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July 8th 2015

Landlord jailed for fire safety breaches

A student landlord has been sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay over £12,400

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July 8th 2015

Rents will rise if tax breaks scrapped, Osborne warned

Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that rents in the private rented sector could rise if he

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July 7th 2015

Landlord parades sandwich board up and down high street in protest against agent

An agent is set to be featured on television tomorrow, with a claim that the firm owes

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July 7th 2015

Mortgage chief tells Bank of England to back off Buy To Let

The head of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association is telling the Bank of England to back away

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July 7th 2015

About-turn as Shelter now says No to hard rent controls

Campaigning charity Shelter appears for the first time to have acknowledged that rent caps may backfire and

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July 6th 2015

Rent rises will be capped at inflation level says Labour hopeful

One of five people vying for selection as Labour’s candidate in the 2016 London Mayoral election says

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July 6th 2015

Letting agent fined after not applying for HMO licenses

A letting agency that failed to apply for House of Multiple Occupation licences at three properties in

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July 6th 2015

Osborne makes this a crunch week for lettings sector

This week will see whether Chancellor George Osborne will give in to calls to close some of

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July 6th 2015

No hot water? Tenants told to boil a kettle

A landlord failed to provide hot water for his tenants for four years, and told them to

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July 3rd 2015

‘You’re talking waffle’ housing minister is told by predecessor

Housing minister Brandon Lewis has been accused of talking “a load of waffle” by one of his

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