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Shelter says there are nearly 139,000 children officially homeless and living in temporary accommodation - and it’s blaming the private rental...

A think tank claims one in six young people live in poor quality housing, often in the private rental sector. The claim...

The head of a property management company has been fined £25,800 after serious safety issues were discovered at a shared house...

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Renters are being placed at unnecessary risk due to a delay in reforms that would allegedly give them greater protection, it’s been...

Agents need to be diligent regarding the the growth of cannabis in rental properties and the devastating lengths tenants will go to...

A lettings agent has taken the unorthodox approach of advising tenants to take their landlords to court in a bid to...

Senior managers in the lettings and sales side of independent chain Spicerhaart are reducing their carbon footprint by taking up the...

A new survey has highlighted what prospective renters and buyers are likely to miss during a property viewing. The study, by the...

London Fire Brigade’s deputy assistant commissioner for fire safety has praised the new safety regulations which have now come in to...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

A council’s intervention has stopped a landlord forcing his private tenants to use an external staircase to enter their home -...

The fallout continues over the government’s shock refusal to allow Liverpool council to continue its huge landlord licensing scheme. Yesterday we reported that...

The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...

A husband and wife pair of buy to let investors have been prosecuted after letting out a property that contained serious...

The owner of a buy to let HMO has been found guilty of six offences but has received a fine of...

A council in the north of England has issued its first-ever Civil Penalty Notice on a landlord - and it involved...

A buy to let investor that let at least eight people from six different families rent space in his three-storey property...

Two private landlords have been found guilty of managing Houses in Multiple Occupation with dangerous and sub-standard conditions, following a successful...

A council leader in London, so outraged after a bust of a rogue lettings property, has asked: “What kind of monster...

A local authority has described a lettings property as “a real House of Horrors that put the health and safety of...

Council officers staged a dawn raid to uncover an unlicensed HMO in north London. The team discovered 10 men and women sleeping...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...

The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...

Two landlords have been fined almost £14,000 for breaching a multitude of property management regulations. Abdul Qadir, 56, and Dr Mohammed Anwar,...

A landlord has been found guilty of letting a property with "extremely dangerous electrics" as well as no heating and a...

A London landlord who failed to comply with an Improvement Notice to maintain his property for his tenants has a £4,000-plus...

It’s not been a happy Christmas for a Leicestershire landlord who has been banned from renting out a converted garage after...

The Citizens Advice Bureau consumer charity has stepped up its campaign about poor standards in the private rental sector. It claims private...

We can guarantee both yours and your staff’s time will be stretched as soon as your offices open next Monday morning,...