A London lettings agency has been ordered to pay over £12,000 in a fine and costs for its part in running an illegal HMO. The three-bedroom HMO was identified by Barking and... Read more »
Activists say they are planning protests outside lettings agency offices this weekend. Activists in the London Renters Union and Greater Manchester Tenants Union say they will stage the protests on Saturday to... Read more »
A so-called Renters Union is organising a day of action after claiming letting agents are behind recent rent rises. London Renters Union – part of a coalition of tenant groups including Generation... Read more »
The Times has named a member of the City of London’s governing council as a key figure behind rogue letting agencies. Luis Tilleria is on the court of common council, the main... Read more »
An activist at the centre of a controversy involving a London letting agent has used a left-wing website to explain how her group distrusts both letting agents and even the Labour party.... Read more »
The mainstream media today is reporting that a group of anti-landlord/anti-agent activists called an agent a “w*****” at a protest. This apparently prompted the agent to lift a nearby advertising board and be restrained by... Read more »
Record-breaking infection rates across the UK have caused more than 30 countries to temporarily ban Brits from entering the country – regardless of vaccination status. A surge of the Omicron variant in... Read more »
Rents continued to rise across most parts of the country in August, although there were signs that void periods are starting to increase slightly. The latest data from Goodlord indicates that the... Read more »
A drug supplier who used an encrypted messaging service to sell cocaine has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The investigation led by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and Metropolitan Police... Read more »
Zoopla’s report revealed an annual fall in rents that started earlier than the onslaught of the pandemic in Edinburgh (1.8%), Greater Manchester (0.9%) and Greater Birmingham (0.8%). This is evidently on account... Read more »
