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A survey of local council private rental licensing schemes says 19 selective and additional licensing schemes and consultations will be taking...
09 February 2024
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New research shows there are 36,210 long-term vacant homes across London - that’s around one in every 100 properties. The borough in...
26 January 2024
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A new report suggests London’s Build To Rent sector is being held back by a “stark inconsistency” from local councils in...
15 November 2023
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London letting agents and landlords have so far been hit with more than £900,000 in fines in the first half of...
05 July 2023
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It already looks like 2023 is on track to see licensing fines for agents and landlords reaching nearly double the 2022...
06 April 2023
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A London borough has been identified as having 42 per cent rental inflation in the past year. Lambeth in the south of...
16 December 2022
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Landlord numbers may have dropped in recent months but a longer term analysis shows the reverse. Total Landlord Insurance analysed the current...
12 September 2022
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PropTech firm Kamma says total fines for agents and landlords have now topped £8m in London alone with a £238,000 increase...
09 August 2022
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An analysis of lettings data across England and Wales shows that there have been 3,737 rental property repossession orders granted in...
09 August 2022
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The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis...
07 June 2022
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A Trading Standards team is to carry out what it calls “unannounced inspections” of lettings agencies in one part of London...
13 January 2022
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Council-imposed fines on letting agents and landlords that fall foul of licensing regulations have risen dramatically in the past month alone. Research...
25 November 2021
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Rents in much of London have not only bounced back from the pandemic but now exceed the levels reached in 2020. Research...
02 November 2021
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Rental demand has started to return to the majority of major UK cities during the second quarter of this year, with...
07 July 2021
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It’s been reported that a London council is considering spending £10m on purchasing 25 former council homes it previously sold off...
25 January 2021
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A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
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Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields. The analysis is based on rental returns...
10 September 2020
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New research by lettings management platform Howsy shows which major London commuter hubs make the most attractive potential for buy to...
14 August 2020
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Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
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Campaigning charity Shelter claims 135,000 children in Britain are homeless and living in temporary accommodation this Christmas - the highest number...
19 December 2019
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Greater London rents have risen an average of four per cent in the past year - but some boroughs performing above-average...
13 September 2019
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A London council’s action against a property agent it has accused of “repeated negligence” has resulted in £37,000 of fines and...
31 July 2019
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New research shows that some buy to let investors in London could typically lose over £19,000 a year if Berlin-style rent...
19 June 2019
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The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...
20 March 2019
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A flat-share website claims typical rents in some 38 per cent of London are now so high they render the areas...
11 February 2019
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The Labour party has expressed outrage at the news that London councils are spending over £22m each year renting back homes...
21 January 2019
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Since one London local authority introduced private rental sector licensing in 2013 an extra £5,002,203 in council tax has been collected...
19 October 2018
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A couple who illegally converted an office block into 14 flats have been found guilty for disregarding planning laws - and...
15 March 2018
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It is being reported that the Labour mayor of Newham council - that’s the authority which has introduced stricter controls on...
15 February 2018
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The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...
29 January 2018
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The selective licensing scheme operated by Newham council in London is reported to have won government backing to be extended until...
05 December 2017
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London Bishops have written to housing minister Alok Sharma calling on him to do more to protect vulnerable private tenants. The Bishops...
03 November 2017
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Almost 60 per cent of councils across Britain have not prosecuted any landlord for any offence in the past year according...
31 October 2017
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Newham council in London has published the UK’s first ever ratings scheme for letting agents, in which firms receive anything from...
18 October 2017
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PropTech firm PayProp has welcomed the latest measures to clamp down on rogue elements within the lettings industry - but warns...
11 October 2017
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Labour's housing spokesman has called on the government to give councils greater powers over the regulation of the private rental sector. In...
20 September 2017
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A council claims that up to 13,000 private landlords are “of interest” to HM Revenue and Customs, where there are alleged...
15 August 2017
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An economics academic says the country’s taxpayers should be “very angry” with the government for failing to collect taxes to which...
15 August 2017
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Newham council is to set up the UK’s first letting agents rating scheme to protect residents and landlords from rogue agents. The...
07 August 2017
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Beleagured housing minister Alok Sharma has been told by a London council that his decision over an application for a borough-wide...
20 July 2017
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The London council of Newham is thought to be the first local authority in the UK to use new powers to...
24 May 2017
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A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...
10 May 2017
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Letting agents who have broken the law are set to be ‘named and shamed’ by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan,...
27 April 2017
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The Residential Landlords Association has broken ranks with the Association of Residential Letting Agents by opposing an ARLA-backed public database of...
27 April 2017
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A council’s first case for non-compliance with its landlord licensing regime has seen one individual plead guilty to 12 offences -...
27 February 2017
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A branch of Foxtons has been fined £2,500 for failing to properly describe a fee charged to tenants. The agency was caught...
11 January 2017
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Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...
25 November 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed what it calls “worryingly low levels of enforcement of rented housing regulations” by local authorities. Using...
29 April 2016
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A local council has closed down what it describes as a ‘House of Horrors’ let to a family despite being in...
05 April 2016
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Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...
25 March 2016
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A landlord has to pay over £16,500 after being found guilty of failing to licence her ex-council flat with the local...
19 February 2016
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Newham Council has reported that in the two and a half years since its licensing scheme came into force it has...
24 August 2015
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Unitary local authorities where trading standards and environmental health teams work to the same objectives are more successful at clamping down...