Council seizes 18 properties from landlord after failure to selective licence | Landlord Licensing & Defence
27 Aug 25| Landlord Licensing & Defence
27 Aug 25| Landlord Licensing & Defence
22 Aug 25 The Mayor of Salford has praised tough housing enforcement after rogue landlords were handed £2.2 million in fines. According to the Manchester Evening News, the penalties were issued as part of a major enforcement crackdown targeting poor standards in the private rented sector. The news comes after Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham launched […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
Former tenants had attempted to claim back all the rent they’d paid Two tenants attempted to claim a refund of all the rent they’d paid for their flat when they were informed of a licensing discrepancy AFTER they’d left the property. The tenants lived in the flat for less than a year, and neither they […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
31 Jul 25 Some councils have such poor enforcement of rules on private rentals that just one officer has to monitor 25,000 properties. That’s the claim from think tank the New Economics Foundation, which says that by contrast the better-resourced councils have one officer overseeing just 250 properties. The NEF says the lack of staff […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
30 Jul 25 Average house prices in Gwynedd, a popular second home and holiday let hotspot in Wales, dropped 7.3% in the second quarter of 2025. This is according to he Principality Building Society which claims the drop is likely influenced by policy shifts such as the Welsh Government’s adjustments to second home taxation and […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
30 Jul 25 A charity says new data on how much tenants pay for accommodation shows that the upcoming Renters Rights Bill isn’t enough – there has to be controls on rent levels too. Rightmove says the average advertised rent of homes outside of London has risen to another new record this quarter of £1,365 […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
29 Jul 25 MPs are once again pushing the government to prevent landlords from making guarantor requests. During a debate on Radio 4’s Today programme, Labour’s Alex Sobel highlighted the case of a care leaver without parents who had struggled to get a guarantor. He told listeners: “People are signing a legal contract; they paid a deposit […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
The no win, no fee company that dealt with this case may have thought they’d found a loophole that would net them even more cash – but the court didn’t agree and threw the claim out. The circumstances of the Rent Repayment Order submitted by the company on behalf of the tenants in this case […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
Guest Blog: Mark Wilson is the Director of Myleasehold and a member of ALEP (Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners). Many leaseholders find themselves sitting on a financial time bomb. Not because of economic turmoil or interest rates, but due to a simple decision – they waited for reform. The promises began in 2018 by the Law Commission – a […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
The Hamptons lettings agency – a brand in the Connells portfolio – says rent falls which were previously seen not only in London are now spreading to other parts of the UK. In its latest market snapshot it says London continues to experience the most significant decline in rents, with rents on newly let properties […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
24 Jul 25| Landlord Licensing & Defence
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