Student landlords in Chester have a few months to beat a planning permission deadline imposed on opening new shared homes.
Slum landlord back in court for more HMO offences
Slum landlord Mehmet Parlak has faced magistrates for the second time in two months for housing families in dangerous and squalid shared bedsit homes.
Lawyers crack down on warring buy to let owners
Warring couples arguing over who owns buy to let properties in divorce settlements are causing headaches for solicitors and the Land Registry.
Letting agent jailed for £210,000 fraud
Letting agent Keith Ranson stole more than £210,000 from landlords and tenants to fuel a lavish lifestyle.
Green Deal ready to go for landlords
Get ready for the Green Deal for landlords – the long-awaited incentive to improve the energy efficiency of rented homes at the cost of the tenant.
Liverpool to licence all private rented homes
Liverpool City Council has stepped up as the second local authority seeking to licence all private landlords and rental properties in the city.
50% of landlords want to buy more homes
More than half of buy to let landlords want to cash in on the rental boom by buying more homes in the next six months.
Landlords fall foul of drugs gang war
Landlords are unwitting victims in a violent drugs gang war over who controls Britain’s multi-million cannabis market.
EPC rule changes leave landlords confused
Lack of information about imminent rules changes for marketing private rented homes is confusing landlords and letting agents.
Landlord in court for third time in a year
Complaints and petitions from neighbours have failed to sway a private landlord to spend money on doing up his properties to meet basic legal standards.
