Peers reject amendments to Renters’ Rights Bill as Royal Assent looms | Landlord Licensing & Defence
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25 Sep 25 MP attacks ‘corrupt’ Labour Government for allowing those with rental incomes to have a say in regulations. Former Labour MP Zarah Sultana has tabled an early day motion calling for MPs to be banned from being landlords while in office, in a direct challenge to what she describes as the “corrupt Labour […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
12 Sep 25 Last year 33,448 auctions were held digitally – either live-streamed or online during 2024 – compared to just 3,976 in-room auctions. Online and livestreamed property auctions now dwarf their in-person counterparts, new data has revealed. Greater Manchester-based property lender Together says data provided to its analysts by the Essential Information Group (EIG), […]| Landlord Licensing & Defence
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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
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