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New research from Direct Line reveals thousands of landlords in England are facing increasing costs due to selective licensing schemes imposed...

A charity is calling for landlord licensing schemes which cost enough to fund annual inspections, and the issuing of “sentencing guidelines”...

A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...

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

A London landlord has been fined and ordered to pay a confiscation order for ignoring planning rules Magistrates ordered landlord Zulfiqar Ahmed...

The house price inflation facing first time buyers is “frankly frightening” according to a new analysis which suggests typical FTB house...

A campaign group wants local candidates fighting elections in London next month sign up to a set of policies including rent...

A landlord who harassed tenants and left them in dangerous accommodation hit has been branded “atrocious” and has been hit with...

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

There are now 10 councils with licensing schemes covering more than 20 per cent of the rental market according to activists’...

A landlord who illegally turned a London property into 13 flats has been hit by nearly £200,000 in fines, costs and...

A London council has confirmed its right to refuse licenses to criminal landlords - even reformed ones. A story in the East...

The latest HomeLet rental index suggests that the average rent in the UK is now £974 after a 2.9 per cent...

Buy-to-let landlords in Walthamstow, north east London, have been ordered to pay a collective total of £375,000 after modifying their buy-to-let...

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

Despite the slowdown in the UK housing market in recent years, caused in part by the Brexit vote which fuelled uncertainty...

Many tenants who own at least one pet have struggled to find pet-friendly accommodation, and yet despite efforts to encourage more...

Germany’s rent controls place strong restrictions on in-tenancy rent increases, while the ‘rent brake’ introduced a couple of year ago makes...

With several licensing consultations currently being run by local authorities across the country, the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is encouraging buy-to-let...

New research has identified London’s most uninhabitable boroughs for the capital’s tenants, based on the cost of living there to the...

A rogue managing agent of an overcrowded house of multiple occupation (HMO) in east London has been fined £26,000 for breaches...

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

Two landlords have been fined more than £85,000 for illegally cramming tenants into a rental property in Leytonstone, east London, and...

The average rental value of a new letting in the UK increased by just 0.24% in the first six months of...

Waltham Forest Council’s planning committee has awarded planning consent for the construction of a 440-home build-to-rent scheme in Walthamstow on the site...

A dozen landlords in Waltham Forest, north east London, have been prosecuted and fined a total of £60,000 after failing to...

A landlord has become the first to be prosecuted by Waltham Forest council for failing to obtain one of its controversial...

A tenants' campaign group says it has identified 21 letting agents out of 56 in one London borough which do not...