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A property firm has been fined £8,000 for operating an HMO on one of Britain’s most famous roads. Westminster council has won...
08 February 2023
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Westminster council wants central London to have the same powers as Paris and Amsterdam to stop anti-social behaviour caused by Airbnb...
07 February 2022
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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...
15 October 2021
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The UK’s largest ever additional licensing scheme for HMOs has come into effect over the long weekend. Westminster council’s scheme will focus...
31 August 2021
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A prominent London Conservative MP has made a scathing attack on the current rental sector’s structure, saying it is skewed in...
11 May 2021
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London’s Westminster council - with 43 per cent of housing stock in the private rental sector - has launched a consultation on...
20 November 2020
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A London council has launched a strategy it claims will protect private tenants and ensure they live in good quality and...
23 September 2020
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A London council is telling its private rental sector residents to use a new tool to check whether they may be...
27 August 2020
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The leaseholder of a council property in central London has been found guilty of advertising it on Airbnb and the Booking.com...
02 March 2020
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A London council has caught out a rogue lettings agency for illegally operating two properties, with issues ranging from gas safety...
27 January 2020
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A rogue landlord who divided his three-bedroom home in central London into eight flats has ended up with a bill of...
18 September 2019
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The Property Ombudsman says agents can display weekly rents for homes they market - but they should be displayed alongside monthly...
29 January 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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A new team of investigative council officers are hitting the streets of the capital to tackle unlawful nightly letting using websites like...
14 December 2017
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A London letting agency with connections to Westminster council is now being investigated by the same council’s trading standards department. CityWest Homes...
16 October 2017
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A property company and a landlord have been fined over £200,000 after being accused of putting tenants’ lives in danger by...
03 October 2017
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Two landlords must pay a combined total of over £300,000 following legal action by a central London council. Westminster council claimed that...