On 7 December 2023, the House of Commons Library published, in advance of the second reading of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill in the Commons, a briefing providing background to the Bill and an overview of its main provisions. For the briefing, click...
On 30 November 2023 the National Trading Standards’ Estate and Lettings Agency Team (NTSELAT) published guidance about the minimum level information that estate agents must provide when advertising a property for sale or to let. The guidance has been developed in...
A survey of over 1,000 landlord clients of the Deposit Protection Service (DPS) reveals significant structural changes within the private rental sector (PRS). The data indicates that a higher proportion of landlords with larger portfolios (more than 10 properties)...
A landlord in Sudbury, Yehudi Levhar, has been fined £485,000 for illegally renting out a shed as five flats and letting a house as two flats without planning permission. Levhar used a fake name, Barry Jacobs, to evade detection. Brent council served a planning...
Housing Secretary Michael Gove has written to 10 social landlords, including seven housing associations and three councils, regarding severe maladministration findings. In the letters to chief executives, Gove expressed his personal interest in the organizations'...
Liverpool City Council has launched a Private Sector Housing Intelligence and Enforcement Task Force, aimed at tackling criminal activities of rogue landlords and exploitation of vulnerable tenants. Backed by £2 million in funding from the Department for Levelling Up...
Haringey Council in London has taken strong measures against landlords who fail to license their Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). In one case, a Tottenham landlord has been ordered to refund 12 months' rent to tenants after ignoring an initial warning and...
The average price tag on a UK home tumbled by nearly £7,000 in December, according to Rightmove. Across Britain, the average asking price for a home coming on the market fell by 1.9% or $6,966 in cash terms this month, reaching £355,177, the property said. In...
Brighton and Hove City Council are currently running a consultation on new property licensing schemes - within the private rented sector, for additional HMO and selective licensing. The consultation started on the 4 October and will close at midnight on Wednesday 3...
The housing crisis in Leeds is highlighted as people in urgent need of a council house are waiting over two years to be rehomed. Leeds City Council reports that those in the 'Band A' priority waiting list, including the officially homeless and those living in...
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