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A man has pleaded guilty to tenancy fraud after unlawfully subletting his council flat  by advertising it for rent via Airbnb. Birmingham...

Legal action has been launched against Middlesbrough’s Labour council amid claims a licensing scheme which charges landlords almost £1,000 for each...

Newly re-elected Greater Manchester Labour Mayor Andy Burnham is to spend £600,000 of council tax payers’ cash on a clampdown on...

A landlord deemed to be unfairly profiting from properties has been fined a total of £5,825.27. Greenwich council prosecuted Anna Yang, an...

Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...

Seasonality is returning to the prime London lettings market after three tumultuous years.  The pandemic meant the market was initially flooded with...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

A landlord who illegally converted a property into six flats has been ordered to pay more than £220,000. A previous unlawful change...

A London council has successfully prosecuted two landlords who failed to comply with a planning enforcement notice originally issued against substandard...

Markets are saying the UK - and for that matter the US and mainland Europe - have all hit peak interest...

A clampdown has found 18 council homes were being unlawfully sublet on Airbnb and other short let platforms. The investigation led by...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

Next month Ben Beadle, chief executive of the National Residential Landlords Association, will be one of the experts at an Agent...

The London Landlord Accreditation Scheme is hosting a virtual conference and training day in the New Year. It promises to “bring you...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £5,312 for unlawfully evicting his tenant of 18 months. In April this year Bassetlaw council...

A landlord has been prosecuted for the unlawful eviction of a tenant from privately rented accommodation in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Leading up...

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

A third year law student has successfully challenged her landlord over a repair bill.  Obioma Ibe, whose landlord unlawfully tried to claim...

A landlord who left his tenants homeless after breaking into their house at night with a hammer has been prosecuted by...

A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

A council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for the second time for illegally evicting a tenant. The prosecution for offences relating to...

Politicians have rejected calls for rent controls, open ended tenancies and slower evictions - although this has not happened on the...

A landlord was prosecuted after a council discovered he had unlawfully allowed occupation of a prohibited property. Following a complaint from a...

A landlord will have to pay £22,861 after he failed to apply for a licence to operate an HMO. Mohammad Safdar, of...

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

An unnamed landlord has been prosecuted after Rochdale council discovered they had unlawfully allowed occupation of a property that had been...

.The National Residential Landlords Association has called for a full review of how landlords and the private rental sector are taxed. In...

Politicians in the Scottish Parliament have backed a controversial cap which means rent rises for private tenants mid-tenancy cannot exceed 3.0...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

An analysis of inner London data from the government’s non-domestic EPC register suggests huge volumes of commercial property may be unsettable...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

Nearly a fifth of UK commercial landlords still have properties with an energy performance certificate rating of F or G, despite...

The government has published the findings of a review into the operation of Right To Rent by private landlords and letting...

Private landlords and letting agents can pick up tips on how to keep energy costs under control, stay on top of...

A London council is relaunching its consultation on a new borough-wide Additional HMO Licensing Scheme, following feedback from the community.  The original...

A council is telling private tenants in its area to make contact if they believe their mould-related problems are not being...

A maverick landlord who has hit the headlines countless times in recent years has lost his latest bid to sue the...

Richmond council in London is joining forces with the charity Citizens Advice to help stop what it calls ‘discrimination’ against renters...

Landlords and agents are being asked their views on proposals to expand Selective Licensing to eight new areas of Manchester. There are...

A combination of Labour, the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists have pushed through a rent freeze proposal. The Cost of Living...

A landlord has been prosecuted for unlawfully evicting and harassing a tenant by, amongst other things, removing the toilet. The landlord also...

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced that stamp duty will be cut.  In future there will be no stamp duty on the first £250,000...

New build homes are often at the forefront of market downturns and new data suggests new builds are already seeing price...

Existing homes have risen some eight per cent in value in the past year while the price of a typical new...

A landlord group is threatening legal action following a council’s approval of a new licensing scheme. York council - run by a...

The House of Commons Library provides books, journals and online resources for MPs, MPs' staff and parliamentary staff. Some of this is...

A landlord has been fined and must pay compensation after being involved in an illegal eviction. The landlord - Tahir Aziz - was...

Landlords considering new build properties to enlarge their portfolios may get more of a bargain than they expected. New data from the...

A cleaning crisis caused by Brexit and Covid could threaten the well-being of the buy to let sector according to a...

Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...

One of the leaders of the Generation Rent group claims it can be “an uphill struggle for private renters to get...

A senior committee of MPs claims that it’s “too difficult for renters to realise their legal right to a safe and...

The National Residential Landlords Association has backed a far-reaching report by a group of MPs which has condemned the quality of...

A council in one of the remote parts of the UK is appealing for registered landlords who might be able to...

Oxford’s Labour-run council has called on private renters to join a new tenants union. A statement from the authority says some private...

Campaigning charity Shelter claims that in one part of the UK alone, some 75,000 tenants have been discriminated against by landlords. The...

New build homes command rental premiums of as high as 41 per cent in the current market, it’s been claimed. The Unlatch...

A proposal that landlords be fined up to 36 months rent has been put forward in a consultation paper. The Scottish Government’s...

The government has issued a new guide to ensure landlords do not discriminate while enforcing the Right To Rent regulations.  It applies...

A national newspaper says the current ratings of the Energy Performance Certificate are under review by the Department for Business, Energy...

A landlord has been jailed for six months, suspended for a year, after being found guilty of illegally evicting a tenant...

Cotswold council, using cash from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is targeting properties that fall below the minimum...

A little-known law unearthed by a lettings agency may be bad news because it means some private renters are likely to...

Landlords adopting a strategy of buying cheap in search of high yields are having a tougher task in finding the right...

A senior figure in a newly-enlarged agency that wants to become a national force in lettings has thrown his weight behind...

Two prominent Brexiteer MPs are spearheading a campaign that claims Net Zero energy efficiency policies are unpopular. In their launch statement, they...

A council says it’s working with police to target landlords which it claims are flouting the law and illegally eviction and...

A council says it’s going to contact local landlords to remind them of legal restrictions concerning energy efficiency. Caerphilly council says it’s...

A couple have been fined over £13,000 after they were found guilty of unlawfully evicting four tenants and breaching management regulations...

Orkney Council wants private landlords who hold family accommodation to come forward if they would be suitable for Afghan families. Councillors recently...

A landlord has pleaded guilty to the unlawful eviction of his tenant. Jalal Uddin of Wellingborough has pleaded guilty at the town’s...

A man has pleaded guilty in a magistrates’ court after he evicted a tenant by unlawfully harassing him and obliging him...

A council is appealing for witnesses to help with its prosecution of a landlord for illegal eviction. Sohila Tamiz who is a...

An online platform that places landlords’ listings on portals and manages bookings is seeking new funding through the Seedrs crowdfunding site. Smarthost...

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

Since it was launched in 2012 to help the Portuguese economy bounce back from a damaging financial crisis, the Portuguese Golden...

Landlord Antanas Klibavicius has pleaded guilty to illegally evicting his tenant and not taking any steps towards ending the tenancy properly...

The Generation Rent campaign group has entered the fray for the Police and Crime Commissioner elections which will be held in some...

A lettings agency is telling landlords to take more tenants claiming housing benefits. The agency in question says it’s wrong that some...

Labour wants the government to change its Coronavirus guidance to end the internal reading of electric and gas meters during lockdown. The party claims...

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

An investigation by the BBC has found that 80 per cent of advertisements on two websites used by landlords say people...

The family of an 80-year-old landlord fined for failing to maintain a block of flats in Wisbech has stepped in to...

A £4,550 fine has been upheld after an appeal by the landlord was rejected by a property tribunal. Fenland council served five...

A leading property lawyers says he’s willing to act for landlords to take the government to judicial review over its latest...

A new Build To Rent brand - Kooky - has acquired 208 units in High Wycombe from a developer, Inland Homes. The...

The ‘No DSS’ issue has been effectively settled by a landmark court case, but a new document for MPs says ‘affordability...

The Financial Conduct Authority wants to find people who unwittingly invested in an unauthorised land banking scheme - they may be...

The Generation Rent campaign says a mandatory landlord register is necessary - and would have stopped the actions of a rogue...

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

A second UK court has ruled that ‘No DSS’ is unlawful, after a renter won a legal trial against housing benefit...

Kensington Mortgages has introduced a range of rate cuts across its buy-to-let and residential ranges.  Rates have been cut by up to 0.3%...

A specialist property litigation firm is warning buy-to-let landlords not to discriminate against benefit claimants, following a recent landmark ruling that...

In recent years, there has been considerable controversy over the use of ‘no DSS’ in homes being listed for let, with...

A buy-to-let landlord in Doncaster has lost an appeal at the High Court after he built an extension on a property...

Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to take advantage of the stamp duty tax savings announced in the chancellor’s summer statement by...

The practice of refusing to rent homes to those in receipt of housing benefit has been ruled unlawful this week, but...