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Reading council wants to extend licensing to all HMOs across the borough for those with three to four occupants, as well...

A landlord has been sentenced after failing to comply with the requirements of a Breach of Condition Notice that had been...

A landlord who pleaded not guilty of failing to be licensed to carry out property management in three properties in Swansea,...

A landlord is paying the price for flouting Rent Smart Wales requirements, after being found guilty of managing rented properties without...

The property industry establishment representing agents, surveyors and the volume house builders, has piled in to praise the planning reforms proposed...

A landlord has been fined for allowing a family to live in a substandard property with serious hazards including damp and...

Three people have been prosecuted and fined a total of £17,604 for letting an unlicensed HMO in Barnsley. Council officers also identified...

The police have issued a 16-point guide for landlords to identify and guard against their properties being used as cannabis farms. This...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

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

A landlord with previous offences for breaching safety regulations has been hit with a series of fines in a new case.  Norfolk...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £20,000 after being found guilty of offences related to the living conditions...

“When it comes to housing policy, there is little difference between the two major parties” says Aneisha Beveridge, head of research...

Labour’s manifesto, just released, makes a pledge to enact the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction powers, along with other private...

A controversial stamp duty change - announced months ago but coming into effect tomorrow - has been described as a missed...

The landlord of a property has been hit with over £23,000 in legal costs after being found guilty of operating an...

A private landlord who let three of his properties fall into dangerous disrepair has been ordered to pay almost £14,000 after...

* This piece is written jointly by Richard Rowntree (Managing Director, Paragon Bank) and Ben Beadle (Chief Executive of the National...

The proportion of buy to let properties purchased in Southern England fell to a record low last year, continuing a trend...

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

A landlord faces a hefty jail sentence unless she finds over £50,000 in the next three months - and on top...

There wasn’t much by way of good news in the Spring Budget for landlords and property investors last month. Although some rumours...

A London council has prosecuted landlord Syed Shah, owner of an HMO, for a string of  breaches that posed significant risks...

A private landlord from Bridlington has been ordered to pay £1,500 for putting tenants into a dangerous property, thereby breaching a...

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

A landlord referred to only as ‘Mr Gurung’ has been named by two councils as being penalised £3,000 for an overcrowded...

A think tank is urging the UK government to consider tax perks for private renters to help them save faster for...

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 landlord who failed to produce annual gas safety certificates as she ignored warnings from a council, has left court with...

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

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 prosecuted a landlord after a family of nine were discovered living in an outbuilding. Tariq Khan of Peterborough was...

The landlord of a flat has been ordered to pay a total of £3,287 for failing to carry out repairs.  Carlo Ykhlef,...

A landlord who failed to provide a council with information about one of his properties when served notices requiring him to...

A prominent lettings agency is advising landlords to fit out homes in prime locations to the same high specification as if...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who let out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King of Kings Langley was...

Melton council in Leicestershire has prosecuted a resident who pleaded guilty of failing to comply with a planning contravention notice which...

The government should tax property ‘hoarders’ cashing in on the UK housing market says a left-leaning think tank. A report by the New Economics...

The Office for Budget Responsibility - a Treasury department operating independently from the government - released its central forecast for the...

A landlord has been hit with an £11,800 fine for operating an HMO without a licence. Stoke-on-Trent council launched an investigation into...

A landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice has received a hefty fine. Sultan Mahmood, of Woking, was...

A council has prosecuted a private landlord who rented out an uninhabitable outbuilding in Kings Langley. Deborah King was initially fined £4,000...

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

A council has prosecuted four landlords in three days, with convictions secured for seven offences. Harold Mews Management Ltd of Margate was...

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

The head of a specialist buy to let mortgage broker has split from almost all of the industry by saying the...

A rogue landlord has been fined £27,460 for putting residents at risk by failing to maintain a property. Flintshire County Council brought...

New research has come to a conclusion that will surprise few - that landlords today are twice as likely to be...

Arun council has prosecuted a Littlehampton landlord for failing to comply with an improvement notice. The case was heard at Worthing Magistrates...

Any landlord hit with late payment surcharges from HM Revenue & Customs will now face even higher charges. As a result of...

Sheffield council has prosecuted a rogue landlord for a second time after he was failing to provide appropriate documentation to a...

A north of England council says it’s held two local landlords to account after they failed to make essential repairs to...

A landlord who did not hold licences for her six properties, has ended up with a criminal conviction and a hefty...

Successive Chancellors (we’re looking at you Gordon Brown and George Osborne) have monkeyed around with the market as if it was...

A prominent Labour councillor in Liverpool has told the local media: “Parts of Liverpool are blighted by landlords who treat the...

Rogue landlord Hazmar Fauz of Welwyn in Hertfordshire has been given a hefty fine of over £15,000 for a series of...

A council has taken a landlord to court over a paperwork dispute - but the fine for the buy to let...

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

Labour is considering raising the buy to let and holiday home stamp duty surcharge above the current three per cent if...

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...

A mystery unnamed landlord has been hit with a bill of over £115,000 as a result of a series of problem...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £3,000 for operating an unsafe HMO  following enforcement action by Havering council. John Abraka...

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

A landlord has been found guilty of operating an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation and - in the words of a...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £1,600 after pleading guilty to an illegal eviction. Grace Young of Derby let...

The landlord of two flats in Cardiff has been fined over £4,500 for failing to fix fire safety defects after being...

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

A council has prosecuted a landlord operating a property firm for not producing the right paperwork. Luton local authority has prosecuted Poplar...

Dorset council is the latest to agree a policy to double the council tax on second homes and to implement an...

A controversial new report demands that the government uses next month’s Budget to sharply increase tax burdens for landlords. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s...

A landlord’s company called Trophy Homes Limited, based in Liverpool, has pleaded guilty to failing to apply for an HMO licence...

A landlord has been landed with a bill of almost £2,800 for failing to clear rubbish and maintain his vacant property. Alex...

A private landlord has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 by magistrates for failing to properly licence a rented property. The...

A Conservative MP is calling on the government to help landlords boost rental supply by reforming taxation. Andrew Lewer, Conservative MP for...

The landlord of a former hotel with no working kitchen, unusable toilets, blocked drains, and rats, has been ordered to pay...

Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...

A landlord has been sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court after she had previously been found guilty of illegal eviction. Dr Amy Eskander,...

A landlord has been ordered to pay over £10,000 at Cardiff Magistrates' Court for a catalogue of failures relating to a...

Investment buyers will snap up a higher proportion of homes in 2022 than they did in 2021, the Hamptons agency forecasts.   So...

A prominent Conservative has described as “infuriating and saddening” the fact that so many Millennials are stuck renting and cannot afford...

I think 2022 can be summarised as ‘unsettling’ to say the least. With three prime ministers in less than six months,...

Lambeth council in south London has prosecuted a rogue landlord who illegally ran a bed-sit in the borough. Frank Otuo of Putney...

The freeholders to a block of maisonettes have been ordered to pay more than £22,000 after failing to carry out repairs...

It’s disappointing to say, but once again the rhetoric from both the Labour and Conservative party conferences towards the private rented...

If you are involved in property, it is important for tax purposes to be aware if your activities will be classed...

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

A landlord who left her tenants to live in filthy and unsafe conditions, while running an unlicensed HMO, has been prosecuted...

Sheffield City Council has prosecuted Uttoxeter-based landlord Gunes Ata for failing to provide information about the insurance of the building he...

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...

The new Chancellor is about to unveil his strategy for growth - but for now at least the government appears hugely...

The lettings agency chain Winkworth says the attraction of buy to let is waning for both institutional and individual investors. This is...

Amateur landlords have fallen out of favour. Buy-to-let properties – once the darling of budding investors looking for stable, long-term returns...

Islington Council in London has prosecuted a landlord who repeatedly failed to comply with licensing regulations, including refusal to provide a...

In what has been described as a ‘first’ by the local authority concerned, a rogue landlord has been banned from letting...