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Despite several fires in rented properties, the government is proposing to double the maximum legal power of e-bikes. A Department of Transport...

Landlords, being key players in the housing sector, can make a significant impact by fostering a greener mindset among their tenants....

Eight criminal landlords - three of them companies - have been fined approaching half a million pounds. They were prosecuted for offences...

Gas Safety Week begins next Monday (September 12) and, in light of that, the team at Ideal Heating have provided some...

A prominent London council wants rental properties to be included in the government’s Flood Re reinsurance scheme. Westminster council says the current...

A landlord has been found guilty of a series of fire safety failings which left residents with only one option to...

A planning inspector has ordered a rogue landlord to comply with enforcement notices after being found to be illegally renting two...

Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms - a critical issue for landlords in light of recent legislation - are back in the...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

Gas Safety Week is an annual event, that took place 14-20 September in 2020 and aims to raise awareness of gas safety...

London has seen the second-largest decline in rent and living costs in Europe over the past three years when it comes...

New regulation introduced yesterday could see unscrupulous landlords fined up to £30,000 if they do not comply with the rules.  Under the...

Three years after the Grenfell fire, 257 tower blocks in Britain, housing about 56,000 people, are still to be made safe,...

The government has been criticised by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for taking far too long to remove all flammable cladding...

A tenant posing as a landlord converted two bedrooms in a flat into four bedsits, putting residents at risk. The fake landlord...

An unscrupulous landlord who housed at least 25 tenants in a rundown property in north-west London has been ordered to pay...

Legal & General will develop 318 Build to Rent flats as part of a £400m regeneration of Cardiff’s Central Square district...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has proposed that the maximum fee a landlord can charge a leaseholder...

A rogue agent and two lettings companies in north west London have been heavily fined for operating a dangerous unlicensed house...

Buy-to-let landlords with properties in Croydon, south London, are being invited to attend a free conference being run this week by...

With more Airbnb listings in this country than ever before, there is growing concern among MPs that the home sharing website...

A landlord in Ilford, Essex, has been sentenced to four months in jail for continuing to rent out his property despite...

The mayor of London’s decision to launch a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ rogue landlords and letting agents...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...

A property firm with assets in the Virgin Islands has paid a £8,000 civil penalty to Brent Council after two tenants...

A crowdfunding page has been set up by concerned tenants who are looking to pay for an independent fire safety inspection...

Mortgage lending rose for all borrowers, including buy-to-let landlords, in May, although there is a possibility that the drop in lending...

A Coventry-based landlord has avoided a prison sentence over fire safety offences after his tenant suffered life-threatening burns to 40% of...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

A Birmingham landlord has been sent to prison for 19 months and ordered to pay £13,820 costs over a catalogue of...

A London landlord has been fined £160,000 and ordered to pay £40,000 prosecution costs for breaking fire safety laws following a...