A Plymouth estate agent has admitted that he gambled away £12,000 that tenants had given as deposits on properties.
Buy to let hits highest level for 25 years
Private renting is at the highest level since the early 1990s as home ownership ebbs back to lowest numbers for a quarter of a century.
my|deposits to launch in Northern Ireland
my|deposits is delighted to announce that it has received approval from the Northern Ireland Executive to provide a Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) in Northern Ireland. my|deposits runs similar schemes already in England & Wales and Scotland The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) Regulations, which came into force in November 2012, require […]
HMO landlords fined for flouting fire safety
Shared house landlords must pay more than £5,000 in fines and costs for flouting fire safety laws in a house in multiple occupation (HMO).
Landlord sued for millions after stair fall
A landlord insurer is facing a multi-million pound pay out after someone visiting a tenant in a rented property fell down a flight of stairs.
Private landlord ‘Accreditation’ plans spread
Sheffield is the latest council to be considering plans to regulate the private rental sector. The move comes after Newham Council in London became the first council in England to introduce a licensing scheme. Sheffield council say they are concerned that the quality of some private-rented accommodation lags behind council […]
Third HMO licensing fine for rogue letting agent
Letting agent Mohammed Khubaib has to pay fines and costs of more than £4,000 after facing magistrates for the third time for running a shared house without a licence.
Letting agent flies in nearly a year after running from jail
Disgraced letting agent Ryan Lee has given himself up to police after spending almost a year on the run after taking money from landlords who entrusted him with their business.
Landlord perplexed over HMO overcrowding row
A shared house landlord is threatened with prosecution because she rented her property to too many people, despite asking council repeatedly to rehouse tenants.
Rents are rising – but not as fast as everyone believes
Talk of booming rents rocketing out-of-control and beyond the reach of tenants are just not true, according to research by the British Property Federation (BPF).
