HMOs
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Adam Walker
Size matters in letting agency
Business analyst Adam Walker asks if the odds are too stacked against smaller letting agents, when it comes to compliance and avoidance of crippling fines.
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Leicester council consults on huge new HMO control scheme
City is seeking property industry views on vast increase of its powers to control HMO developments within the East Midlands city.
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London borough proposes huge HMO licensing push
Agents and landlords in the area face significant additional and admin costs if the proposed borough-wide additional licensing scheme gets the green light.
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Interview: The ex-Foxtons agent transforming rent-to-rent into ‘shared living’
London Shared founder Jake Willis tells The Neg why his model of rent-to-rent is already changing the sector.
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Movers & Shakers
Monkey vs Owl expands in East Midlands
Fast-growing residential lettings company Monkey vs Owl (MOVO) has opened its second office in the East Midlands and expanded its team.
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Council ‘war’ on HMOs continues with two more extended schemes
Councillors in Brighton and Wigan have voted through 'article four direction' restrictions for smaller HMOs housing three or fewer unrelated people.
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Crime
Lettings agency fined £25,000 over ‘squalid and dangerous’ unlicensed HMO
Two directors of Masons Estates (East Anglia) Ltd and the company itself have been fined after council officers found the property in a dangerous state of repair and overcrowded.
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Illegal HMO advertised on rental platform Spotahome also a ‘fire hazard’
Six bedroom apartment in London features no lounge, a single toilet and a small kitchen as well as a radiator that pokes through a wall.
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London borough moves to licence ALL privately rented properties
Shock announcement by Lewisham council would see all landlords within its boundaries pay up to £750 every five years.
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Three letting agents fined £90,000 over unsafe and dangerous HMOs
Three letting agents in London have been fined a total of £90,000 this week for breaches of local HMO regulations.
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