Latest Landlord News

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.

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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.

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Landlords need an official rent survey

So are your rents going up by the huge percentages quoted by the ‘official’ rent surveys?

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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.

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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).

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Green Deal spend revealed for landlords

Just how much landlords can expect to spend on upgrading rental homes to meet energy efficiency rules under the Green Deal has been revealed by energy experts.

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Troops lose £1.2m in letting agent cash fiasco

Frontline soldiers in Afghanistan are among hundreds of servicemen who lost £1.2 million when a specialist armed forces letting agency collapsed.

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Town may go broke if university relocates

Landlords are reeling from news that £90 million could be earmarked to close a university campus and shift 16 miles away to a new purpose built site.

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Licence v lease – Which is best?

Choosing the right rental agreement is crucial for landlords as getting it wrong can give the tenant more rights over the property than intended.

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Landlords’ eviction problems to rocket

A key housing body has warned private landlords to prepare for a rise in evictions following changes to housing benefit later this year.

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