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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.

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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investors claiming surveyors overvalued their properties are unlikely to win their claims as a landmark appeal has been withdrawn from the Supreme Court.

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Small is best for rental yields, claims property firm

Small properties can achieve big rental returns, according to the latest figures from Countrywide.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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Jail Cells to become student lettings

Many people who live in student-centric areas would often like to see their student neighbours in prison, and now it seems it may be a reality. An organisation in Liverpool has been granted permission to convert the former Main Bridewell Prison in Liverpool’s Cheapside into university accommodation. The conversion of […]

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HMO landlord must repay £32,000 housing benefits

A landlord who illegally let rooms in unlicensed HMOs has been ordered to pay back £32,000 housing benefit a council paid him for giving homes to tenants.

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HMO landlords fined for poorly managing rental homes

Two more landlords have faced the courts for poor standards and failing to licence houses in multiple occupation (HMO) as councils continue to crackdown on offenders.

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Neighbours flee buy to let cannabis farm fires

Neighbours have had to flee three separate blazes in buy-to-let homes used as cannabis farms by tenants.

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