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A tribunal case has ended with fines imposed on two landlords - Nigel William Harry Hobbs and James Robert Hobbs -...

Fines for rogue landlords and agents in London have surged past the £10 million mark.   With 19 council licensing schemes and...

In the recent landlord sentiment survey conducted by the Property Redress Scheme, it came as no surprise to me to discover...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting out two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management...

Landlords can benefit from a wealth of free training, courtesy of a north of England council. Cumberland council is providing the training...

Private landlords applied for licences covering more than 12,000 homes during the first year of a controversial council’s selective licensing scheme. The...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £2,500 in fines, compensation and costs after a council brought a prosecution against him. Jama...

A council is warning landlords and tenants after one landlord was ordered to pay more than £4,700 in fines and costs...

A council is launching an innovative scheme whereby good landlords get long licences - and poor ones get short licences. Gloucester council...

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 has been slammed with £9,000 in fines and costs for ignoring notices to improve his property. Following reports of disrepair...

A council has prosecuted a landlord for letting two HMOs without a licence and failing to comply with HMO Management Regulations.Mohammed...

Activists in the Generation Rent campaign says big city Mayors should “tackle the worst landlords and seize their properties.” It also wants...

A private landlord has been prosecuted for failing to carry out works to make his rented property safe . David Almond of...

Renting out dangerous properties in Cardiff has cost two landlords thousands of pounds. Rowshanara Begum has been fined £20,000 at Cardiff Magistrates'...

A council has won an appeal concerning two Civil Penalty Notices imposed on a landlord. The landlords had been issued two fines...

A landlord has been fined a total of £10,000 for breaching regulations when renting HMOs to vulnerable residents, as a supported...

The government has issued a lengthy statement claiming more home owners, including landlords, are fitting heat pumps - yet at the...

The Department for Communities in Northern Ireland is reminding landlords who registered or renewed with the Landlord Registration Scheme during January,...

Some local authorities are quick to criticise private landlords for trying to avoid rent arrears but it appears councils themselves have...

Airbnb has taken further steps to get in the good books of HMRC by issuing a guide on tax for its...

The Build To Rent trade body, the UK Apartment Association, is backing the proposals outlined to clampdown on rogue landlords put...

There are now fewer than 35 days until self employed workers - including many landlords - will need to submit their...

Thousands of Britons earning from letting their spare room or using parts of their home on platforms like Airbnb could be...

Repairs and maintenance supplier Fixflo is warning landlords of a surge in demand for Electrical Installation Condition Reports in the short...

Michael Gove has written to 10 social housing providers - housing associations and councils - slamming them after findings of severe...

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

Councils in Greater Manchester admit to charging landlords over £14,000 for “officer time” involved in licensing schemes. There are currently eight selective...

A landlord in London has been ordered to refund 12 months’ rent to tenants after failing to license their HMO. The fine...

The short-term holiday letting industry has significantly expanded in recent years, but this could all change with the introduction of a...

A senior Labour MP associated with the moderate wing of the party says private rental properties should be confiscated from serial...

Changes put forward to the Renters Reform Bill to crack down on rogue landlords, protect vulnerable residents and improve the safety of...

An Airbnb survey first reported last week on Landlord Today has exploded into a national newspaper controversy. Airbnb claims that almost 80...

The Renters Reform Bill could end up with landlords going bankrupt, a housing law specialist is warning. Des Taylor, director of compliance...

An unnamed landlord with a large portfolio of homes has been prosecuted by Portsmouth council for obstructing officers in carrying out...

Inventory clerks are ideally placed to protect landlords from some heavy fines triggered by the Renters Reform Bill, it’s been claimed. The...

Next weekend sees a crash course event for landlords to bring them up to date with the 160 pieces of legislation...

Haringey council has got a £200,000 windfall from landlords of unlicensed HMOs. And now it’s set to get even more. Councillors are to...

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...

The top table of the National Residential Landlords Association has met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s team at Downing Street. In addition...

Landlords across just one London borough who failed to license HMOs have been issued with fines amounting to £207,500. To date, 59...

A council has issued financial penalties of over £20,000 to landlords failing to manage their properties.   Three of the four cases...

A London council that just days ago threatened private landlords with unlimited fines and “have control of their properties removed” has...

A Labour council says local landlords have only a week to apply for a licence before a big rise in the...

A London council is telling landlords that if they don’t apply for a licence in the next nine days they face...

In the ever-evolving landscape of rental property management, UK landlords are facing significant changes. Most recently these changes include new energy...

A criminal businessman has been given a London council’s first ever landlord banning order. Property dealer Jaydipkumar Rameshchandra Valand, who lives in...

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been accused of using landlords to do her dirty work for her. In a response to the...

A leading property law firm is warning that landlords face bankruptcy as a result of the massive increase in fines they...

Landlords who allow rental properties to be let to migrants who do not have the right to be in the UK...

A statement from Oxford’s Labour controlled council says private landlords in the city have under a month to apply for a...

Mulberry Real Estate Ltd, and its director, David Bryant, who are landlords of properties in Cardiff, have been fined for a...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has pledged to publish “shortly” revised timetables for the implementation of further energy efficiency targets for the...

Data from the English Housing Survey suggests that the number of English owners of second homes in Europe has fallen again. The...

1. Extra mortgage costs While anyone who owns a property runs the risk of not being able to pay their mortgage, the...

London landlords and letting agents have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...

The founder of a luxury holiday lets firm in one of the UK’s tourist hotspots says even wealthy landlords are now...

A landlord and three property management companies have been fined approaching £80,000 for health and safety failings. Mohammed Ali Abbas Rasool, Cadogan...

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

UK landlords are currently facing a myriad of challenges.  It’s well documented how costly retrofitting properties to meet new energy efficiency standards...

A landlord and his property company have been ordered to pay a total of £40,000 in fines after a council says...

The Renters (Reform) Bill introduced by the Government signals the long-awaited reform to existing housing legislation and the headline grabbing abolition of...

Details are emerging about a new Landlords Database, which is one of the major provisions of the Renters Reform Bill. Within the...

A landlord has been fined more than £8,000 for failing to complete necessary improvements to properties. Eric Bland pleaded guilty at Chesterfield...

Landlords are urged to be cautious and do extensive research before signing up to a letting agent in the face of...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £3,000 in fines and costs for operating an unsafe HMO. John Abraka pleaded guilty...

A landlord has received a combined total of £10,478 in fines and costs for breaching safety regulations. Stroud council brought the prosecution...

The Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland has prosecuted landlord Paul Coyle, resulting in fines totalling £3,000. Belfast Magistrates Court found Coyle...

A London landlord must pay over £6,000 after a tribunal upheld Hillingdon council's decision to fine him for numerous safety risks...

Both the Generation Rent activist group and London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan have issued a joint attack on private rental sector...

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...

Some 47 per cent of landlords incorrectly believe the need for EPC C rating is only guidance, not the law. That’s the...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

Landlords on non-domestic units are being urged to adhere to new regulations for their properties, or face thousands of pounds of fines. With...

Local authorities exist to improve housing stock in their area; however, licensing is not the best way to improve standards across...

The Valuation Office Agency has issued a reminder that changes to eligibility rules for self-catering properties will come into effect from...

A London borough council has revealed the number of cases it has taken against private landlords since the start of 2021...

A local authority controlled by the Green Party says it’s issued 550 per cent more fines against landlords in the past...

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

A new survey shows that while some 78 per cent of landlords have now heard about government proposals around EPC ratings,...

Landlords are being hit with record fines as growing numbers of local councils launch licensing schemes.  PropTech firm Kamma, which monitors council...

While many eyes have been focused on COP27 in recent weeks, a massive sea change in sentiment and investment towards climate...

A holiday lettings agency has taken the unusual step of speaking out in favour of higher council tax for second home...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has made an announcement overnight that “the government will always act to protect tenants.” The claim comes as...

A confused and complicated approach to holiday homes in England, Scotland and Wales threatens the future of the holiday letting sector...

The government has once again declined to give any meaningful timetable for the introduction of the Renters Reform Bill. At the end...

Seven in 10 landlords in the UK still own rental properties with an energy performance certificate rating of D or below,...

HMRC is intensifying its efforts to track down landlords with undisclosed income, a financial consultancy claims. Perrys, a firm of chartered accountants,...

Councils have demanded draconian punishments for landlords who fail to bring their homes up to the Decent Homes Standard which is...

A landlord has been found guilty of three housing offences after it was discovered a property he let out posed a...

Landlords who rent out HMOs in parts of the Midlands are urged to act now so they don’t get hit with...

MPs are to have another opportunity to debate possible restrictions on the number of so-called party houses let from AirBnb and...

A landlord has been hit with a huge £23,000 fine for failing to properly maintain two HMOs. Landlord Lystra Dorval from Ilford...

PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...

A council in Wales is warning landlords that enforcement action is on its way for those who fail to meet Minimum...

The mystery as to why so many MPs appear anti-landlord deepens with the news that at least 17 per cent of...

Two tenants who were amongst a group of activists in a battle with their landlord have written in a left-wing journal...

An MP has introduced a Private Member’s Bill which, if successful, would reduce what she calls the “nightmare” of Airbnb party...

Leading rental payment platform PayProp has welcomed the added protections for landlords and renters outlined in the UK government’s rental reform...