London council hands out £180,000 in rogue landlord fines
Hounslow Council in West London has fined landlords a collective £180,000 in the past six months, with an average fine of £14,000 each. Most of the violations were for unlicensed…
Agencies are failing to check if tenants are sanctioned
Estate agents are routinely failing to check whether tenants are on the UK’s national financial sanctions list. A poll from Goodlord found that 28% of agencies with more than 11…
Mixed-use scheme in Elephant and Castle unveiled
Developer HUB has unveiled plans for a 1.2-acre mixed-use scheme in Elephant and Castle in London’s Southwark. Designed by architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM), plans for the site would…
Leeds Council unveils landlord licensing scheme
Leeds County Council is launching a selective licensing scheme with the remit of cracking down on rogue landlords in deprived communities. The scheme will cover 12,500 privately rented homes in…
House of Lords Renters’ Rights Bill amendments rejected – industry responds
The House of Lords has relented in its attempts to modify the Renters’ Rights Bill, including with an amendment that would have allowed landlords to charge a deposit when renting…
Open Letter: Chancellor urged to back SMEs in Autumn Statement
By Douglas Grant, group CEO of Manx Financial Group Dear Chancellor Reeves, As you prepare for your Autumn Budget Statement on 26th November, we urge you to place the vitality…
Pet advocates buoyed by Renters’ Rights Bill
Pet companies and a Conservative peer are celebrating as the Renters’ Rights Bill looks to grant tenants new powers to keep animals. The Bill will make it so landlords can’t…
Developer unveils third central London regeneration scheme
Salboy Group, the development and funding company, has launched sales at Old York Mews in Wandsworth. Old York Mews will transform a former 5,000-sqft brownfield site and is made up…
Economist adds to growing calls to scrap stamp duty
An economist has added to the growing consensus that stamp duty is a regressive tax that should be abolished. Paul Johnson, the former head of the Institute for Fiscal Studies,…
Affordable housing provider buys 156 Kent properties
Housing provider PPHA has purchased a portfolio of 156 affordable rental properties in Kent from UK homebuilder Barratt Redrow. The homes form part of The Poppies, a development of energy-efficient…