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Kensington and Chelsea landlords forced to lease abandoned homes to Covid frontline key workers

Owners of empty properties in Kensington and Chelsea are being requested to let loose these properties to key workers at subsidised charges to assist deal with the borough’s housing scarcity. The council... Read more »

Rogue East End landlords pay back £200,000 to renters

Rogue landlords threatening tenants or utilizing violence to get them out of their properties within the East Finish have now needed to give again £200,000 to renters after being served compensation orders.  Practically 70 tenants have... Read more »
Rental prices dropped in inner London (pictured: Islington High Street) as people left the city but market reforms had already hit landlords hard

London landlords feel the burden of buy-to-lets

When he lastly offered his London rental property in December, Philip Cooper couldn’t wait to eliminate it. For practically three years he was a buy-to-let landlord whereas working his personal advertising and... Read more »

Landlords profit in east London renting during pandemic

One of the very few areas for landlords to make profits renting out their properties during the pandemic has been revealed as east London, according to insurers.  Three east London boroughs are among only six proving to show good returns... Read more »
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Waltham Forest landlords fined for unsafe unlicensed homes

Two landlords have been slapped with fines totalling £135,000 for failing to maintain and licence privately rented homes. The landlords were lampooned by a judge for failing to provide basic safety measures,... Read more »