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A landlord who built unlawful extensions to a family home and squeezed up to 14 people into the rooms has forfeited...

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...

A landlord has been ordered to pay back no less than £190,000 - equivalent to nine years’ rent - after he...

A north of England letting agent who conned home owners out of thousands of pounds has been ordered to pay it back...

A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...

A landlord who illegally converted a London home into two flats without planning permission has been given a prison sentence after...

A London council has won one of the largest-ever Proceeds of Crime claims from an unscrupulous buy to let investor. Andre Charles Trepel,...

A Trading Standards team has prosecuted a landlord who allegedly 'knew' criminal activity was taking place in his buy to let...

Three brothers and a property management company have received fines and a confiscation order, and must pay costs, following what a...

A court has ordered a husband and wife pair of buy to let investors to pay back £322,282 in illegal income. A...

A local authority claims that a court decision may set a legal precedent for other councils across the UK using the...

A couple from east London who illegally converted a town centre office block into 14 flats have been ordered to pay...

We regularly carry stories about fines for landlords and letting agents who have apparently broken council or national laws - but...

MPs want a review of laws surrounding private rental standards, including councils having the right to confiscate buy to let properties...

A London council has been the first in the country to use the Proceeds of Crime Act for a breach in...

The owner of a property firm who reportedly misled tenants and let an illegally converted property has been jailed for 155...

A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...

A man who illegally housed tenants inside his converted garage has been ordered to pay £173,141 by a court.   Amir Golesorkhi turned...

A lettings firm and a property management company that converted a family home into micro flats have been found guilty of...

A buy to let landlord who converted an Uxbridge house into two flats without planning permission has been ordered to pay...

A building firm that carried out illegal building work to create homes to let has been hit with a £250,000 confiscation...

A landlord who let out dark, damp and overcrowded rooms has been hit with a huge £67,000 fine. Rogue landlord Liakath Ali,...

A previously-convicted landlord has been ordered to pay over £200,000 by a court for illegally converting two properties into flats without...

A landlord has been ordered to pay more than £400,000 after converting a property into flats without permission. Gilbert Garrick let the...

A couple from Cambridgeshire have been fined £10,000 and ordered to hand over in excess of £75,000 after repeatedly renting out...