Archive

A landlord faces a hefty jail sentence unless she finds over £50,000 in the next three months - and on top...

The average water bill has risen by 6% in England and Wales in recent days, which could see households having to...

Burnley council says it’s considered the findings of a six-week public consultation and is set to increase planning controls over the...

While parts of Britain are considering tightening rules over Airbnbs and other short lets, the Channel island of Jersey appears to...

Landlords quitting the sector could have to spend hundreds of pounds more when selling their home owing to new Trading Standards...

Homes Under The Hammer property expert Lucy Alexander is fronting a new campaign to identify empty homes and bring them back...

A Tory has slammed the proposed clampdown on short lets proposed by Housing Secretary Michael Gove - and he calls them...

The chief executive of a short lets service says Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is wrong to think penalising landlords will help solve...

Agents’ trade body Propertymark has called for equal parity between short-term lets and the private rented sector to ensure they meet...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

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...

A council is reminding prospective tenants about the importance of making sure their next shared rental is licensed as a house...

A property finance consultancy claims that unmortgageable properties can be snapped up with a discount of 27 per cent. Apex Bridging says...

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 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...

A bid to make three Northumberland holiday cottages available as permanent private residences has been rejected by planners. At a time when...

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...

A landlord who used a fake name to evade detection has been hit with £485,000 in fines after illegally renting out...

A trade body representing short lets operators has slammed government housing failures. The Short Term Accommodation Association says it’s analysed local authority...

A landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice has received a hefty fine. Sultan Mahmood, of Woking, was...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was initially fined £4,000...

A prominent north of England council has launched a six-week public consultation on proposals to tighten the planning rules around converting...

A tenants’ union has developed an app which it claims makes it easy to complain about short lets. Living Rent - a...

A landlord who let tenants live in properties riddled with hazardous electrics, unsafe boilers, mould and no smoke alarms must pay...

Over the last 15 years, the HMO market has been transformed.  Back in the ‘90s, multi-lets were mainly student housing or cheap...

A northern council is considering tightening the planning rules around converting properties into HMOs. A report to Burnley council’s executive recommends removing...

It’s hardly surprising that the property auction market has seen an increase in activity in recent years, with buyers looking to...

The Generation Rent campaign has launched a petition on its website to give councils power to license holiday lets.  The campaign claims...

A council is boasting that it’s taking a "really hard line” over HMO regulation. New rules in Blackburn with Darwen prevent family...

New laws mean commercial property must now have an energy efficiency rating of at least E before a new lease or...

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

A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...

The Generation Rent activist group claims holiday homes are eroding the supply of available properties in key tourist areas.  It claims 80...

The UK has long been a pioneer in terms of Net Zero goal setting, but many people across the nation remain...

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...

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

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

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...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £33,000 in costs for illegally running an HMO. The three-bedroom HMO was identified...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay over £15,000 after illegally altering buildings he let out as HMOs in the...

Landlords converting a property of any size to rent out on multiple tenancies in seven areas of a London borough could...

Dacorum council in Hertfordshire has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was fined...

A controversial new report demands that the government uses next month’s Budget to sharply increase tax burdens for landlords. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s...

A Labour Party proposal to sell some long-empty homes to first time buyers for just £1 has been dismissed as the...

New rules introduced by a council in south east England will prevent smaller homes from being converted into Houses of Multiple...

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

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

It’s been known for over a year that John Lewis wishes to diversify into the private rental sector and now it...

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...

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

Rishi Sunak has won the Conservative leadership campaign and is set to become Prime Minister tomorrow. Over the summer Sunak set out...

AirBnb owners are leaving the market for long term lettings following changes to the regulations in Scotland according to a leading...

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

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

The new academic year is just around the corner, so many landlords will be thinking about student housing sector to diversify...

Hounslow council in London has introduced new measures for conversions of family homes into HMOs for three to six tenants. Investors will...

Conservative party leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak says he wants today’s renters, along with young adults obliged to live at home with...

A council says it’s going to introduce stricter regulations for HMOs - and it hasn’t yet even finished its formal consultation. Hounslow...

Labour wants to bring in a UK-wide licensing system for holiday lets to preserve the “spirit” of costal and rural communities. The...

Councils will be able to control numbers of second homes and holiday lets under new plans unveiled by the Welsh Government. There...

London-focussed lettings agency Douglas & Gordon gives its rundown on what new landlords should know to get the most out of...

Ofgem has announced that the energy price cap will further rise from £1,971 to £2,800 in October this year, amid an...

A rogue landlord prosecuted for illegally squashing seven flats into a development with planning permission for six must pay around £250,000.  In...

Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...

The activist group Acorn is lobbying a local council to deny people the right to buy a second home or let...

Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...

As the government continues to assess the future state of building regulation in the UK, developers and leaseholders continue to remain...

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...

The Council for the Protection of Rural England is the latest body to blast Airbnb and other short lets for their...

The government looks set to clamp down on holiday rentals and will this year formally consult on the concept of a...

A Midlands city is starting consultation on a major extension of powers over HMOs. Leicester council wants to have an extended Article...

Two married landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice. Kartar and...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay almost £275,000 for failing to comply with an existing planning enforcement notice. Mrs Anja...

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

Demand for property with land has risen significantly over the last 18 months according to a buying agency - but it’s...

Landlords are being invited to a free webinar that promises to bring them up to date with the new planning regime...

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

A proposed new Build To Rent scheme is thought to be the first in the UK to be in a suburb,...

A property company and its sole director landlord have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £50,000 in fines and...

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...

With the staycation boom caused by Covid-19, which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future as travel restrictions remain for...

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...

Local people in a part of Wales claim they are being priced out of their communities by investment buyers and second home...

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

The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show takes place at the NEC exhibition centre in Birmingham later this month and you can now claim...

Following on from the successful South East Homebuilding & Renovating Show that took place at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference...

The minister for local government, housing and planning in Scotland, Kevin Stewart, has received a joint letter from the UK Short...

Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...

The Farnborough Homebuilding & Renovating Show takes place at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre in Farnborough, north Hampshire, this weekend and you...