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Fines totalling £108,000 have been issued to letting agents and landlords breaching HMO rules in part of London.  An additional HMO licensing...

Agents, landlords and others’ views are being sought in a consultation on proposals to introduce a borough-wide additional licensing scheme for...

A Labour-run London council is consulting on a new licensing scheme for private rented property.  If it goes ahead it will be...

A high profile lettings agent has written to his local council seeking information about an Additional Licensing scheme which has expired...

Two massive new rental licensing schemes are set to be approved in Brighton - and part of the reason is “uninterested...

Letting agents have a final chance today to have their say on a consultation into a newly proposed licensing scheme for...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

A new licensing scheme for HMOs, agreed by leaders of Portsmouth council, will be implemented from September 1 2023. Licensing of HMOs...

Birmingham’s Labour-controlled council is launching a consultation on a vast expansion to its existing HMO Additional Licensing scheme. The proposal is for...

Another council is to conduct a consultation process to expand selective and additional licensing schemes for the next five years. Under existing...

Why CRMs should not be relied upon for contract creation and management. Customer relationship management platforms (CRMs) are useful tools that...

A lettings agency says a new HMO licensing regime in one of London’s highest profile boroughs will reduce the number of rental properties. This...

The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend.  Westminster council’s scheme will focus...

A ruling of the First Tier Property Tribunal has put a London property management firm in the clear following a dispute...

One of the London boroughs synonymous with wealth has revealed that 44 per cent of its housing stock is now actually...

Lambeth council is consulting agents, landlords and others on its latest licensing proposals for Houses in Multiple Occupation. The new proposals would...

A new private rental licensing regime in a London borough is being described as “a major step forward in improving living...

A London council has pressed ahead with the launch of a borough-wide additional licensing scheme despite the lockdown and uncertainty created...

A lettings agency and its director have pleaded guilty to renting out an overcrowded house in the first case brought to...

A leading trade body is voicing concern over yet another council private rental sector licensing scheme - with particular worry over...

A trade body has come out against a council’s HMO licensing scheme, claiming that its consultation period was too short -...

Research by safeagent - the new name for the National Approved Letting Scheme - has found over 130,000 unlicensed properties in...

A Labour council which has become famous for its critical approach to the private rental sector has now been given almost £200,000...

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

Another local authority has announced that it wants to introduce another selective licensing scheme and designate its entire patch for HMO...

Warwick district council has issued its first civil penalty to the landlord of an HMO. Glenn Gamblin, the landlord of the property...

A London council has successfully prosecuted a so-called “dodgy operator” landlord for failing to comply with fire safety regulations and carry...

The government has agreed that a council in London where all 51 councillors are Labour should go ahead with a five...

Six months on from the introduction of stricter licencing for Homes in Multiple Occupation, awareness “remains limited” according to one of...

Shock figures released by an insurance company suggest that councils are woefully unable to police new regulations regarding mandatory HMO licensing. Figures...

A London local authority which is part way through its five year additional HMO licensing scheme wants lettings agents to give their...

There’s less than a week to go to the introduction of new rules broadening the range of houses including in mandatory HMO...

A lettings agent who let a tiny room behind a kitchen in a property in London has been ordered to pay...

It is now just three weeks until licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is extended. The new rules, which will require...

A buy to let mortgage firm says it’s likely that there will be a spike in refinancing enquiries as landlords meet...

Letting agents and others in the private rental sector have responded to the latest government intervention - a review into how...

The Residential Landlords’ Association is upset at the government’s confirmation that the extension of mandatory HMO licensing will come into force...

The chief operating officer of a leading PropTech company says government proposals to increase mandatory licensing of Houses in Multiple Occupation...

Letting agency Spicerhaart has been fined £2,670 after pleading guilty to operating an unlicensed house in multiple occupation.   A prosecution was brought...

Greenwich council in London is the latest to announce an extension to its HMO licensing policy. The council is already legally obliged...

Brent council in London is seeking the views of agents- as well as landlords, tenants and others - on the extension...

A landlord has been fined almost £25,000 for a series of failings relating to a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO). Birmingham-based Salih...

A letting agent and four landlords face bills totalling more than £20,000 after being prosecuted by Islington Council for operating unlicensed...

The government should rein in its plans to transform the way Houses in Multiple Occupation are licensed. That is the view of...

A local authority has issued a press release branding a landlord as “unscrupulous” after he was ordered to pay £7,300 in...

The government is proposing a national minimum bedroom size and a re-defining of what constitutes a House in Multiple Occupation in...

Who are you? I’m the managing director of Fixflo and before starting Fixflo I worked as a property lawyer in London and...

A landlord has been handed a total fine of £75,215 for a number of offences, including failing to licence four houses...