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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...

A lettings agency has been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme following itsfailure to pay £1,100 out of an adjudicated award...

Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...

A rogue tenant occupying a property for up to nine months and refusing to pay rent could cost a combined £10,000...

Airbnb says that its so-called ‘party ban’ - introduced in 2020 at the height of the pandemic - is being made...

A property company and its director will have to shell out £10,000 after a blaze left six tenants homeless in the...

A lettings expert claims that many agents are failing to comply with appropriate legislation, rendering their landlord clients liable for legal...

The This Is Money website is carrying a story of a London rental property where the front door was left open...

Owners of buy to let properties across the UK could be entitled to compensation due to onerous ground rent charges according...

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

A London council’s action against a property agent it has accused of “repeated negligence” has resulted in £37,000 of fines and...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

So, Britain voted out of the European Union. What are the implications for UK landlords, from the immigration laws point of...

Who are you? Patricia Barber What does it say on your business card? Chairman of the Association of independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) How long has...

It’s been a bad weekend for the image of the private rental sector with a series of reports and press stories...

There has been much debate in recent years about Britain’s desperate need for more housing stock. Demand has been outstripping supply...