Landlord Craig Parkin must pay £5,854 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to breaching safety standards at a house in multiple occupation (HMO).
Rents and yields set to rise for student landlords
Student landlords can expect to see rents and yields rise over the coming months as demand for beds outstrips supply.
Top 10 London buy to let hot spots revealed
Southwark offers the best yields in London for buy-to-let investors, a high street bank’s study reveals.
Top 10 seaside towns for buy to let investors
Blackpool is the hottest seaside town for buy-to-let investors, according to a survey by a high street bank.
Top 10 buy to let hot spots revealed
Southampton is the hottest buy-to-let property spot in England and Wales, according to research by a leading high street bank.
Landmark buy to let valuation case dropped
Buy to let investors claiming surveyors overvalued their properties are unlikely to win their claims as a landmark appeal has been withdrawn from the Supreme Court.
Small is best for rental yields, claims property firm
Small properties can achieve big rental returns, according to the latest figures from Countrywide.
HMO decision changes mandatory licensing rules
A landmark High Court case has changed the way the numbers of storeys in a block are counted to determine if the property is a house in multiple occupation (HMO).
Minister reins in rogue letting agents with redress scheme
Housing minister Mark Prisk is backing the first step to regulate rogue letting agents with a new last-minute law.
Landlord has 8 HMOs closed after raids
Eight shambolic shared houses were closed down by a HMO task force after raids on properties owned by one landlord in the same town.
