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The Conservatives, reeling from a General Election which left them with just 121 MPs, have revealed their new shadow cabinet. The shadow...

A council has fined a landlord £17,500 for failing to license two of his properties in the area. However, the identify of...

Police have issued a warning to landlords after a property was left badly damaged by an illegal cannabis grow. The property -...

Landlords pulling out of buy to let because of high costs and overbearing regulation now have a guide to how quickly...

The latest research by London lettings agency Benham and Reeves has revealed the uphill struggle facing those in search of a...

A landlord and two businesses have been fined over £145,000 following a fire in a building containing residential flats and a...

A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that “families are being turfed out of their private rented homes under...

Landlords in one part of the country are being told they must apply for their selective license in just the next six...

The Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has been packed with MPs loyal to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as...

New figures indicate the ongoing growth of buy to let. Analysing data on additional property purchases made in the financial year 2020/21,...

Research by a rental platform suggests there are currently over 65,000 short let properties being advertised in London alone. The platform, Rentd,...

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 Labour MP in the westcountry appears to be winning support for a campaign he has launched called First Homes, Not...

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

An 83-year-old landlord who let a property through collapsed agency Homepoint says he is being pursued for nearly £2,400 by liquidators. Homepoint...

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

Ashfield District Council has joined forces with police officers in the Sutton area of Nottinghamshire to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords operating...

Fresh figures from Howsy has revealed the most in-demand cities to rent property in the United Kingdom, with some surprising findings.  The...

Demand for rental homes is continuing to outpace supply and drive up prices in London and that is an attractive proposition...

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been fined £2,694 and ordered to pay £1,994 in costs and a victim surcharge of...

The worst served city for rental stock is Newport in Wales where just 13.5% of properties listed are to rent, according...

A buy-to-let landlord in Sutton has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 after failing to provide acceptable living conditions for...

A landlord and building contractor have been prosecuted after workers were exposed to large quantities of asbestos fibres at a rented...

Fire safety knowledge in the private rented sector has improved over the past 12 months but there is still significant room...

With the number of people living in private rented accommodation continuing to grow, more tenants are seeking permission to keep pets...

Criminal landlords across London will be named and shamed on an online database after all London boroughs signed up to a rogue...

London now has significantly more Airbnb listings than ever before, with a growing number of buy-to-let landlords turning to the holiday letting...

A rogue landlord who left tenants living in substandard conditions in Selly Oak and Edgbaston has been ordered to pay in...

Tenants in London are now required to pay up to £8,650 just to move into a rented home, it has been...

Recently named as the most rapidly improving locations in the UK – investment in the UK’s second city shows no sign...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan yesterday launched a new public online database which ‘names and shames’ dodgy landlords and letting...

Buy-to-let landlords looking to invest in London’s rental market may wish to consider investing in the capital’s outer boroughs where the...

A major consultation on a proposed new landlord license scheme has been delayed until after the general election. The idea of introducing...

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan has vowed to crackdown on criminal landlords by ensuring that they are ‘named and shamed’...

Landlords in Ashfield are being encouraged to take advantage of discounted property licensing fees. From 1 May, landlords in Ashfield will require...

Private landlords in Telford have reacted furiously to plans by Telford & Wrekin Council to introduce a Selective Licensing in parts...

Telford & Wrekin Council has launched a consultation on its plans to introduce a Selective Licensing in parts of Telford in...

Ashfield District Council has given the go-ahead for new selective landlord licensing to be introduced in two areas of the western...

Many buy-to-let landlords will have one eye on Sutton Kersh’s summer auction in July which will feature a mixture of properties,...

A new study which looked at coastal towns across England and Wales has found that Hull offers landlords the highest average rental...

A St Helens landlord has been fined £6,160 by St Helens magistrates after he admitted failing to tidy up two properties...