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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...

What appears to be another government housing policy U-turn - this time on ground rents - is being hailed as “a...

Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...

A top property law firm is questioning whether the government’s current eviction moratorium - effectively banning evictions until mid-January at the...

Leading housing lawyer David Smith has become the legal counsel for the new National Residential Landlords Association. Smith is a partner at...

Liverpool’s Labour mayor says he is confident that the city will, after all, be able to renew its city-wide licensing scheme. Housing...

It’s now under four weeks to the introducing of the Tenant Fees Ban across England and the Association of Residential Letting...

Another controversial scheme licensing landlords who let their homes out may face legal challenge. Middlesbrough council’s formal consultation on the introduction of...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its support for a legal challenge to Right To Rent which is to be made...

The controversial Right To Rent regime whereby agents and landlords are expected to check the immigration status of would-be tenants is...

The Residential Landlords Association has reiterated its opposition to Right To Rent, and is backing two legal challenges to the measure. Letting...

It’s been revealed this morning that there are two legal challenges being mounted against the Right To Rent policy, which obliges...

The crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme across the UK has exceeded...

A crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme is nearing its funding target. With...

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...

A group of landlords that mounted a successful legal challenge to a council’s proposed licensing scheme is continuing to recruit letting...

The landlords behind the failed attempt to seek a Judicial Review of legislation reducing the mortgage interest tax relief for landlords...

The Property 118 website - which last week won a notable victory in the Court of Appeal against a building society...

Speculation is mounting that other European cities including London could follow the example of Berlin in effectively banning short-lets through online...

Another £50,000 has already been raised through crowd-funding to help meet the costs of mounting a legal challenge to George Osborne’s...

The two landlords hoping to secure a judicial review of the legislation restricting mortgage interest tax relief on buy to let...

The two landlords spearheading a campaign to challenge the change to buy to let mortgage interest tax relief have launched another...

HM Revenue & Customs and the Treasury have at last responded to the legal team representing two landlords challenging beleaguered Chancellor...

The attempt to see judicial review of George Osborne’s buy to let tax change continues apace, with the government now having...

The latest step in the legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposal to limit landlords’ mortgage interest tax relief comes in...

The two landlords mounting a legal challenge to the mortgage interest tax changes proposed by Chancellor George Osborne have released a...

The franchise letting agency chain Belvoir is urging its landlord clients to offer fiancial support to the national campaign to fight...

The legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s controversial buy to let tax change is underway with a letter sent to HMRC...

The two buy to let investors behind a campaign to seek a judicial review of George Osborne’s controversial mortgage interest tax...

The two landlords behind the possible legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are appealling for “experts, mentors...

A legal opinion is expected in the next few days as the legal challenge to George Osborne’s buy to let tax...

The latest £50,000 target to fund a legal challenge to Chancellor George Osborne’s proposed tax changes for buy to let landlords...

The man behind the Platinum Property Partners company are mounting a legal challenge to this year’s buy to let tax changes...

A final decision on the legal challenge to a flagship council landlord licensing scheme has been set for next Thursday.  The Croydon...

Landlords have launched a legal challenge to plans by a local authority to charge for licences to manage properties. The Croydon Guardian...