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The government has won a landmark legal challenge against a freeholder forcing it to fix serious building safety issues in a...

A new communications log feature has been introduced by a PropTech supplier which allegedly makes it easier to gather evidence for...

A thieving lettings agent stole over £128,000 which should have gone to landlord clients - and with it she funded an...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

The new Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service - introduced this month - will make possession court case delays even worse. That’s the...

The leader of the council that was rebuffed by a court when it tried to control the spread of Airbnb-style short...

Two agents who helped establish a multi-million-pound drugs ring in two cities have been jailed. Ossama Omar and Mohamed Latif ran Platinum...

A lettings agency maintenance manager stole almost £100,000 from her company - but has escaped prison. Farida Mughal was working at the...

A former lettings manager has pleaded guilty to defrauding her agency employers for almost five years - but there’s uncertainty over...

Agents and landlords are to face even longer waits for eviction court cases following the spending cuts announced in the Autumn...

Two of the most respected figures in the lettings sector are calling on agents, landlords and tenants to consider the future...

A collection of rental experts in a body called The Lettings Industry Council have set out what they want to see...

Proceedings against a bankrupt letting agent have been delayed 10 weeks to allow mental health reports to be prepared.  Madelaina Eftekhari is...

One of the local authorities with the tightest clampdowns on letting agents has issued a statement celebrating its successes. Tower Hamlets council in...

A high profile and respected lettings sector legal expert is inviting questions from agents at a webinar next week - and he’ll...

As a letting agent in the UK, you might think what happens in China has no bearing on your work here....

A bizarre fine imposed on a managing agent by a local authority appears to have been reversed because the council flouted...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents’ wing of Propertymark is demanding to see the results of a mediation project initiated by...

A leading figure in the lettings sector says the government’s new Housing Possession Mediation Scheme can help agencies and landlords recover...

The Daily Mail says it has informed Trading Standards of a lettings agent which is claims is “illegally working” despite not...

Much has been made of the backlog of court cases - including landlords’ possession attempts - and now the Ministry of Justice...

The housing minister says the resumption of eviction possession court cases at the end of next month must be done in...

Figures unearthed by the Daily Telegraph show the scale of the arrears and eviction court case backlog likely to face the...

Landlords or their agents wanting to obtain possession of their property should act sooner rather than later despite the current ban. That’s...

A raft of measures from government and courts intended to help private tenants during the Coronavirus lockdown may be storing up a...

One of the official redress operators - Property Redress Scheme - has launched a tenancy mediation service for agents, landlords and...

A real estate litigation partner at a leading law firm is warning that the Coronavirus crisis could lead to an 18...

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the government’s controversial Right To Rent scheme, overturning a decision reached last...

A rogue landlord has been fined £1,384 for failing to get a council licence for two buy to let properties. The case...

A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...

Martin & Co says it has compensated clients fully after a rogue lettings agent in Cornwall added sums to invoices sent...

A prominent trade body is urging its members and the wider industry to back a crowdfunding exercise to pay for a...

Agents and landlords are being urged to back a legal case to protect their rights to repossess properties. This follows a recent...

A local authority is being warned that its landlord licensing and accreditation scheme is potentially unlawful. The Residential Landlords Association, which represents...

A trade body says a recent court case threatens the right of buy to let landlords to repossess their properties. The Residential...

Hull council has won a legal case in the High Court against a local trade body, the Humber Landlords Association. The claim...

The National Approved Lettings Scheme has taken the unusual step of commenting on, and welcoming, the outcome of a court case...

A buy to let investor has lost possession of his flat after converting it into an Illegal House in Multiple Occupation...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members - and all letting agents - of the need to be...

A buy to let investor who failed to purchase a £542 licence for his HMO has been ordered to pay almost...

It is 50 years since the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 became law and now a firm speciaising in enfranchisement extension wants the government...

A lettings agency and its director have been ordered to pay more than £2,500 in fines and costs for illegally advertising...

Anti-deposits campaigning agent Ajay Jagota says the 2004 Housing Act - which actually came into effect in 2007 - may now...

A tenant appears to be entitled to pay sub-market rent for the rest of his life after a legal case involving...

A buy to let investor who ignored the controversial Rent Smart Wales scheme faces a bill of more than £3,500 for...

A Newport landlord has been fined £4,400 for operating a dangerous, unlicensed house in multiple occupation and failing to comply with...

A trade body is warning letting agents and landlords of the need to have detailed evidence to support any deduction made...

A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...

A landlord has been prosecuted and ordered to pay a £12,000 fine as well as over £12,000 in court costs, after...

An industry body says agents and landlords who ignore tenants' complaints about damp and mould could be putting their property at...

A landmark court case heard in the Midlands is believed to be the first to issue a Criminal Behaviour Order on...

Andrews Property Group says it welcomes the sentence imposed on one of its branch managers after a long-running court case involving...

The ongoing court case involving a former letting agent has now heard that the nine cases of fraud being considered allegedly...

The ability of the government to enforce controversial elements of the Right To Rent policy has been thrown into doubt by...

An industry body is suggesting that the outcome of a court case may significantly reduce the government’s ability to enforce its Right...

A group of letting agents, landlords and investors has failed in its bid to force a high profile council to reconsider...

The hearing that will determine whether there will be a judicial review of another council’s landlord licensing scheme will take place...

Channel 5’s Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords programme, now in its fourth week, this evening looks at a serial bad tenant and...

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...