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25 February 2022
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A protest by Welsh nationalists has called for a new Property Act to be passed by the Welsh Parliament, which would...
23 February 2022
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A landlord must demolish two penthouse apartments by mid July - or else go to jail. It’s being reported that a case...
20 January 2022
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A landlord who built extensions and converted them into flats and bedsits all without planning permission has been given a record...
24 September 2021
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The government is considering forcing landlords who rent out homes as Airbnb-style short lets to apply for planning consent. This would not...
06 September 2021
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Proposals to impose strict controls on Airbnb and other short lets - including possibly requiring planning consent and licensing - will be...
16 August 2021
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Build To Rent planning application requests have risen 52 per cent in the past year according to the latest research. However they...
16 July 2021
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Eight landlords letting flats on the same street have been banned from renting them out on Airbnb. The Edinburgh News website says...
05 July 2021
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Two landlords of a property in East London have been ordered to pay costs and fines totalling £61,057.05 after they were prosecuted...
16 April 2021
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A council clampdown on four short let flats in Edinburgh has been backed by the Scottish Government. The council discovered that the...
25 January 2021
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A cluster of owner occupiers living near a city centre are demanding that landlords win planning consent before operating HMOs. The Gloucestershire...
27 November 2020
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A London landlord must pay over £280,000 in three months after housing eight people in a flat deems illegal for even...
27 November 2020
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A London landlord who ignored six enforcement notices served by his local council has been ordered to pay over £300,000. Salim Mussa Patel...
22 October 2020
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Buyers of second or holiday homes in Snowdonia National Park should require planning permission to purchase. That’s the view of the park's...
21 October 2020
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The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...
14 October 2020
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A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...
02 October 2020
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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...
28 September 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
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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...
28 February 2020
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A rogue landlord who squeezed 15 people into a modest home in west London has been ordered to pay more than...
19 December 2019
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Grainger PLC has submitted detailed planning consent for a Build to Rent scheme in Lewisham. The project on Besson Street, SE14, which...
22 November 2019
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Rental price growth in English cities undergoing extensive regeneration is outpacing the national average, new research shows. Looking at 12 cities in...
24 July 2019
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A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house in east London into two flats...
20 June 2019
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A buy-to-let landlord who converted a flat in London Bridge into ‘cramped bedsits’ without planning consent has been ordered to pay...
02 May 2019
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Castle Trust has launched a new unregulated bridging loan product that can be used for first charge buy-to-let cases of up...
16 April 2019
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A buy-to-let landlord who allowed tenants to occupy rooms without windows after failing to get planning consent for a block of...
02 April 2019
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Property expert and entrepreneur Gill Fielding has been investing in property for several decades; long before the term ‘property investor’ was...
26 March 2019
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PLATFORM_ has been awarded planning consent to build just over 200 homes on the site of the former Browning Jones &...
19 February 2019
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An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...
18 February 2019
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Rogue landlords who converted terrace houses into shoebox flats without planning permission have been ordered to re-pay illegal income or face...
17 December 2018
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A notorious rogue landlord who illegally built a number of tiny bedsits across North West London has been ordered to pay...
06 December 2018
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Legal & General has exchanged contracts on its largest build-to-rent (BTR) site to date located in Woolwich. The scheme, which has been...
04 July 2018
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Landlords, universities and construction firms involved with developing student housing breathed a sigh of relief after HMRC’s appeal against a ruling...
12 June 2018
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A landlord who built an outbuilding and converted it into eight small flats without planning consent has been ordered to pay...
29 May 2018
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Legal & General has announced that it will be creating 200 new Build to Rent (BTR) homes in Brighton as part...
01 February 2018
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New rules making it compulsory for landlords to apply for planning consent if they wish to convert properties in the Royal...
11 October 2017
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A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...
04 October 2017
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A private landlord who converted several houses into bedsits without planning consent has been ordered to pay more than £340,000. Latif Rehman,...
02 October 2017
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A Lincoln landlord has been told to pay more than £8,000 for serious overcrowding and safety breaches. Abdol Ali Javid Keshmiri of...
27 September 2017
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A rogue landlord who made almost £130,000 in illegal rent after converting his three-bedroom house into two flats without planning consent...
28 June 2017
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A rogue landlord who forced susceptible women into prostitution and sexually assaulted others while ruling his £16m property empire has been...
05 June 2017
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A rogue landlord who allowed tenants to live in a shed without gaining planning consent from the local council has been...
11 April 2017
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A landlord who broke the law by converting a building into seven flats in east London without planning consent could be...
03 April 2017
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The short-term letting industry, which includes the likes of Airbnb, joined local authorities and community groups at City Hall yesterday to...
22 February 2017
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Investing in property at auction is a popular choice for many buy-to-let landlords as there are some good bargains to be...
21 December 2016
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A landlord in Hayes, west London, has been ordered to pay back more than £140,000 in rent she received unlawfully after...
24 November 2016
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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...
26 October 2016
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Our new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, looks like a considered man and one hopes that he will be able to ‘kick away’...
24 October 2016
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Planning consent for the construction of an £82m private rented sector (PRS) residential waterfront tower in Liverpool has been approved by...
21 September 2016
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A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £100,000 for developing illegal flats at her property after being prosecuted by...