanged contracts on its largest build-to-rent (BTR) site to date located in Woolwich. The scheme, which has been...

Landlords, universities and construction firms involved with developing student housing breathed a sigh of relief after HMRC’s appeal against a ruling...

A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...

Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...

New rules making it compulsory for landlords to apply for planning consent if they wish to convert properties in the Royal...

A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...

A private landlord who converted several houses into bedsits without planning consent has been ordered to pay more than £340,000. Latif Rehman,...

A Lincoln landlord has been told to pay more than £8,000 for serious overcrowding and safety breaches. Abdol Ali Javid Keshmiri of...

A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house into two flats without planning consent...

A rogue landlord who forced susceptible women into prostitution and sexually assaulted others while ruling his £16m property empire has been...

A rogue landlord who allowed tenants to live in a shed without gaining planning consent from the local council has been...

A landlord who broke the law by converting a building into seven flats in east London without planning consent could be...

The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...

Investing in property at auction is a popular choice for many buy-to-let landlords as there are some good bargains to be...

A landlord in Hayes, west London, has been ordered to pay back more than £140,000 in rent she received unlawfully after...

Waltham Forest Council’s planning committee has awarded planning consent for the construction of a 440-home build-to-rent scheme in Walthamstow on the site...

Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...

Planning consent for the construction of an £82m private rented sector (PRS) residential waterfront tower in Liverpool has been approved by...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 for developing illegal flats at her property after being prosecuted by...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £400,000 after converting a property into flats without permission. Gilbert Garrick let the...