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The recent unveiling by several London councils of selective licensing schemes should raise concerns among private sector landlords - especially 'amateur'...

Sean Woolley, managing director of Cloud Nine Spain sought clarification on the situation with the Golden Visa scheme in Spain from...

A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cambridgeshire. The dumped rubbish...

A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cottenham. The dumped rubbish...

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

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

Letting agents who fail to obtain licences for rented properties that fall under selective licensing rules could be prosecuted either alongside...

Earlier this month the Tenant Fee Ban was introduced, after much fanfare from the Government. However, it is not the only...

Buy-to-let investors should be ‘extremely wary’ of buying property in an area affected by selective licensing rules because many local authorities...

A growing number of local authorities are using selective licensing to introduce penalties for buy-to-let landlords that go well beyond the...

People in Weymouth are being invited to have their say on Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s plans to introduce selective licensing...

A woman who repeatedly ignored council orders to stop renting ‘beds in sheds’ has been ordered to pay back almost £450,000...

Landlord licensing schemes are popping up all over the UK as local authorities step up their efforts to clampdown on rogue...

An ‘unsafe’ house in multiple occupation (HMO) in north London has been uncovered by enforcement officers from Brent Council following a...

A buy-to-let landlord has been ordered to pay £7,400 after failing to obtain a license to rent out a property in...

Nine private landlords have been banned from letting out homes in the Govanhill area of Glasgow after being found unfit to...

There is a direct correlation between licensed rental properties and a reduction in anti-social behaviour, according to a north London based...

Landlords renting out properties in the London borough of Brent have been ordered to pay fines totalling more than £500,000 over...

A man who is currently serving six years in prison for child sex abuse offences is among four rogue landlords in...

A private landlord in Scunthorpe has been prosecuted for tenancy fraud and ordered to pay back more than £30,000 after deceptively...

A landlord operating in the London borough of Brent has been has been ordered to pay close to £7,500 for cramming...

A  landlord and his letting agents have been slapped with a fine of more than £20,000 and given criminal records for failing...

A landlord has been fined £16,000 and now has a criminal record after being punished in court for refusing to make...

No fewer than 31 people were found to be living in cramped conditions in a four bedroom house in north-west London...

A local authority has refused to issue a private landlord licence after it was revealed the applicant had a conviction for...

Two landlords each face a bill of well over £4,000 each after being found guilty of charges relating to their three...