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A female-run block management company says it’s achieved a 30% growth in its client base - and it doesn’t take kickbacks...

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

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

A survey of local authorities in some of the poorest areas of the country - bodies which enforce many private rental...

Professional cleaning firm Prompt Cleaners has created a league table of regions and local authorities where renting is cheapest and dearest. The...

A lettings and sales agency that describes itself as “ethical” and has built up strong links with local community groups has...

PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

The London rental market stock surplus spurred by pandemic uncertainty has started to subside, with prime boroughs seeing some of the...

Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...

A leading property lawyer is warning that a tribunal case between a London letting agent and a tenant - involving a...

The Generation Rent campaign group and Labour are again uniting to argue in favour of rent controls in London. Just last week...

It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...

Rents are higher for Londoners living near busy high streets - for the moment at least.  Research by rental platform Spotahome has...

Pressure group Generation Rent claims half of London’s councils did not fine any landlords for letting out unsafe homes in the...

A statement from Hackney council in north east London says those who break its licensing provisions for the private rental sector...

Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...

A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...

One of London’s most enthusiastic councils for additional and selective licensing has pushed back the date for enforcement action against landlords...

The Labour-led local authority in Hackney has issued a statement pledging fines or even bans if landlords fail to get appropriate...

Rightmove has revealed that the 10 year average growth in asking rents across London has been 25 per cent, and over...

Research by independent fact-checking organisation Full Fact has revealed that there are 12 local authority areas in the UK where a...

An attempt by a Labour council to encourage letting agencies to get ahead of the curve and scrap fees for tenants...

A former tenant is the subject of a major investigation by a London newspaper after she claimed to have spent eight...

The government has been urged by a London council to act now to end letting fees for private renters.   Hackney council says...

A property company owner who waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally evict...

A rogue landlord found guilty of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against a young mother he wanted to illegally...

A Labour MP has told the House of Commons that she is in favour of a tax regime that would reward...

A property management service claims there has been an “explosion” in the number of short lets undertaken through Airbnb and similar...

A BBC investigation claims that people living in the private rental sector spend more than a third of their disposable income...

New research by an online property lending company reveals that those towns which were strongest in voting ‘Leave’ in the EU...

A damp garage with completely inadequate security, heating, and insulation which was being let as a flat for more than £1,000...

London politician Sian Berry - who was the Green Party candidate for the Mayoral elections in the capital in May -...

A landlord who illegally converted a house to squeeze 28 tenants into just seven rooms has been handed a £20,000 fine...

A buy to let investment search portal has produced an interactive map based on a pull-together of research into the lettings market...

A London lettings has tweeted that it does not share the view of one of its own branch managers who said...

A campaign group in the north east London borough of Hackney claims to have ‘mystery shopped’ 50 letting agents and has...

Gentrification is a divisive, provocative issue, but why are estate agents (especially Foxtons) appearing to bear the brunt of the public’s...