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Propertymark has responded to the formal consultation schemes being imposed by a string of local councils - but says such measures...

A Labour council in London is seeking much greater control over the creation of so-called ‘small HMOs’. Lambeth council wants anyone creating a...

Anti-second home posters seen in parts of North Wales and on social media have been reported to the police as a...

A council claims it’s reached an important stage in the process of deciding whether to implement the Article 4 Direction power...

The excessive enforcement of council rules on private landlords while social housing is so poorly run will be ‘the next Post...

The lettings agency Winkworth has taken the unusual step of criticising policies of a series of councils. The councils are all Labour...

Buy to let investors who want to convert family homes into HMOs in Hounslow for three to six tenants will now...

A new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs is being drawn up by a Midlands council next week. West Northamptonshire council’s...

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

A veteran Conservative is calling on his government to clamp down on HMOs and ensure there is better council regulation and...

A clampdown on HMOs is to begin this week - and the council behind it is describing it as ‘preserving the...

A consultation period has started on another council’s set of proposals to clampdown on HMOs. Blackburn with Darwen council wants to impose...

Rising numbers of young people going to university and a relatively low supply of new student housing means that by 2025...

New plans to help control the numbers of residential properties turned into HMOs in parts of Coventry are moving a step...

Another council is considering dramatic moves to limit the numbers of houses in multiple occupation. A public consultation is being planned this...

A London council has dropped plans to restrict the creation of HMOs, a full 12 months after a consultation on the...

New regulations governing HMOs are coming into effect in a north of England council. Landlords and developers will now need planning permission...

Birmingham’s Labour-led council is to introduce a city-wide Article 4 Direction from June, which means a planning application must be submitted for...

Another London local authority is proposing to insist HMOs require planning permission in future.  Currently in Croydon multi-bedroom properties can be converted...

A trade body is calling on the government to repeal the fee that councils can now charge when an Article 4...

Greenwich is the latest council to make it compulsory for planning consent to be given before converting homes into Houses in...

An east London council is changing its planning rules, bringing in Article 4 consent before homes in key areas are converted...