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The Renters Reform Bill, heavily amended by the government and in some cases by individual MPs, has now passed through all...

A landlord and a property management company have been found guilty of putting tenants at risk after a council probe. Kensington and...

Just days after the government revealed it was not scrapping Section 21 until court possession processes had been overhauled, so the...

A council is warning landlords they face penalty notices if their properties fail to comply with recent legislation that seeks to...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving landlords and letting agents and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

A team of experts will look into the impact ofd Airbnbs and other short lets in a part of the UK...

A council has given an insight into its past five years of enforcement actions against private landlords. The Labour council in Newham,...

There have been no fewer than 10 different enquiries into selective licensing of landlords or rental properties by local councils -...

The Competition and Markets Authority is launching a three month probe into the workings of the private rental sector. It says the focus...

Social housing, believed by some to be superior to private rental, is under the spotlight as two major landlords are to...

An organisation that describes itself as ‘politically independent and a charity’ is launching a probe into how further regulation could help...

A probe by the Financial Times has found that some 26,500 individuals missed the Capital Gains Tax filing deadline in 2021-22...

Yet another committee of MPs has launched a ‘call for evidence’ as it starts an investigation into the private rental sector. The...

Three projects are underway investigating how a tourist tax, including a levy on holiday let renters, could apply in Wales. The three...

A review into the way a council deals with HMOs has been launched in response to concerns about the concentration of...

A council has served improvement notices on a number of properties owned by the Salvation Army and let to private tenants...

It’s been reported by local media that a controversial landlord licensing scheme introduced by a council may now be investigated by...

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...

An MP is calling on the authorities to investigate how 15 so-called ‘super landlords’ allegedly dominate the rental market in one...

A landlord has been fined £3,607 over properties that were so dangerous tenants’ lives were at risk. North Lincolnshire council brought a...

The many thousands of landlords who have snapped up properties have been advised to be on alert - a tax consultancy...

Today sees the first of three free webinars for landlords run by The Deposit Protection Service to help landlords and letting agents navigate the dispute resolution...

The Competition and Markets Authority is to probe property investment companies that have purchased freeholds from developers and that go on...

A Crown Court judge has ordered a landlord to pay back almost £750,000 in illicit earnings made from overcrowded properties in...

A tax specialist says HM Revenue & Customs is mobilising its teams to probe Airbnb hosts - and he warns ‘the clock...

The Church of England has named its first Bishop for Housing, ahead of the publication of a report following a two...

Police in Devon say they will be cracking down on holiday homes let by landlords in contravention of Coronavirus lockdown rules...

A BBC investigation into ‘No DSS’ statements on two prominent landlord websites has provoked campaigning charity Shelter into an attack on the...

Landlords could be in line for another huge tax burden - a doubling of Capital Gains Tax.  A report commissioned by the government...

A rental sector management firm is asking whether possible upcoming tax probes by HMRC may spell the end of the short-let...

The recent criticism of letting agents and deposit insurance schemes, which began with a probe by the BBC last weekend, will...

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the private rented sector has launched an inquiry into the energy efficiency of private...

Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of fraud following the closure of east of England letting agency Kirby...