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A council has prosecuted after a landlord who it alleges put his tenants’ safety at risk. Beej Patel and his company Hatfield...

A rogue landlord has been fined £5,500 following a successful prosecution by Mendip council in Somerset. The council’s private sector housing team brought a...

Another landlord has been hit with a substantial fine for failing to licence an HMO. Ryan Antony Otto, a director of Otto...

A lettings agency claims to have identified which boroughs in the capital offer the best prospects for buy to let investors...

A local authority in London is threatening landlords with enforcement action if they don’t pay up for a new license. Lewisham’s Labour...

HMO minimum space standards may be changed by council A council has launched a six week consultation on proposals to change size...

The Guardian newspaper has given an aggrieved tenant the opportunity to explain how he and other renters took a landlord to...

Who are you? My Name is Alec Chohan, and I am a senior finance broker within the Newable Finance team based in...

A rogue landlord that put tenants at risk has been fined for £4,808 for breaking housing regulations on a property in...

It’s now daggers-drawn between the National Residential Landlords Association and Oxford’s Labour-run council over a huge new licensing scheme. Government approval of...

A market research company is to go door-to-door to seek residents’ views as part of a council’s consultation on landlord licensing. MEL...

Another council is conducting a consultation process aimed at renewing its existing landlord licensing for a further five years. Sefton council has...

A Midlands council is the latest to introduce an additional licensing regime for HMOs - but it’s based on a consultation...

The number of HMOs in England has fallen as a result of government intervention in the market. In 2018 new regulations were...

A consultation is underway into the extension of yet another private landlord licensing scheme for a further five years. Since March 2018...

In this guides and tips piece, Kerry Barber, head of Compliance at Goodlord, and Leanne McCarthy, claims facilitator at Goodlord, discuss why this month's...

All private rented homes in Oxford will need a licence from this September, following a green light from the government. Some 49.3...

Whether you own a leasehold or freehold property, if you’re an HMO landlord who rents out rooms, individual flats or even...

New research has produced a league table of locations where capital appreciation in the past year has exceeded the average wage...

The head of a guaranteed rent business has been given an 11-year ban for scamming £6.7m from property investors. Sam Eustace, 36,...

A landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO in London. The fine was issued by Haringey council after the...

Private landlords who let out properties in Central West Bromwich are being urged to check if they need to apply for...

A landlord has been hit with a bill of almost £25,000 for allegedly exposing vulnerable tenants to serious fire risks in...

A London landlord has been fined £5,000 for letting an unlicensed HMO. The fine was issued after the landlord ignored repeated warnings...

All-inclusive rents have exploded in popularity in the student rental sector over the past few years, but the rampant surge in...

Landlords with property in Breckland, South Norfolk and Broadland have been invited to attend a free online Landlord Forum networking and...

A £5,000 fine handed to a landlord for not having an HMO licence has been slashed by 50 per cent. The landlord...

Husband-and-wife landlords Robin and Susan Kirstein have been landed with a massive fine for letting a home that was deemed by...

Another council has started consultations about stiffer controls on HMOs. Walsall council is proposing additional licensing to improve conditions and management of...

A senior Labour MP has written to the Housing Secretary Michael Gove seeking reassurances that landlords will not keep council tax...

Landlords of HMOs are being faced with a revaluation of their properties by HMRC which could result in many suffering tax...

Private landlords in a major UK city must now provide an emergency out-of-hours contact number for dealing with anti-social behaviour, the...

A non-profit organisation called Justice For Tenants has spearheaded a campaign which has ultimately led to a Rent Repayment Order being...

A London council is urging landlords in the area to check whether they require a license ahead of a new regime...

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

The Labour MP Dame Meg Hillier is warning that some landlords of HMOs may receive the government’s financial energy assistance- and...

A rogue landlord has been fined a total of £57,577.92 for running an HMO without a licence.  Fahed Alam Choudhry’s property in...

A rogue landlord who has already been fined on numerous occasions for similar offences has now been served with a £5,000...

A council has admitted that it had received literally hundreds of complaints about landlords, and it investigates each one - yet...

A London landlord has been ordered to pay over £64,000 for breaking housing regulations. In July last year Sumon Miah was found...

A landlord who has been operating a licensable HMO without a licence has been fined £5,000 at a prosecution brought by...

A council is considering an additional licensing scheme for HMOs in and around the High Street and town centres areas of...

Bristol-based lettings management company Iletpro Ltd has been ordered to pay a total of £2,700.06 in fines and costs for failing...

A landlord operating a House in Multiple Occupation without a licence has been fined £5,000. An officer from Chesterfield council carried out an...

Proposals to introduce an Additional Licensing scheme for HMOs in yet another part of the country are to be discussed by...

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord after a 30 month saga regarding the condition of an apartment.  Richmond council received a...

Tenants, landlords and those living or working near houses in multiple occupation in Portsmouth are being urged to share their experiences...

A Labour council in London has announced plans to expand its crackdown on what it calls “shoddy landlords.” Southwark council says the...

A council is consulting over a range of private rental sector measures.  Leicester council is proposing a range of measures requiring landlords...

Lewisham council in London is introducing a new licensing scheme for all Houses of Multiple Occupancy - claiming it will improve...

Two landlords who jointly own a property to let in Wrexham have been fined for failing to licence it appropriately. Christopher Tye...

Lewisham council in south London is introducing a new licensing scheme for all HMOs in the borough. It claims this will help...

Something that has been touching a raw nerve with me for some time now is the issue of so called ‘rent...

A landlord has been given a severe warning over a Glasgow apartment that has been home to a noisy bagpiper and has...

A landlord has been fined £24,750 and told to repay his tenants almost £47,000 in rent. In December 2018, Preston council responded...

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

Landlords in the East Midlands are invited to a virtual forum to find out about the implementation of two new licensing...

The council in Harrogate, Yorkshire, has issued what appears to be a celebration statement about its legal action against rogue landlords. The...

A fire and rescue service is asking landlords who own or manage HMOs to get involved in a pilot scheme. Over the...

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

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 landlord must pay thousands of pounds after illegally letting an outbuilding for over three years. Paul Vig admitted failing to comply with...

A lettings agent says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental...

A landlord has been fined over £7,000 for letting out an unsafe and unlicensed HMO. South Gloucestershire council’s private sector housing team...

A remarkable four year court battle has ended with £190,000 in fines for a rogue landlord couple who falsely claimed they...

A London council has prosecuted a rogue landlord and his associated property firm for letting unsafe properties and being unlicensed -...

A landlord has been ordered by a court to pay over £6,000 after admitting a string of regulation breaches.  Juliet Petrovic, of...

A landlord has been refused a lettings licence by a local council because he failed to keep fire safety alarm records...

Landlords must pay well over £700 for entry into what is now the UK’s largest ever HMO licensing scheme, at Westminster...

Home repairs service Rightio has provided a useful checklist of the hidden costs of being a landlord. Many seasoned hands will...

A council is ordering all of its private rental sector landlords to clear graffiti from external walls within four weeks of...

If evidence was needed that the rental market is booming right now, here’s the proof - a property with an asking...

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000. Brent...

A council in the unusual position of having its landlord licensing proposals rejected by the government says it’s pondering its next...

A local authority with a rapidly-growing number of HMOs is to consult over a new policy later this month. The Houses in...

Landlords wanting to break into London buy to let have been provided with a guide to boroughs with the most discounted...

A private landlord operating an unlicensed and overcrowded property in London has been hit with a fine of more than £21,000.  The...

Camden council in north London has become the first local authority to secure an anti-social behaviour injunction against a landlord in...

A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by magistrates after a bedroom fire revealed tenants were living in...

A landlord has been given a hefty fine for housing vulnerable tenants in hazardous conditions in a case brought by a...

A council in Leicestershire is poised to introduce two new licensing schemes for private landlords. Charnwood council has now approved the conditions...

A one-time promoter of The Rolling Stones was so busy on the road that he forgot to get an HMO licence...

A landlord has been fined more than £16,000 for failing to license his property. It is the first time South Tyneside Council...

A rogue landlord who allowed vulnerable tenants to live in conditions without windows, proper washing facilities or fire safety measures at...

Specialist lender Landbay has launched two new buy to let mortgage products for first time landlords who want to invest in...

Fines totalling more than £250,000 were issued to rogue landlords in Barking and Dagenham last year. Offences included failing to have a...

Evictions guru Paul Shamplina returns to the TV this evening but his Channel5 show has had a name change - it...

A council is appealing to landlords to help it fulfil a pledge to be a sanctuary to vulnerable refugees. Bristol council has...

A PropTech platform called Pitch 4 Finance has launched to help landlords and other investors source the best deals to finance...

A landlord group in a major city in the south of England says many are giving up on HMOs and converting...

A London council has prosecuted a landlord for renting out an unauthorised and unsafe House in Multiple Occupation. Daniella Mbachu, who owns...

The Rogue Landlord Team of a local authority has triggered a civil penalty notice resulting in a fine of over £21,000...

There are just three weeks left for landlords to respond to one of the largest consultations undertaken by a council in...

A well-organised group of local landlords is threatening a city council with legal action over plans to expand a licensing scheme. The...

Rogue landlord Siddika Begum of Salisbury has been prosecuted for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation in the town. Begum...

A London council is inviting landlords and others to respond to a consultation on changes to its licensing regime.  Ealing council claims...

Investment bank and wealth management consultancy Arbuthnot Latham predicts the next big growth area for buy to let will be Houses...

A landlord has been convicted and ordered to pay more than £11,500 in fines and legal costs for the offence of...

A London council has taken a landlord company to court after complaints of poor housing conditions in five of its rented...

Rental affordability in the capital has improved markedly during the pandemic according to London lettings agency Benham and Reeves.  The firm analysed...

A landlord has been handed nearly £30,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to maintenance and safety failures at three...

A landlord has been fined £6,000 for failing to properly maintain a HMO in Reading. Nidan Singh, 76, has also been ordered to...

Salford council in Greater Manchester is to introduce landlord licensing for HMOs where three or four tenants live - and the...

For the second time this week (and it’s only Wednesday) a lender has announced cheaper mortgage loans for buy to let...

A landlord has been handed penalties totalling nearly £8,000 after being found guilty of operating an unlicensed HMO. This follows an investigation...

A rogue landlord has been hit with a bill of £48,000 - a record for the council which brought the prosecution. Tariq...

Paragon Bank has launched a range of 80 per cent loan to value buy to let mortgages specifically for properties with...

A Midlands council has given notice of two landlord licensing schemes set to be introduced later this year. Charnwood council has been...

Specialist buy to let lender Landbay has launched a range of mortgages for trading limited companies buying or remortgaging houses, apartments, HMOs...

A serial-offender landlord has been fined for putting tenants at serious harm from fire and exposing them to substandard and dangerous conditions. Nilendu...

Landlords and managing agents of HMOs could face unlimited fines following new measures being brought in to strengthen fire safety, the...

A council which has 20,000 unregulated rental properties within its area has launched a new charter to improve standards. The unregulated properties...

A council has now approved plans for two of the country’s largest licensing schemes - one is so large it needs...

A tenant who sub-let a property by falsely claiming to be its owner has been given a criminal record.  Sonia Nascimento rented...

A Labour-controlled council says it’s confident a huge new licensing scheme for one of Britain’s most high-profile cities will be voted...

Around 840,000 private renters in England and Wales have built up rent arrears since lockdown measures began and one in five...

A London council is running what it describes as “an innovative project” to help private tenants reclaim rent from landlords who...

A landlord in south west of England has been given a nine month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, following a...

A London authority wants to extend its licensing regime for HMOs and landlords have just over two weeks left to respond. Lambeth...

Generation Rent has criticised the aspirations of some landlords who appear on the daytime BBC show Homes Under The Hammer.  “The regular...

A property development firm says it’s to spend up to £500m in land acquisitions over the next three years, as part...

Two landlords who illegally let a London property without providing proper washing facilities or tackling serious fire hazards have been taken to...

A landlord has been fined £6,000 for failing to licence a house in multiple occupation. Wolverhampton council prosecuted Aunberin Saddique after it...

An investment company claims some investors who buy at auction lose money because of misrepresentations in the legal pack.  The Mistoria Group...

Landlords in the the Charnwood area of the Midlands are invited to give their views on the proposed conditions for two...

A prominent buy to let lender has launched a range of products to help landlords improve the energy efficiency of rental...

Landlords have only until February 11 to respond to the licensing proposals of the London council with the largest private rental...

A landlord who failed to improve his rental property, leaving his tenants in dangerous conditions, has been fined. Haroon Karim from Nottingham...

A landlord who committed 33 offences at a property he owns has been issued with civil penalties totalling £50,500. Zaheer Uddin Babar,...

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

A landlord has been hit with what a local authority calls a record £66,000 fine after being found guilty of letting...

It appears that a London borough council’s two licensing schemes have expired at the turn of the year, with no alternative...

A councillor has called for all new HMOs to be created with en suite bathrooms, and not shared bathrooms. The call came during...

A landlord has been fined £10,000 by her local council for failing to licence a HMO. Tracey Davies of Bath was found...

A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £3,928.44 after failing to licence two properties he has been letting out in Nottingham.  Jaswinder...

A YMCA chief executive claims the proliferation of HMOs may be endangering private tenants’ health by encouraging overcrowding and undersized-rooms. Alan Fraser,...

Havering council has agreed to the extension of its landlord licensing scheme.  It currently covers 12 wards and will be rolled out ...

A cluster of owner occupiers living near a city centre are demanding that landlords win planning consent before operating HMOs. The Gloucestershire...

Labour MP Steve McCabe has introduced a 10 Minute Rule Bill into the House of Commons to address the problems of HMO’s being...

London’s Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched a new tool for tenants to check on their landlords - and possibly claim...

A landlord who failed to properly look after two HMOs has been fined £70,500 by an Essex council. Lystra Dorval, of Ilford,...

The HMO market is buoyant, not over-saturated, and it can survive suspicions from tenants worried about Coronavirus. That’s the view of Stephanie...

There’s been a significant slump in the number of new enquiry levels from landlords seeking property management and tenant-related services, according...

The Labour-controlled Swansea council in south Wales is being asked by a landlord body to rethink its licensing proposals. The authority is...

HMOs are an important part of the UK housing market as they offer students and young professionals affordable accommodation. There is...

A new rent arrears protection service has launched to cater specifically for settings with tenants renting rooms rather than entire apartments or...

Over 40 seminars will be held today at the latest Landlord Investment Show, which will also host a lively debate on...

When it comes to conveyancing for landlords and investors, the purchasing process itself doesn’t differ that much from residential conveyancing, there...

With new regulations and rules now in place for landlords, our in-house property experts outline their 10 essential safety requirements for...

A landlord has been prosecuted following the death of a tenant in a house fire at an HMO said to have...

A council has prosecuted a local landlord for failing to safeguard the health, safety and welfare of his tenants. Eastleigh council took...

A London local authority is to extend its current additional licensing scheme from 12 council wards to 18 - and is...

A council wants to introduce private rental sector licensing as part of a pledge made back in 2018. Plymouth’s Labour controlled council pledged...

Who are you? Craig Hayward How do you help landlords and property investors? With over 10 years’ experience we have been helping landlords and...

A landlord in Winchester has been ordered to pay nearly £30,000 in rent after a tribunal backed his tenants in a...

A collapsing ceiling, filthy facilities, and an abandoned car are among the dangerous defects leading to a Banbury landlord facing a...

An angry landlord has appeared at a magistrates court to deny a charge relating to local council licensing.  Local media report that...

Prime Central London rents fell by an average 2.3 per cent in the third quarter of 2020 according to Savills. In prime...

A local authority is inviting landlords to a virtual forum to be held today to canvas views on two proposed licensing...

A landlord who unlawfully let cramped and overcrowded bedsits and then harassed tenants who complained has been fined thousands of pounds...

The National Landlord Investment Show is preparing three online events this month and next as it creates virtual versions of its respected...

Lendinvest has revamped its buy-to-let range, with new products for student lets and deals for first-time landlords, while the lending platform...

Precise Mortgages has reduced mortgage rates across its buy-to-let range by up to 0.4%.  The specialist lender’s buy-to-let range, which is available...

A new strategy has been launched today by Westminster City Council to help raise standards for tenants who rent privately.  Westminster, which...

Foundation Home Loans has cut its buy-to-let rates across all product tiers and property types. Foundation’s 80% loan-to-value (LTV) two-year fix has...

Camden Council has approved the renewal of landlord licensing in the borough, extending the licensing to most Houses in Multiple Occupation...

West One has launched two limited edition buy-to-let mortgage products, which both benefit from West One’s ‘no credit scoring’ approach, with...

Keystone Property Finance has introduced a selection of ‘summer special’ mortgage products available for both its standard and specialist buy-to-let ranges. The...

Buy-to-let landlords face having to reduce rents by at least 5% over the next five years as a growing number of...

A buy-to-let landlord is looking to increase the rental value as well as the future sale price of a property in...

Landbay has responded to the growing demand for buy-to-let property by increasing its maximum loan sizes from £1m to £1.5m on...

Crystal Specialist Finance (CSF) has teamed up with West One to launch a new range of buy-to-let semi-exclusive products with West...

SimplyBiz Mortgages has added Paragon’s buy-to-let range to its mortgage panel.  The buy-to-let range includes support for SPV limited company lending, including...

Who are you? My name is Benjamin Hall and I’m the Founder and Managing Director of LOFT. What services does LOFT provide? LOFT delivers...

More than 1,000 brokers signed up for FIBA’s recent series of four exclusive live webinars conducted by Roger Morris of Precise...

Landbay has joined the Lender Exchange in order to have access to better conveyancing solicitors. Lender Exchange, owned by Decision First, is...

A man deemed not to be a fit and proper person to hold a licence for a house in multiple occupation...

Foundation Home Loans has made a range of changes to its buy-to-let product range, which includes increases to loan-to-value (LTV) bands,...

All buy-to-let loans above £500,000 are now offered by The Mortgage Lender with a reduced completion fee of 0.5%, and from...

Aldermore Bank has resumed physical mortgage valuations on rental properties for buy-to-let purchase and remortgage in England. However, larger rental properties, including...

Many landlords and letting agents are increasingly concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their tenants and property...

LendInvest has refreshed its buy-to-let product range with rates now starting from 2.99%.  The mortgage products, which are available up to 75%...

OneSavings Bank (OSB) has increased the loan-to-value (LTV) to 75% across their buy-to-let ranges available through Kent Reliance for Intermediaries, Precise...

Foundation Home Loans has returned to new lending with the creation and launch of a new set of buy-to-let and residential...

While some lenders, such as HSBC, have stopped all buy-to-let activity during the Covid-19 outbreak due to limitations on physical valuations,...

Southwark Council has given the go-ahead for the introduction of a new licensing scheme which could see landlords across the borough...

A number of new buy-to-let deals for both portfolio and smaller scale landlords have been launched by Paragon.  The new products are...

Dynamo for Intermediaries has gained exclusive access to Habito’s range of buy-to-let mortgage products, making it the first mortgage club to...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has increased rates across its buy-to-let mortgage range by 0.3%. Rates now start at 3.39% for 70% loan-to-value...

With the rapid spread of coronavirus across the country, more and more landlords are asking what they need to be doing...

OneSavings Bank announced a series of changes to its HMO proposition. The specialist lending and retail savings group recently introduced a new...

The Mortgage Lender (TML) has made rate reductions across its new simplified buy-to-let mortgage range, which maintains a variety of fee...

It’s no secret that the war on landlords has escalated heavily since 2016 and as we find ourselves in a new...

Buy-to-let lender Landbay has announced a product refresh across a series of its products, including the addition of fees to 80%...

If the private rental sector and sharing economy is to continue to thrive, regular engagement with your tenants is required to...

The Residential Landlords Associations (RLA) is calling on the government to delay introducing new electrical safety rules to help ensure that...

Kensington Mortgages has cut rates across its buy-to-let range. Highlights include its 85% loan-to-value product, available on a two-year fix, which has...

Foundation Home Loans has made a series of rate reductions across a number of products in its core buy-to-let range. The rate...

Rents in prime London and its commuter belt are expected edge higher this year due to the widening supply-demand imbalance in...

Aldermore Bank has relaunched its buy-to-let proposition with a view to offering landlords greater choice, flexibility, new products, reduced rates, and...

The Mortgage Lender has amended its buy-to-let criteria by increasing its lending threshold from £2.5m to £5m, while also removing the...

Buy-to-let landlords currently looking to buy property are targeting Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) more than any other property type, according...

Shawbrook Banks has simplified its buy-to-let range down to just three products, a few months after streamlining its range from 10 to...

Landbay, the buy-to-let mortgage lender, has joined forces with The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) to provide landlords using certain...

LendInvest has made several changes to its buy-to-let product range in a bid to appeal to borrowers.  The lender has increased the...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL in April – 3 &...

The State Bank of India’s (SBI UK) buy-to-let product range is now available through Legal and General Mortgage Club. The company provides...

A quarter of private landlords plan to sell at least one property this year in the face of lower profits, according...

Paragon has reduced borrowing rates across its range of buy-to-let mortgage products, available at up to 80% loan-to-value. The deals, which are suitable...

An unscrupulous landlord has been fined £27,000 over an unlicensed HMO in Luton with multiple fire and safety breaches. ​ Luton Magistrates Court...

Property search data from Rightmove over the past 12 months has been analysed to reveal the most sought-after areas for a...

A rogue landlord in Doncaster has been given a banning order for two-and-a-half years after repeatedly putting tenants’ lives at risk...

A significant number of landlords plan to remortgage over the next year, fresh research by BDRC, on behalf of Precise Mortgages,...

Slough Borough Council has taken action against an unscrupulous landlord in Slough who to date has refused to pay a fine...

A buy-to-let landlord who was originally fined £31,499 by Coventry City Council for breaches of the Housing Act 2004 has had...

City of York Council has vowed to crack down on rogue landlords looking to exploit the housing market, as part of...

Fleet Mortgages has cut rates to two of its 80% loan-to-value (LTV) products in both its standard and HMO product ranges. The...

Brent Council in north London will be taking action against a buy-to-let landlord who is accused of “exploiting tenants” after  17...

With the festive season fast approaching, it is completely natural for everyone to start winding down a bit at this time...

Vida Homeloans has overhauled its buy-to-let product range by reducing rates and making criteria changes. The specialist mortgage lender has cut rates...

If you’re an existing landlord with bad credit issues looking to remortgage your buy to let property or perhaps buy a...